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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 ! 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.
S U S T A I N A B L E D E V E L O P M E N T 74 - 75 S TA K E H O L D E R S SOME 22,000 SHAREHOLDERS Of WHICH 5,000 ON THE NOMINAL REGISTER In addition to the dividend, a 10% dividend supplement is paid for all shares held on the nominal register for more than two years. This supplement may not exceed, for any one shareholder, a number of shares representing more than 0.5% of the capital. In addition to the dividend supplement, shares held on the nominal register entitle their owner to other benefits: AN AVAILABLE AND ATTENTIVE SERVICE Jacqueline Salaün, Shareholder Relations Manager “We aim to offer you efficient service and meet your information needs. For this purpose, we operate a two-tier structure. The external SEB Share Service manages shares on the nominal register (double voting rights, dividend supplement entitlement, notification of the AGM, dividend and supplement payments). It also handles stockmarket purchase and sale transactions and other tasks such as transfer or inheritance of share ownership. From 2011, these transactions can be done via the Internet. For my own part, within the Group, I am at your service personally to handle any queries or problems relating to your SEB shares and the advantages to which you are entitled.” free management and custody of their shares; a secure Internet website (for holders of purely nominal shares); INCREASE IN DIVIDEND OVER 5 YEARS (€) 4.55 double voting rights for shares held on the nominal register for more than five years; 2.92 3.18 3.13 special offers to buy products by mail-order from a wide choice in the Group’s Home & Cook Internet catalogue. 1.78 0.85 0.93 0.94 1.04 1.17 Registration of shares helps us to get to know our shareholders better and have direct personal contact with them. 2006 2007 2008 2009 Net income per share Net dividend 2010 ALMOST 5,500 MAIL-ORDER PURCHASES BY SHAREHOLDERS IN 2010 CONTACTS RELATIONS WITH INVESTORS AND fINANCIAL ANALYSTS Isabelle Posth, Director of Financial Communications Tel: 33 (0)4 72 18 16 40 – Fax: 33 (0)4 72 18 15 99 e-mail: Comfin@groupeseb.com SHAREHOLDER RELATIONS Jacqueline Salaüm, Shareholder Relations Manager Tel: 33 (0)4 72 18 16 01 – Fax: 33 (0)4 72 18 15 98 e-mail: actionnaires@groupeseb.com BP2S – CORPORATE TRUST SERVICES - GROUPE SEB SHARE SERVICE Tel: 33 (0)1 57 43 90 00 – Fax: 33 (0)1 55 77 34 17 e-mail: Paris.bp2s.registered.shareholders@bnpparibas.com
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