Frequently asked questions

Where is Schneider Electric listed?

Schneider Electric SA share is traded on the Paris Stock Exchange (Eurolist - Euronext Paris) and is included in the following indexes: CAC 40, FTSE Eurofirst 300, Dow Jones Euro Stoxx 50, Euronext 100, S&P Global 100 index. Schneider Electric Share is eligible for the deferred settlement system.

What is Schneider Electric’s ISIN Code?

Schneider Electric’s ISIN Code is FR0000121972

How can I buy/sell Schneider Electric's shares?

Placing an order
If you are holder of bearer or administered registered shares, you must first open a trading account with your financial institution.
If you are holder of registered shares in an account managed by BNP Paribas Securities Services, you should contact them directly: Toll-free number from France 0800 004 120 or 0033 140 146 611 Fax 0033 1 55 77 34 17

Mandatory information
Your trading order must include the following information:

• Type of transaction (buy or sell).
• Number of shares.
• ISIN code.
• Expiry date.
• The order may be “good for day”, or “good until cancelled”. The latter expires either on a specified date or at the end of the month (monthly settlement date for monthly settlement orders).
• Payment method (cash or monthly settlement).
  

Fees
Transaction costs vary depending on the financial institution. The fees on buy and sell transactions for registered shares includes 0.30% (excl. VAT) of the gross transaction value with a minimum of €6.10 (excl. VAT) and a bank commission of €7.62 (excl. VAT) per order.

What is Schneider Electric fiscal year?

Schneider Electric’s fiscal year begins on January 1st and ends on December 31.

What is Schneider Electric's ownership structure?

As of December 31, 2010 there were 271,959,091 Schneider Electric’s outstanding shares.

  

When did the two-for-one share split take place in 2011?

On September 2, 2011, instead of every € 8 nominal value share held on that date, shareholders received two shares of € 4 nomnial value.

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What is the dividend for the 2010 fiscal year?

When it presented its new Company Program One, Schneider Electric committed to paying the equivalent of 50% of net EPS to shareholders in the form of dividends.

At the Annual Shareholders' Meeting scheduled on April 21, 2011, for fiscal year 2010, shareholders voted a dividend of €3.20 per share (share split unadjusted basis) or €1.60 (two-for-one share split ajusted basis on 2011/09/02)

When is the dividend payment date?

The dividend payment date for fiscal year 2011 will be on May 16, 2012

What were the previous dividends?

What are the different share accounts?

In France, securities may be held in bearer or registered form.

Bearer
A financial institution of your choice, or custodian, holds bearer share accounts. Schneider Electric has no record of ownership unless it requests an Identifiable Bearer Security.

Registered shares

What are the advantages of being a direct registered shareholder of Schneider Electric?

As a direct registered shareholder, you have many advantages:

• Personal invitation to all Schneider Electric Annual Shareholders’ Meetings whatever the quantity of shares you hold.
• Double voting rights after at least two consecutive years of holding the shares in registered form on the 31st of December of the year preceding the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.
• No handling or management fees.
• Lower brokerage fees: 0.30% (excl. VAT) of the gross transaction value with a minimum of €6.10 (excl. VAT) and a Bank Commission of €7.62 (excl. VAT) per order.
• Access to your account on a securized web site: https://gisnomi.bnpparibas.com
• Your instructions are easily transmitted by either Internet, Telephone, Mail, Fax.
• Easy access to BNP Paribas Securities Services:
  > Toll-free number from France 0800 004 120 or 0033 140 146 611
  > Fax 0033 155 773 417

How can I list my shares in a registered account? How can I transfer my shares to a registered account?

You already hold Schneider Electric SA shares in bearer form and you want to transfer them into direct registered form?

Fill in the form herewith (direct registered form request for Schneider Electric SA shares) and forward it to your financial intermediary. BNP Paribas Securities Services, our depositary bank, will send you a registration certificate and identification codes and password for the website access upon receipt of your shares.

> Download the direct registered form request for Schneider Electric SA shares 

How can I contact the financial intermediary for the registered accounts?

• Toll-free number from France 0800 004 120 or 0033 140 146 611
• Fax 0033 155 773 417

When and where will take place the next Annual Shareholders Meeting?

The next Annual Shareholders’ Meeting will take place on May 3, 2012, in Paris la Défense.

How can I take part to the next Annual Shareholders’ Meeting?

As a shareholder, you can participate and vote at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting. You have as many voting rights as you own (or represent) shares. Registered shares held for more than two years on the 31st of December of the year preceding the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting are entitled a double voting right.

Procedure to attend the Meeting is different according to each type of share accounts:

• Registered shares (direct or administrated): you must place your shares on record by midnight CET three days before the General Meeting date. You can get your participation form by filling in the dedicated section in the call to meeting. You will need this participation form to attend the meeting. If you are not able to attend the meeting, you can vote by mail, appoint someone as proxy, or appoint the Chairman of the Meeting as proxy.
• Bearer: you must place your shares on record by midnight CET three days before the General Meeting date. You must present a statement from the bank or broker that manages your bearer share account attesting that the shares have been placed on record when requesting your admission card. If you are not able to attend the meeting, you can vote by mail, appoint someone as proxy, or appoint the Chairman of the Meeting as proxy.

Where can I find the releases and the resolutions votes of the last Annual Shareholders’ Meeting?

You can find all the information about the Annual Shareholders' Meeting (call to meeting, releases, presentation…) in our website dedicated section.

> Access our Annual Shareholders' Meeting section 

What is the value of the share for the French taxation declaration?

You can choose between:

• The average trading price of the last 30 days of the year. For the fiscal year 2010, the value is  € 114,05
• The price of the last trading day of the year, December 31st 2010 : € 112

Where can I find the financial agenda ? / How can I stay updated on Schneider Electric?

> All information on the upcoming events in our « Agenda » 

> To stay updated, you can also sign up for our « newsletter » 

How can I contact the individual shareholders department?

For any information, or documentation request, you can contact us

> through the « contact form »
> through our direct line from Monday to Friday, 9am to 6am CET, toll free number from France