LEGRAND / 2018 Registration document

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

9.2.5 – Pledges, guarantees and security interests

At the date this registration document was filed, and to the Company’s knowledge, no pledges, guarantees, or security interests had been granted on the Company’s shares.

9.2.6 – Number of voting rights

At December 31, 2018, the Company’s share capital consisted of 267,495,149 shares corresponding to 267,495,149 theoretical voting rights and 266,589,802 exercisable voting rights, excluding shares held in treasury, which are stripped of voting rights.

9.3 – MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

9.3.1 – Corporate purpose

The Company’s direct or indirect corporate purpose in all countries, as defined in article 2 of the articles of association, is as follows: W the purchase, subscription, disposal, holding, or contribution of shares or other securities in any company; W the provision of any services, particularly in connection with human resources, IT, management, communications, finance, legal affairs, marketing and purchasing to its subsidiaries and to companies in which it has a direct or indirect interest; and

W in general, all financial, commercial, industrial, civil, real estate assets or securities transactions that may be directly or indirectly connected with the above corporate purpose, or with any similar or related purposes, or that are likely to support the goal pursued by the Company, its growth, its development, and its corporate assets, either directly or indirectly.

9.3.2 – Administration and management

For a description of the rules governing the composition, organization, and operation of the Company’s administrative and management bodies, please refer to Chapter 6.1 of this registration document (Corporate governance).

9.3.3 – Rights, privileges and restrictions attached to shares

The Company’s shares are freely negotiable and are transferred from account to account in the manner provided for in the applicable legislation and regulations. Subject to the applicable legal and regulatory provisions, each member of the Shareholders’ General Meeting is entitled to the

same number of votes as the number of shares that they own or represent. In line with the option provided for under paragraph 3 of article L. 225-123 of the French Commercial Code, fully paid-up shares that have been registered for at least two years in the name of the same shareholder are not eligible for double voting rights.

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REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2018