LEGRAND / 2018 Registration document

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GROUP OVERVIEW OTHER INFORMATION

2.4 – OTHER INFORMATION

2.4.1 – Suppliers and rawmaterials

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Legrand does not depend on any single supplier for the purchase of the main rawmaterials or components used in the manufacturing of its products. It considers that most of the raw materials and components required by its operations will remain available in all its major markets. In 2018, the main raw materials used to manufacture Legrand products were: W plastics: Legrand uses lots of different plastics of varying grades and colors in the design of its products; these are selected according to their physical properties and their ability to meet

certain requirements such as durability, heat and impact resistance, and ease of molding, injection, or welding with other components; W metals: in particular steel, which is used in mechanisms and structures, as well as brass and copper, which are used mainly for their conductive properties; and W packaging materials. Legrand also buys a large number of finished and semi-finished electro-mechanical and electronic components intended to be incorporated in its products.

The table below sets out the Group’s raw material and component purchases as a percentage of Group sales for the 2017 and 2018 financial years:

2018

2017

(% of consolidated sales)

Raw materials

9.3%

9.5%

Components

23.6%

22.5%

TOTAL

32.9%

32.0%

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REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2018