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SANOFI-AVENTIS GROUP SAVINGS PLAN
AGREEMENT
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The Sanofi-Aventis Group, represented by ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, acting in his
capacity as Director of Labour-Relations, duly empowered and authorized,
PARTY OF THE FIRST PART,
AND:
Employee Labour Unions recognized as representatives on the national scale, or
who are affiliated with said unions, or who have given proof of their ability to
represent in the context of the application of the agreement, are as follows:
CFDT, represented by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
duly empowered and authorized,
CFE-CGC, represented by Remi BARTHES
duly empowered and authorized,
CFTC, represented by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
duly empowered and authorized,
CGT, represented by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
duly empowered and authorized,
CGT-FO represented by ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇ REVY
duly empowered and authorized,
PARTY OF THE SECOND PART,
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PREAMBLE
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The Sanofi-Aventis Group and the Labour Unions, as defined on Page 1 of this
agreement, are reminded that the Group Savings Plan is a federative instrument
open to all personnel for the purpose of permitting employees of the Group
companies, aided by the latter, to participate in the constitution of a
collective portfolio of stocks and bonds and, in so doing, to benefit from the
tax advantages connected with this type of group savings.
Consequently, the parties have met in order to sign a new agreement in relation
to the Group Savings Plan (referred to as a "PEG" under French law). This
agreement cancels and replaces the existing Savings Plan agreements:
Sanofi-Synthelabo of March 27, 2003, Aventis of April 23, 2001, including its
amendments and Aventis Pasteur of February 21, 1996, including its amendments.
This agreement is entered into pursuant to Articles L. 443-1 to L. 443-9 and R.
443-2 to R. 444-1-6 of the French Labour Code and in accordance with the French
law of May 15, 2001 relative to the new economic regulations and the
inter-ministerial circular of April 6, 2005 relative to employee savings.
ARTICLE 1 - FIELD OF APPLICATION - SUBSEQUENT MEMBERSHIPS
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This agreement applies to all French companies in which Sanofi-Aventis directly
or indirectly holds more than 50% of the capital as of the date of signature of
the agreement, the list of which is attached as Appendix 1.
For the duration of this agreement, French companies in which Sanofi-Aventis
directly or indirectly holds more than 50% may participate in this agreement
provided that such companies file a membership request. Amendments to this
agreement shall be made to include new members.
ARTICLE 2 - PARTICIPANTS
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All employees (including employees on pre-retirement paid sabbatical leave) of a
member company to this agreement may participate provided that they have been in
the Group for at least three months. To determine seniority, all work contracts
executed and assignments carried out in the context of temporary work are taken
into account (provided that the temporary employee is hired by the Group),
whether on a consecutive basis or not, during the relevant financial period and
the twelve months preceding it.
ARTICLE 3 - PROVISIONING THE GROUP SAVINGS PLAN
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The PEG may be provisioned by:
a) Payments of the amounts allocated to employees with respect to their
holding either directly by the company at the time of allocation of the
reserves, or by employees at the end of the lock-up period.
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b) Payments made by the company of all or part of the participants' incentive
profit-related bonuses at the participants' request.
c) Voluntary payments made by participants.
d) Group payments for the benefit of the employer matching contribution of
additional amounts as defined in Article 4 of the present agreement.
e) Payments resulting from transactions connected to the capital increase
transactions reserved for employees, retirees and pre-retirees of French
and foreign companies held directly or indirectly at more than 50% by
Sanofi-Aventis.
f) Transfers of all sums held in a company savings plan or participation
agreement of a former employer.
g) Entitlements coming from a term savings account ("Compte epargne temps")
when that option is available in the employee's original company.
h) Payments in the form of shares from the exercise of stock options that may
be granted by the company to any employee pursuant to the current
regulations.
Making one or more payments earns membership in the Group Savings Plan.
Membership in the Group Savings Plan entails, for the participant, the agreement
not to make any payment in an amount of less than 15 euros through Fonds Commun
de Placement d'Entreprise (or "FCPE").
No time frame or frequency is imposed on voluntary payments. These payments
shall be made, either by salary deduction, the employee therefore indicating the
amount and the schedule of the deduction, or by cheque made out directly to the
management company or by any other method of payment accepted by the management
company. Payments made directly to the management company will not give rise to
the additional Group employer matching contribution provided for in Article 4 of
the present agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 443-2 of the Labour Code, all of the
employee's annual voluntary payments into the PEG and the Collective Retirement
Savings Plan (or PERCO under French law) may not exceed a quarter of his annual
gross salary. The amounts collected from profit-related bonuses and allotted to
the PEG or to the PERCO, as well as voluntary payments and payments resulting
from capital increase transactions are considered as payments by the employee.
