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The Supervisory Board appoints the Chairman and members of the Management Board and supervises executive management.

The Supervisory Board has twelve members and one non-voting member. Nine qualify as independent Supervisory Board members, as defined in the Bouton report on corporate governance. Five members are foreign nationals. One member represents employee shareholders.

As of April 23, 2009, the Supervisory Board members are:

*Independent Supervisory Board members, as defined in the Bouton report on corporate governance.

	Henri Lachmann Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Schneider Electric SA - Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Schneider Electric - 70 years old			Serge Weinberg* Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Schneider Electric SA - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Accor - 58 years old
	Noël Forgeard* Corporate Director - 62 years old			Jérôme Gallot* Chairman of CDC Entreprises - 49 years old
	Cathy Kopp* Human Resources General Manager, Accor - 59 years old			Willy R. Kissling* Corporate Director - 64 years old
	Gérard de La Martinière* Corporate Director - 65 years old			Gordon Richard Thoman* Corporate Director - 64 years old
	James Ross* Corporate Director - 70 years old			Claude Briquet Member of the Supervisory Board of the "Schneider Actionnariat" corporate mutual fund - 48 years old
	Léo Apotheker* President CSO & Deputy CEO of SAP AG - 55 years old