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7 GENERAL<br />
GENERAL PRESENTATION OF SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC SA<br />
INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY<br />
This report includes the Chairman’s report on the conditions applicable for the preparation and organisation of the<br />
work carried out by the Supervisory Board and the internal control and risk management procedures implemented<br />
within the Company.<br />
Sections 2 (General Meetings and Voting rights) and 7 below, as well as the paragraph entitled “A Management Board/<br />
Supervisory Board system”, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 (Management Board and Executive Committee compensation<br />
policy and Pension benefi ts), 10 and 11 of Chapter 3 constitute the Supervisory Board Chairman’s report prepared in<br />
accordance with article L.225 -68 of the French Commercial Code. They are indicated with**.<br />
> 1. General information on the Company<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> SA is a French corporation (Société Anonyme)<br />
with a Management and Supervisory Board (since May 3, 2006)<br />
governed by the French Commercial Code, with a share capital<br />
of EUR2,195,772,096, whose registered head offi ce is located at<br />
35, rue Joseph Monier – 92500 Rueil-Malmaison, France (phone<br />
number: +33 (0)1 41 29 70 00).<br />
The Company is registered in Nanterre under No. 542 048 574,<br />
business identifi er code (APE) 7010Z.<br />
<strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> SA was founded in 1871 and its term is up to<br />
July 1, 2031. It was fi rst called Spie Batignolles, then changed its<br />
name to <strong>Schneider</strong> SA when it merged with <strong>Schneider</strong> SA in 1995,<br />
and then to <strong>Schneider</strong> <strong>Electric</strong> SA in May 1999.<br />
As stated in article 2 of its articles of association, the Company has<br />
the following objectives, directly or indirectly, engaged in any form,<br />
in France and elsewhere:<br />
(i) the design, development and sale of products, equipment<br />
and solutions related to the metering, management and use<br />
of energy in all its forms and delivering reliability, effi ciency and<br />
productivity, in particular through the pursuance, whether by<br />
creating, acquiring or otherwise, of all activities related to:<br />
• electrical equipment manufacturing, electrical distribution and<br />
secure power supply;<br />
• building control, automation and safety;<br />
• industrial control and automation, including software;<br />
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• management of all types of data centres, networks, equipment<br />
and other infrastructure;<br />
(ii) the acquisition, purchase, sale and use of any intellectual or<br />
industrial property rights relative to these industries;<br />
(iii) involvement in any way in any enterprise, company or<br />
consortium, whatever the type, undertaking activities related to<br />
the Company’s business or such as to encourage its industry<br />
and commerce, and, more generally, all industrial, commercial<br />
and fi nancial, real estate and other operations related directly or<br />
indirectly in any way to the above objective.<br />
The Company may perform any operations that fall within the<br />
scope of its objectives either alone for its own benefi t or on behalf<br />
of third parties, either by having an interest in, or by the purchase,<br />
subscription, contribution or exchange of company shares,<br />
partnership shares and the purchase of any company, irrespective<br />
of type, in pursuance of a similar or related objective, or such as to<br />
encourage its extension or development.<br />
The articles of association, minutes of General Meetings, Auditors’<br />
reports and other legal documents concerning the Company<br />
are available for consultation at the Company’s head offi ce<br />
(Management Board secretariat) located at 35 rue Joseph Monier -<br />
92500 Rueil-Malmaison, France.<br />
The articles of association, regulated information, Registration<br />
Documents, sustainable development reports, calls to meeting<br />
and other documents are also available on the corporate website<br />
(http:// www.schneider-electric.com).