However, amounts received from profit sharing and the employer matching
contributions, which are then allocated to the PEG or PERCO, do not enter into
the calculation of this ceiling.
ARTICLE 4 - GROUP CONTRIBUTION
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The Group contribution consists of:
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1. paying the subscription fee for the sums paid, the commissions for
administrative and financial management of the Fonds Commun de Placement or
("FCP) together with the expenses.
2. a Group contribution that is applied to the sums from profit sharing
premiums, together with voluntary payments made by withholding from
salaries within the limits set by the regulations.
A separate agreement establishes the methods and amounts of the matching
contribution.
ARTICLE 5 - METHODS OF INVESTMENT
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A) Any participant can request that the amounts corresponding to his payments
be invested in:
- shares of the FCPE called "Sanofi-Aventis Actions", made up exclusively of
Sanofi-Aventis shares.
- shares of the FCPE called "Sanofi-Aventis Actions Internationales",
entirely composed of diversified international shares.
- shares of the FCPE called "Sanofi-Aventis Mixte Actions-Taux", composed of:
50 % in interest-yielding investments (bonds and money markets), 40 % in
shares and, 10 % in ethical or joint stocks.
- shares of the FCPE called "Sanofi-Aventis Taux Zone Euro", made up entirely
of interest-yielding investments.
- shares of a 100% money market fund, the FCPE called "Sanofi-Aventis
Monetaire".
- a specific securities account set up for the shares as mentioned in h) of
Article 3 and held directly by the participants. This specific securities
account is managed by the Sanofi-Aventis stock management company.
Appendix 2 describes the harmonisation process between (i) the FCPE of the
Sanofi-Synthelabo PEG, Aventis and Aventis Pasteur and (ii) the above-mentioned
FCPE.
Owners of shares of an FCPE may request that all or part of their available
shares be allotted to another Fund; they may also request this arbitrage during
the lock-up period. These arbitrages shall be made up of liquidities and shall
not modify the availability dates.
Exceptionally, during the lock-up period, sums invested in the FCPE "Actions
Sanofi-Aventis" resulting from either the employer matching contribution or the
possible capital increases reserved for employees shall not give rise to an
arbitrage.
Owners of shares shall have the possibility of carrying out six arbitrage orders
per year at their convenience and at any time of year (multiple arbitrage orders
may be requested).
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The arbitrage expenses are charged to the company except for buyback commissions
for the "Actions Sanofi-Aventis" Fund, which are charged to the owners of the
shares.
B) A FCPE "Relais Actions Sanofi-Aventis" has been opened to allow
participants, within the context of the PEG, to acquire securities of the
Group during transactions connected with capital increases reserved for
employees under preferential conditions. A specific procedure shall define
the terms and conditions.
C) Two FCPEs called "Sanofi-Aventis Shares" and "Relais Sanofi-Aventis
Shares", invested in Sanofi-Aventis shares, are open to international
employees to allow them to subscribe to the possible capital increases as
described in B). A specific procedure shall define the terms and
conditions.
D) Moreover, the FCPEs "Performance Aventis 2002", "Performance Aventis 2003",
"Aventis Performance 2002", "Aventis Performance 2003", "Aventis Italia
2002" and "Aventis Italia 2003" are a part of the PEG and were used in the
leverage transactions proposed in 2002 and 2003.
ARTICLE 6 - ASSETS HELD IN THE "TOTAL FINA ELF - ACTIONNARIAT FRANCE" FUND OR IN
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THE RHODIA SAVINGS PLAN
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A) Employees of Sanofi-Aventis, who as former employees held assets in the
FCPE "Total Fina Elf Actionnariat France", may transfer all or part of
their available shares into the Sanofi-Aventis PEG at any time.
B) Sanofi-Aventis employees, who as former employees held assets in one or
more Funds of the Rhodia PEG, may transfer all or part of their available
shares into the Sanofi-Aventis Group Savings at any time.
ARTICLE 7 - CONSTITUTION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE FCPE
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Natexis Interepargne shall centralize and manage the individual accounts of the
participants.
As defined in Article 15, the Supervisory Board shall review and may amend the
management of the funds within 24 months of the signature of the agreement.
The French Financial Market Authority (the "AMF" in French) has approved Natexis
Asset Management as the management company of the FCPEs.
