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B U S I N E S S A N D S U S T A I N A B L E D E V E L O P M E N T R E P O R T
2010
SHAREHOLDERS:
ALL HIGHLY
VALUED
Investor relations must be based
on accessibility, condence and respect.
The support of a stable and enduring
shareholder base is essential for pursuing
a long-term strategy.
Development, Annual Financial Report, Half-Year Report (in
digital form), and our Letter to Shareholders. The Group’s
corporate and financial website also devotes special sections to
shareholders, investors, and the press. In addition, we organize
meetings throughout the year which bring us into direct contact
and enable dialogue with all interested parties. Apart from the
AGM in Paris, there are shareholder presentations in the French
provinces, press conferences for financial analysts, road shows and
one-to-one meetings with institutional investors in France and
abroad, factory visits, theme days, and so on. On all these
occasions, our policy is to engage in open and transparent
dialogue, whatever the circumstances, and irrespective of the
Group’s performance.
A fAIR RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND OTHER BENEfITS
AN ACTIVE POLICY Of COMMUNICATION
We strive to offer our financial audience – shareholders, financial
analysts, institutional investors or economic journalists – clear,
accessible, and precise information through a variety of supports
including regular press releases and targeted publications: AGM
Convening Notice, Annual Report on Business and Sustainable
The Group pursues a long-term dividend policy. This aims to give
its shareholders a fair return on the capital they invest in it, either
through a regular increase in the dividend when trading results
permit, or by maintaining its level when circumstances demand.
This year, the Board proposed a dividend of €1.17 in respect of
the 2010 trading year, being an increase of 12.5%.
THE WWW.GROUPESEB.COM WEBSITE:
ALMOST 600,000 VISITORS IN 2010
HIGHLIGHT
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TWO AWARDS fOR SEB fINANCIAL COMMUNICATIONS
Groupe SEB won the Corporate Governance Grand Prix 2010 trophy for Quality and Transparency, awarded by the French financial daily ‘L’Agefi’,
based on the following criteria:
• the detail, quality and accessibility of information;
• the responsiveness and availability of management;
• publication of a clear-cut, intelligible strategy.
Another distinction, awarded by the Investor Relations Forum, singled out Groupe SEB Financial Communications Director Isabelle Posth for the
second year running (already winner in 2009) with 2nd prize for Best Investor Relations. Nominations for these trophies are put forward by a panel
of French financial analysts and managers, members of the French Society of Financial Analysts (SFAF), and decided by a jury of industry professionals.
This new tribute by the financial community commends the consistent quality of Groupe SEB’s financial communications and investor relations.