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Communiqué de presse
11 September 2012
Capital increase reserved for employees of Groupe SEB
On July 25 , 2012, Groupe SEB announced the principle to carry out an employee share offering. This press
release aims at specifying certain characteristics of the capital increase reserved for employees of the Group.
ISSUER
SEB S.A. (hereafter, the “Company”)
Headquarters: Les 4M, Chemin du Petit-Bois, 69130 Écully, France
Share capital: 49 951 826 Euros held in 49 951 826 shares as of December 31, 2011
Registration number: RCS Lyon 300 349 636
Compartiment A – NYSE Euronext Paris (France)
Common share ISIN code: FR 0000121709
PURPOSE OF THE OFFERING
This employee share offering will cover approximately 30 countries in which the Group is present.
Through this offering, Groupe SEB wishes to more closely associate its employees, in France and abroad, to the
development and performance of the Group.
The offering, entitled “Horizons 2012”, will consist of a unique subscription formula, called “classic”, of
Company’s shares, via the intermediary of an FCPE, or via the direct holding of SEB S.A shares, as a result of
the regulatory and fiscal limitations in the countries where the offering will be carried out.
TYPE OF PLAN - OFFERED SECURITIES
Shareholders of the Company, having met on May 10, 2012 at the Mixed General Assembly,
delegated to the Board of Directors the ability to decide to increase the share capital of the
Company, one or more times, up to a maximum nominal limit of 499,518 new shares with a nominal
value of one euro, or other securities giving access to capital of the Company, reserved for
employees of the Company and French and foreign subsidiaries of the Company who are linked
thereto within the meaning of Articles L.225-180 of the French Commercial Code and L.3344-1 of the
French Labour Code, and who are member to a company group savings plan.
In accordance with this delegation, the Board of Directors met on June 15, 2012 and decided on the principle
of issuing ordinary shares to the benefit of employees who are member to a Group savings plan at a
subscription price to be determined pursuant to the provisions of Articles L. 3332-18 e seq. of the French
Labour Code, which could also include a discount. In this meeting the Board set the main characteristics of the
offering and delegated to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer the powers necessary for the implementation
of the offering.
GROUPE SEB
DIRECTION DE LA COMMUNICATION FINANCIERE
Chemin du Petit Bois I BP 172 - 69134 ECULLY Cedex France I T.+33 (0)4 72 18 16 40 • Fax +33 (0)4 72 18 15 99
Société par Actions Simplifiée au capital de 806 400 € I 016 950 842 R.C.S Lyon I T.V.A FR 94016950842

According to the projected time line, the Board of Directors, or the Chief Executive Officer upon delegation by
the Board, will decide on the final terms of the offering on September 17, 2012; notably, at this date, they will
establish the subscription price for the new shares to be issued, which will be equal to the Reference Price
minus a 20% discount.
In accordance with the provisions of Article L. 3332-19 of the French Labor Code, the Reference Price is equal
to an average of the share prices of the SEB share on the compartment A of NYSE Euronext Paris during the
twenty (20) trading days preceding the decision date setting the subscription price.
The maximum number of SEB S.A. shares that may be issued within the framework of this offering may not
exceed 499,518 shares (corresponding to a maximum capital increase of 499,518 Euros of nominal value).
CONDITIONS OF THE SUBSCRIPTION
• Beneficiaries of the share offering reserved for employees: the beneficiaries of the offering are (i) the
employees and corporate officers, within the meaning of Article L.3332-2 of the French Labour Code,
of companies of Groupe SEB who are members of the Group Savings Plans, French or International as
the case may be regardless of the nature of their employment contract (fixed or indefinite term
length, full or part time employment) and that are able to justify a three-month seniority by the end of
the subscription period, and (ii) those who are retired or have taken early retirement from French
companies of the Group and who have kept assets within the France Group Savings Plan since their
departure from the Group.
• Companies within the scope of the offering:
• The SEB S.A. company, and
• Companies of Groupe SEB, whose headquarters are located in France or abroad, that will have
become member to the Group Savings Plan (France or International) of Groupe SEB.
• Terms and conditions of the subscription: the shares will either be subscribed to directly or through
an FCPE (Fonds Commun de Placement d’Entreprise), in accordance with applicable regulatory and/or
tax legislation in the various countries of residence of the capital increase beneficiaries.