Natexis Asset Management delegates the financial management of the FCPEs to
financial managers, as described in Appendix 3.
The management and composition of the assets of each of the Funds are specified
in their regulations.
ARTICLE 8 - ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS FOR PAYMENTS
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All payments to the PEG are entered as a credit into the participants'
individual accounts, opened in their name with Natexis Banques Populaires, the
depository institution in charge of the accounting of the transactions made in
connection with the PEG.
ARTICLE 9 - DEADLINE FOR USING THE FUNDS
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The above-mentioned depository institution agrees to use the sums paid to the
credit of the accounts mentioned in the preceding Article within a maximum time
period of 7 working days as from their payment to the administrative manager.
ARTICLE 10 - LOCK-UP PERIOD
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The amounts corresponding to shares and fractions of shares of FCPEs purchased
for the members' accounts, pursuant to the preceding Articles, shall become
available after the first day of the fourth month of the fifth year following
the year the shares are acquired.
Shares from investments made in the FCPEs of the Plan d'Epargne Long Terme (or
"PELT") of Aventis shall also become available after the first day of the fourth
month of the fifth year following the year of initial payment.
The shares mentioned in h) of Article 3 shall not be available until the
expiration of a minimum period of 5 years from their payment into the PEG and
they cannot benefit from an early exit as provided for by Article 11 of the
Agreement except due to the death of the beneficiary.
ARTICLE 11 - EARLY EXIT
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Pursuant to Article R 442-17 of the Labour Code, cases of early exit are as
follows:
a) marriage of the relevant party or the signing of a joint civil union by the
relevant party,
b) the birth or arrival of a child intended to be adopted when the home
already has at least two children in its care,
c) the divorce, separation or dissolution of a joint civil union when
accompanied by a judgment allowing for the customary single or part-time
residence for at least one child at the home of the relevant party.
d) the disability of the employee, his children, his spouse or the person who
is united with him in a civil union. This disability is assessed according
to the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 341-4 of the Social
Security Code or must be acknowledged by decision of the technical
orientation and professional reclassification commission provided for in
Article L. 323-11 of the Labour Code or the departmental commission on
special education if the level of disability reaches at least 80% and the
relevant party does not carry out any professional activity.
e) the death of the employee, his spouse or the person united with the
beneficiary by a joint civil union,
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f) the end of the work contract,
g) the allocation of amounts saved by the employee, his children, his spouse
or the person united with the beneficiary by a joint civil union with the
objective of creating or taking over the management of an industrial
commercial, trade or agricultural business, individually or as a company,
so long as the control of such company meets the requirements of Article R.
351-43 of the Labour Code, with the intent of carrying out another
non-salaried profession or in the acquisition of an interest in a
cooperative production company,
h) allocation of the saved amounts to purchase or make improvements to the
principal residence, thereby expanding the living area as defined in
Article R. 111-2 of the French Construction and Habitation Code, subject to
the existence of a construction permit or a prior work declaration, or to
repair damages to the principal residence caused by a natural disaster
acknowledged by ministerial decree,
i) over-indebtedness of the employee as defined by Article L. 331-2 of the
Consumer Code, upon a request sent to the fund management company or the
employer, either by the Chairman of the commission on consumer debt, or by
the judge when the release of assets is deemed necessary for the discharge
of the relevant party's liabilities.
The same shall apply to any other case defined by the regulations, the methods
of application of which shall be the subject of a discussion within the
Oversight Committee, as defined in Article 18.
ARTICLE 12 - INCOME
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All earnings generated by the portfolios, established in application of this
PEG, must be reinvested.
All the actions and formalities necessary for this reinvestment shall be carried
out by the depository institutions, responsible for requesting the tax
administration for the payment of the sums corresponding to possible tax credits
attached to the reinvested income. The amounts from this restitution shall also
be reinvested.
Dividends from Sanofi-Aventis shares issued from the exercise of options, for
which financing was assured by salary savings, shall be paid directly to the
holder of the specific stock account as described in Article 5.
ARTICLE 13 - WITHDRAWAL OF A COMPANY
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If a company no longer meets the conditions for inclusion within the Group, as
defined in Article 1, the company's participation in this agreement shall
lawfully terminate on the date of partial or total withdrawal, except in
particular circumstances that will lead to the signing of an additional
amendment.
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For the employees of a company that withdraws from this agreement, the expenses
mentioned in Article 4-1, together with the expenses of arbitrage in the
conditions specified in Article 5 A), shall be borne by the company.
