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14 Administrative, Management, Supervisory and General Management Bodies 76
14.1. Board of Directors 77
14.2. The Company’s Management 81
14.3. Committees of the Board of Directors 81
14.4. Conflicts of Interest at the Level of Administrative, Management, Supervisory and General Management Bodies 82
15 Compensation and Benefits 83
15.1. Compensation and other benefits granted to Directors 83
15.2. Compensation and Retirement Commitments of the Group’s principal Executives 88
16 Operation of Administrative and Management Bodies 89
16.1. Description of the Role and Practices of the Board of Directors 89
16.2. Company’s Management 91
16.3. Role and Practices of the Committees of the Board of Directors 92
16.4. Corporate Governance: Evaluation of the Boardof Directors and of the Board’s Committees 96
16.5. Contracts between the Board Members and the Company or one of the Group’s company 96
17 Employees 97
17.1. Workforce 97
17.2. Participating interests and share subscription or purchase options held by members
of the Board of Directors and other corporate officers (mandataires sociaux) 103
17.3. Arrangements for involving the employees in the capital of the Company 108
18 Principal Shareholders 110
18.1. The Company’s Principal Shareholders 110
18.2. Shareholder Voting Rights 113
18.3. Controlling Interest 113
18.4. Agreements that may result in a Change of Control 113
19 Related Party Transactions 114
19.1. Main Related Party Transactions 114
19.2. Statutory Auditors’ Special Report on Certain Related Party Transactions for the Financial Year 2009 115
20 Financial Information on the Company’s Assets, Financial Situation and Results 117
20.1. Consolidated Financial Statements 118
20.2. Statutory Financial Statements 177
20.3. Dividend Distribution Policy 195
20.4. Legal and Arbitration Procedures 195
20.5. Significant Changes in the Financial or Commercial Position 196
21 Additional Information 197
21.1. Share capital 197
21.2. Articles of Association 202
22 Significant Contracts 205
22.1. Bond issue 2004-2011 205
22.2. Deep Energy Financing 205
22.3. Skandi Arctic Financing 205
22.4. BNDES Financing 205
22.5. Revolving Credit Agreement and Bilateral Lines 206
22.6. Private Placement with Deferred Payment 206
23 Information from Third Parties, Declarations Filed by Experts and Declarations of Interest 207
24 Publicly Available Documents 208
25 Information on Equity Interests 209
Annex
Annex A: Offices held by Board Members, current at December 31, 2009 and over the past five years 210
Annex B: Financial Results of the Last Five Years as of December 31, 2009 212
Annex C: Report of the Chairman of the Board of Directors to the Shareholders’ Meeting on the Composition,
Conditions of the Preparation and Organization of the Board of Directors’ Work, the Internal Control Procedures
and Risk Management Procedures Put in Place by the Company (Article L. 225-37 of the French Commercial Code) 213
Annex D: Statutory Auditors’ report, prepared in accordance with article L. 225-235 of the French Commercial Code
on the report prepared by the Chairman of the Board of Technip 228
Annex E: Agenda, Presentation of the Resolutions and Proposed Resolutions 230
Annex F: Annual Information Document 243
Annex G: Reconciliation Tables 246
Annex H: Glossary 249
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