• Subscription formula: employees will be able to subscribe to SEB shares within the framework of a
unique formula called “classic”; the employee will benefit from a matching contribution from their
employer under the terms and conditions set forth in the documentation relative to the offering that
will be provided to them. The matching contribution will comprise of additional SEB shares granted to
employees that will be taken from treasury shares held by the Company.
• Subscription Limit: annual payments by beneficiaries of the offering into the Group Savings Plan
(France or International) may not exceed a quarter of their annual gross remuneration for 2012
pursuant to Article L.3332-10 of the French Labour Code, and subject to any constraints resulting from
local regulation.
• Lock up period applicable to the SEB shares or to the corresponding FCPE units: the subscribers to
the offer shall hold either the shares subscribed to directly, or the corresponding units of the FCPEs,
during a five-year period beginning from the date of the capital increase, except in the event of an
authorized early exit.
• Exercising voting rights attached to the shares: when shares are subscribed to, then held, via the
intermediary of an FCPE, voting rights attached to these shares will be exercised by the relevant FCPE
Supervisory Board; when shares are subscribed to directly by employees, voting rights will be
exercised individually by the relevant employees.
EXPECTED TIMELINE OF THE OFFERING
• Subscription period: from September 19 (inclusive) to October 5, 2012 (inclusive)
• Determination of the subscription price: September 17, 2012
• Settlement-delivery of the offering: expected for November 15, 2012
GROUPE SEB
DIRECTION DE LA COMMUNICATION FINANCIERE
Chemin du Petit Bois I BP 172 - 69134 ECULLY Cedex France I T.+33 (0)4 72 18 16 40 • Fax +33 (0)4 72 18 15 99
Société par Actions Simplifiée au capital de 806 400 € I 016 950 842 R.C.S Lyon I T.V.A FR 94016950842

LISTING
The request to list the newly-issued SEB shares to trading on the same line of NYSE Euronext Paris (ISIN code:
FR 0000121709) as the existing shares will be made as soon as possible following the completion of the capital
increase scheduled to take place on November 15, 2012.
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING THE INTERNATIONAL OFFERING
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of offers to subscribe to SEB shares. The
offering of SEB shares reserved for employees will be conducted only in countries where such an offering has
been registered with or notified to the competent local authorities and/or following the approval of a
prospectus by the competent local authorities or in consideration of an exemption of the requirement to
prepare a prospectus or to proceed to a registration or notification of the offering.
More generally, the offering will only be conducted in countries where all required filing procedures and/or
notifications have been completed and the required authorizations have been obtained.
EMPLOYEE CONTACT
For all questions regarding this offering, the beneficiaries may address their Human Resources contact person
and/or any other person specified in the documentation submitted to employees.
This press release constitutes the information document required pursuant to Article 212-4 5° of the general regulations of
the AMF and Article 14 of AMF 'instruction n° 2005-11 dated December 13, 2005.
Investisseurs / Analystes
Groupe SEB
Direction de la Communication Financière
Isabelle Posth
BP 172
69134 Ecully cedex
Tél : 33 (0) 4 72 18 16 40
comfin@groupeseb.com
Presse
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Estelle Guillot-Tantay
Caroline Simon
7, rue Copernic
75116 PARIS
Tél : 33 (0) 1 53 70 74 93
Fax : 33 (0) 1 53 70 74 80
Leader mondial du petit équipement domestique, le Groupe SEB déploie son activité dans près de 150 pays en s’appuyant sur
un ensemble unique de marques de premier rang commercialisées à travers une distribution multi format. Vendant quelque
200 millions de produits par an, il met en œuvre une stratégie de long terme fondée sur l’innovation, le développement
international, la compétitivité et le service au client. Le Groupe SEB emploie plus de 25000 collaborateurs dans le monde.
GROUPE SEB
DIRECTION DE LA COMMUNICATION FINANCIERE
Chemin du Petit Bois I BP 172 - 69134 ECULLY Cedex France I T.+33 (0)4 72 18 16 40 • Fax +33 (0)4 72 18 15 99
Société par Actions Simplifiée au capital de 806 400 € I 016 950 842 R.C.S Lyon I T.V.A FR 94016950842