ARTICLE 14 - EMPLOYEES LEAVING THE GROUP
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The Sanofi-Aventis Group authorizes employees who have left the Group to leave
their assets in the PEG.
Former employees who left the Group to retire or for pre-retirement (who are
beneficiaries of Early Cessation of Activity) may continue to make payments into
the PEG provided that they (i) joined the PEG Plan before their departure, (ii)
made at least one payment and (iii) have kept at least one share. However, these
payments will not give rise to an employer match contribution. The payments are
unavailable for a five-year period as they occurred subsequent to the cessation
of activity.
The expenses mentioned in Article 4-1, together with the expenses for arbitrage
under the conditions specified in Article 5 A), shall be charged to the
employees who left the Group, with the exception of employees who left for
retirement or pre-retirement (including beneficiaries of early cessation of
activity and of the CAVDI).
ARTICLE 15 FUND REGULATIONS - SUPERVISORY BOARD
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The rights and obligations of the participants, the management company and the
depository company are defined by the regulations of each of the following
Funds:
- "Actions Sanofi-Aventis",
- "Sanofi-Aventis Actions Internationales",
- "Sanofi-Aventis Mixte Actions -Taux",
- "Sanofi-Aventis Taux Zone Euro",
- "Sanofi-Aventis Monetaire",
This regulation provides particularly for the creation of a Supervisory Board
common to all of the Funds defined in Article 5 A), with equal representation of
all the companies of the Group:
- two permanent members and two alternate members representing the employees
who are owners of shares for each of the Labour Unions as defined on page 1
of this agreement,
- and five permanent members and five alternate members representing and
appointed the Group Management.
The members of the Supervisory Board must be the owners of at least one share of
each of the FCPEs.
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The representatives of the employee shareholders shall elect the Chairman of the
Supervisory Board. The representatives of Group Management shall elect the
Secretary of the Supervisory Board. The term of office of the Chairman and the
Secretary is two years.
The alternate members shall be present at preparatory meetings. They shall be
present at plenary sessions to represent permanent members unable to attend.
They shall, in any case, receive the same information as the permanent members.
In addition, training activities organized for permanent members, in the context
of their role on the Supervisory Board, shall also be open to alternate members.
Time spent in plenary and preparatory sessions of the Supervisory Board, as well
as travel time, is lawfully considered work time and paid as such.
Regulations of the FCPEs "Sanofi-Aventis Actions" provides that each owner of
shares is appointed as an agent by the Supervisory Board for the exercise of
voting rights attached to the shares and for the fraction of the portfolio of
Funds corresponding to the entire number of shares he holds. The Supervisory
Board shall request that the Chairman or one of its members to exercise the
right to vote corresponding to the fractional shares.
Each employee may designate a member of the Supervisory Board to represent him
at the general shareholders' meeting.
The Supervisory Board can change the management company; this decision must be
approved by the majority of two thirds of the members present or represented.
The Supervisory Board can be assisted by an expert within the context of its
mission and his expenses shall be paid by the FCPEs involved in such mission.
The Supervisory Board cannot make a decision to incur any expense whatsoever on
the company's behalf without a majority of three quarters of the members present
or represented.
ARTICLE 16 - DURATION OF THE PLAN, NOTICE OF TERMINATION, MODIFICATION
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This agreement, concluded for an indefinite period, takes effect as of November
15, 2005.
Notice of its termination may be made by each of the parties (i.e., the
signatories of the Labour Union and/or the Senior Management of the Group) with
three months' prior notice. The termination takes effect on December 31 of the
current year; however, the final termination of the PEG for all of its
participants can only occur at the expiration of the lock-up period, as provided
by Article 10, on the date of the notice of termination.
Notwithstanding applicable legal regulations, this agreement may be amended at
the written request of one of the parties addressed to the other party according
to the same procedures as those for conclusion of the agreement.
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ARTICLE 17 - EMPLOYEE INFORMATION
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The personnel is informed of this agreement in each department of the relevant
companies by any of the customary communication means used by the Group.
Upon each purchase made for its account following the payment of profit sharing
or participation, the participants will receive an individual statement
specifying in particular the date of purchase, the number of shares or
thousandths of a share purchased, the unit price of the share and the total
purchase price of the acquisition. A statement shall also be sent for any
repurchase of shares.
In addition, the participants shall receive each year:
- a statement of shares purchased for their account since their enrolment in
the PEG,
- a summary from the management company regarding transactions made and
results achieved by the FCPEs during the previous year.
