Board of Directors

SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT’s Board of Directors sets the Group’s business directions and oversees their implementation. It is composed of 18 members that each serve 4-year terms. Of these 18 members:

• 9 members are appointed on the proposal of the GDF SUEZ,
• 5 members are appointed on the proposal of the other shareholders of the agreement: Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (2), Areva (1), CNP (1) and Sofina (1),
• 4 are independent directors.

In 2010, the Board met eight times, with an attendance rate of 88.2%.

The main questions addressed relate to results (review of annual, half-yearly and quarterly results), the Group’s financing position (debts, bank counterparties, available cash, EMTN Programme, issuance of an undated deeply subordinated notes), renewal of the share buyback program, development projects such as the finalisation of the Agbar takeover (the decision in principle having been made in 2009), and draft responses to major calls for tender such as those in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. Find all the details on p. 350 of the Reference Document.