Glossary

Capital increase
Increase in a company’s registered capital, by either a new share issue or by increasing the nominal value of the existing shares.
Contribution-Distribution
The listing of the company’s shares for trading on the Euronext Paris and Euronext Brussels exchanges was part of the creation by SUEZ on July 2008 of a division that combines all of the group’s water and waste operations for which the Company will be the holding company (the “Contribution”), followed by the distribution by SUEZ to its shareholders (other than SUEZ), proportionally to their interests in the share capital of SUEZ, of 65% of the shares representing the capital of the company following the Contribution, immediately before the SUEZ-Gaz de France merger is completed (the “Distribution”, together with the Spin-off, the “Contribution/Distribution”).
Corporate Governance
The organisation of power within a company to ensure a fair balance between the management bodies, the regulatory authorities and the shareholders. Such governance results from a more marked participation from shareholders in the company decision-making process and the demand for transparency in management. The aim of corporate governance is to gain the confidence of the markets, the analysts and the investors. The governance has become a criterion for determining company value. In France, the principals of corporate governance for listed companies came out of the Viénot Reports of July 1995 and 22 July 1999 as well as the Bouton report of September 2002.