In addition, a summary statement of voluntary payments shall be sent to
participants three times a year, indicating the same information as that of the
individual statement.
ARTICLE 18 - MONITORING COMMITTEE
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A "Committee for Monitoring Profit sharing, Participation and Company
Contributions of the Group Savings Plan and the Collective Retirement Group
Savings Plan" has been established and is composed of:
- 2 permanent representatives and 2 alternate representatives appointed by
each one of the Labour Unions as defined on page 1 of this agreement,
- and 5 representatives appointed by the Sanofi-Aventis Group.
Only the permanent representatives participate in plenary meetings.
This Committee shall within six months of the end of the fiscal period to
monitor the application of this agreement.
At least eight days before the date of the meeting, the members of the Committee
shall receive the necessary documents.
ARTICLE 19 - SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
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Any participant with dispute regarding the functioning of the Group Savings Plan
shall address it to the Chairman or the Secretary of the Supervisory Board in
writing. If this claim cannot be settled amicably, it shall be submitted to the
competent courts.
ARTICLE 20 - VALIDITY AND SUBMISSION
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It is expressly understood that the validity of the agreement is subordinate to
the maintenance of tax exemptions and benefits (excluding CSG/CRDS and company
withholding) provided for by the law.
Any prejudicial reduction either to the company or to the participants of the
tax exemptions and benefits would automatically and lawfully render this
agreement null and void on the date the new regulation becomes effective.
In this case, the Group's Labour Relations Department and the Labour Unions
shall meet without delay to negotiate a new agreement.
Pursuant to the provisions of Articles ▇.▇▇▇-▇-▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇, ▇.▇▇▇-▇▇ and R.132-1
of the Labour Code, all of the Labour Unions defined on page 1 of this agreement
shall be notified of the present agreement.
The said agreement, concluded in the context of Article L. 132-19-1 of Labour
Code, shall be submitted to the Departmental Administration of Labour,
Employment and Professional Training of Paris following the eight-day opposition
period made available to the Labour Unions pursuant to Article L. 132-2-2 of the
Labour Code.
The same provisions shall apply in case of modification of this agreement.
Executed in Paris on October 13, 2005
For the Administration:
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For the Labour Unions:
CFDT represented by ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
CFE-CGC represented by Remi BARTHES
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CFTC represented by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
CGT represented by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
CGT-FO represented by ▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇▇ REVY
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APPENDIX 1
RELEVANT COMPANIES :
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SANOFI-AVENTIS AVENTIS GROUPE
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SANOFI-SYNTHELABO GROUPE AVENTIS PHARMA S.A.
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SANOFI-AVENTIS FRANCE ARCHEMIS
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SANOFI CHIMIE LABORATOIRE AVENTIS
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SANOFI-AVENTIS OTC THERAPLIX
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SANOFI SYNTHELABO RECHERCHE AVENTIS PHARMA DISTRISERVICES
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SANOFI WINTHROP INDUSTRIE AVENTIS INTERCONTINENTAL
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WINTHROP MEDICAMENTS AVENTIS PHARMA NOUVELLE CALEDONIE
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SANOFI SYNTHELABO CARAIBES AVENTIS PROPHARM
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SANOFI SYNTHELABO NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE VALORI 5
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SANOFI SYNTHELABO POLYNESIE BOTTU
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SANOFI SYNTHELABO OCEAN INDIEN RP BIOCHIMIE
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SANOFI PASTEUR AVENTIS PHARMA LE TRAIT
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CENTELION
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SOCIETE CHIMIQUE DE SPECIALITES
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APPENDIX 2
Harmonization process between (i) the FCPEs of the Groupe Sanofi-Synthelabo
Savings Plan, Groupe Aventis PEG and Entreprise Aventis ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ and (ii) the
FCPEs of the Groupe Sanofi-Aventis PEG
This PEG is proposed in the context of the merger of the Sanofi-Synthelabo and
Aventis Groups, now known as the Groupe Sanofi-Aventis, with a view to
harmonizing and simplifying the mechanisms for employees savings plan within the
Group.
This PEG offers a new choice of investment to employees and owners of shares,
while maintaining a large variety of investment vehicles composed of employee
shareholder funds and diversified funds.
