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2014 IN BRIEF
2014 in brief
Governance
On February 24, 2014, Schneider Electric announced that the On June 19, 2014, Schneider Electric SA announced it was to
board of directors of Schneider Electric SA, which met on February become Schneider Electric SE following its registration as a
19, 2014, decided to propose the appointment of Ms. Linda European Company with the French Trade & Companies Register.
KNOLL as Director of the board at the following Annual This action was taken in accordance with resolutions adopted by
Shareholder’s Meeting on May 6, 2014, replacing Mr. Serge the Annual General Shareholder's Meeting, which took place on
WEINBERG, whose term of appointment expired and who did not May 6, 2014, regarding the change of company status, and
wish to renew it. On March 31, 2014, the board of directors of following negotiations with employee representatives from 25
Schneider Electric SA decided to complete the agenda of the countries within the European Economic Area. On June 10, after
following Annual Shareholder’s Meeting on May 6, 2014 with the an almost unanimous vote (representing 97% of the Group’s
proposal to appoint Ms. Lone FØNSS SCHRØDER as Director of European employees), the employee representatives approved and
the board. Meeting on May 6, 2014, and after having decided to signed an agreement that will strengthen European social dialog
maintain the unification of the roles of Chairman and CEO for Mr. within Schneider Electric.
Jean-Pascal TRICOIRE, the board of directors of Schneider
Electric SA appointed Mr. Léo APOTHEKER as Vice-Chairman and
independent Lead Director. He took over from Mr. Henri
LACHMANN who had only accepted this function for a duration of
one year.
Strategy, technologies and businesses
On January 23, 2014, Schneider Electric announced it had been On April 29, 2014, Schneider Electric announced the winners of
appointed leader of the UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) the Global System Integrator Excellence Awards for Industry. This
category in the pilot phase of the drafting process of a Product annual award recognizes the companies and individuals
Environmental Footprint methodology led by the European responsible for the innovations, achievements and great service
Commission. The decision on the choice of pilot projects was that help industrial and infrastructure organizations to meet their
made based on criteria such as the capacity of the proponents to technical and business challenges. The winners were selected by a
involve a representative percentage of the market, the diversity of jury made up of Schneider Electric VIP among more than 700
the sectors covered and the availability of already existing Product Industry System Integrator Alliance Partner Program members
Category Rules (PCR) and good quality life cycle data. coming from more than 30 countries over the globe.
On February 6, 2014, Schneider Electric and AREVA announced On July 24, 2014, Schneider Electric announced the creation in
the signature of a strategic partnership agreement to develop Barcelona of its first Center of Excellence focused on smart
energy management and storage solutions based on hydrogen fuel solutions for cities. The mission of Schneider Electric’s Center of
cell technology. Under the terms of this agreement, both groups Excellence will be to gather the knowledge of the company on
will combine their expertise in order to design and propose energy solutions for smart cities, thanks to the experience, the results and
storage solutions that guarantee the reliability of electrical grids for the successful Smart City solutions established worldwide. The
isolated sites and areas where access to power is limited. center will offer solutions to the cities which will have economic
and social impact, bringing concrete benefits for citizens.
On March 12, 2014, Schneider Electric announced it had been
selected by AREVA as its preferred supplier of power equipment On September 3, 2014, Schneider Electric announced that 10
for its offshore wind projects. This includes in particular the wind suppliers received awards that recognize top performance and
farm of 100 5MW turbines in the bay of Saint Brieuc off the coast excellence at the company’s fourth annual Global Supplier Day
of Brittany and the current tenders for the offshore wind farms at conference that was held in Shanghai, China. The award-winning
Le Tréport off the coast of Haute-Normandie and the islands of suppliers differentiated themselves from a field of 235 of the
Yeu and Noirmoutier in Pays de la Loire (France). Under the terms company’s preferred production and non-production suppliers
of the agreement signed by the two groups, Schneider Electric will from roughly 30 countries who were in attendance.
supply transformers and circuit breakers for AREVA's wind farms.
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