The investment types provided for in this PEG are as follows:
(1) The amounts paid into the Group Savings Plan are used for shares and
fractions of shares of the following FCPES, governed by the provisions of
Article L. 214-40 of the French Monetary and Financial Code:
o The FCPE "Actions Sanofi-Aventis": this Fund, managed by Natexis Asset
Management and deposited with Natexis Banques Populaires, in the
context of a merger transaction to be approved by the French Financial
Markets (the "AMF"), will receive the assets originating from:
o the FCPE "Actions Sanofi-Aventis N(degree)1" and "PELT Actions
Sanofi-Aventis";
o the portion of the FCPE "Sanofi-Aventis 2000" corresponding to
the part of its assets invested in Sanofi-Aventis shares, at the
end of a demerger to be approved by the AMF.
(2) In parallel with the employee shareholder investment and pursuant to the
provisions of Article L. 443-4 of the Labour Code, the employees and
bearers of shares also have the possibility of allocating their savings to
the "diversified" FCPEs, as governed by the provisions of Article L. 214-39
of the Monetary and Financial Code, as follows:
o the FCPE "Sanofi-Aventis Actions Internationales" : this Fund
(formerly "Aventis Actions Europe"), managed by Natexis Asset
Management and deposited with Natexis Banques Populaires, will receive
the assets from the FCPE "Aventis Actions Monde" and "Sanofi-Aventis
Actions Dynamique N(degree)2", in the context of a merger to be
approved by the AMF.
o the FCPE "Sanofi-Aventis Mixte Actions-Taux": this Fund (formerly
"Aventis Equilibre Obligations"), managed by Natexis Asset Management
and deposited with Natexis Banques Populaires, will receive within the
context of a merger to be approved by the AMF, the assets originating
from:
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o the FCPE "Aventis Pasteur N(degree)1 Diversifie", "Aventis
Equilibre Actions" "Aventis Pasteur N(degree)3 Diversifie" and
"Sanofi-Aventis Valeurs Diversifiees Mixte N(degree)3";
o the portion of the FCPE "Sanofi-Aventis 2000" corresponding to
the part of its assets invested in Rhodia shares and in ethical
and joint stocks at the end of a demerger to be approved by the
AMF.
o the FCPE "Sanofi-Aventis Taux Zone Euro" (formerly "Sanofi-Aventis
Diversifie a Dominante Obligations N(degree)4"), formerly managed by
Societe Generale Asset Management and deposited with the Societe
Generale will now be (after the date of approval of the recovery of
the FCPE) managed by Natexis Asset Management and deposited with
Natexis Banques Populaires.
This FCPE will receive the assets originating from the ▇▇▇▇ "▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇(▇▇▇▇▇▇) ▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇" at the end of a merger to be approved by
the AMF.
o the FCPE "Sanofi-Aventis Monetaire" (formerly "Aventis Securite") will
be managed by Natexis Asset Management and deposited with Natexis
Banques Populaires. The assets of this Fund will receive, in the
context of a merger to be approved by the AMF, the assets originating
from:
o the FCPE "Aventis Pasteur N(degree)2 Monetaire" and
"Sanofi-Aventis Monetaire N(degree)5";
o the portion of the FCPE "Sanofi-Aventis 2000" corresponding to
the part of its assets invested in monetary assets and
debentures, at the end of a demerger to be approved by the AMF.
The aforementioned notices of information concerning the FCPE open to
employees and owners of shares shall be attached as an Appendix and
contain all the elements necessary for an informed choice of
investment from among the investment types offered.
This Appendix shall be updated as new investment vehicles are offered
to the members of the PEG.
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APPENDIX 3
Financial managers retained for the management of the Fonds Communs de placement
Entreprise
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Assets managed in
FCPE FCPE Pocket Manager retained % of the FCPE
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Sanofi-Aventis shares - N.___ A.___ Management 100 %
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Sanofi-Aventis International
Shares World index shares Manager A 40 %
Europe index shares
World Asset shares Manager B 36 %
Europe Asset shares Manager C 24 %
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100 %
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Sanofi-Aventis Taux Zone Euro index Manager A
Mixte Actions-Taux World index shares 36 %
Europe index shares
Taux Zone Euro assets Manager D
30 %
World Asset shares Manager B 14,4 %
Europe asset shares Manager C 9,6 %
Ethical and Joint Values N.___ A.___ Management (1) 10 %
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100 %
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Sanofi-Aventis Taux Zone Euro index Manager A 40 %
Taux Zone Euro
Taux Zone Euro assets Manager D 60 %
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100 %
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Sanofi-Aventis Monetaire Monetaire Zone Euro Manager E 50 %
Manager F 50 %
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100 %
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(1) Temporary manager