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Information about the issuer and information on the Registration Document
1.2 Information about the Registration Document
DANONE
REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2015
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GPS
(Group performance shares)
All references herein to GPS (Group performance shares) refer to Company shares subject to performance
conditions granted to certain employees and corporate officers described in section 6.3
Compensation
and benefits of corporate officers and governance bodies;
GPU
(Group performance units)
All references herein to GPU (Group performance units) refer to multi-annual variable compensation
described in section 6.3
Compensation and benefits of corporate officers and governance bodies
;
Group
All references herein to the “Group”, the “Company” or “Danone” refer to the Company and its consoli-
dated subsidiaries;
Markets
All references herein to “markets” for products in particular, or to market shares, refer to markets for
packaged products and exclude products that may be otherwise marketed or sold;
Market shares
and market positions
Data pertaining to market shares and market positions are based on the value of sales;
Mature countries
All references herein to “mature countries” refer to Western Europe (particularly France and Southern
Europe, including Spain, Italy and Portugal), North America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand;
Medical Nutrition
All references herein to “Medical Nutrition” and the medical nutrition business or market refer to adult
or pediatric clinical nutrition products to be taken orally or through a tube in the event of malnutrition
related to illness or other causes;
North America
All references herein to the “North America” region refer to the United States and Canada;
Put options granted
to non-controlling interests
All references herein to “put options granted to non-controlling interests” refer to put options granted
by Danone to certain non-controlling shareholders on all or part of their equity investment in certain
consolidated subsidiaries described in section 3.4
Balance sheet and financial security review
;
Registration Document
All references herein to the “Registration Document” refer to Danone's Registration Document;
Sales
All references herein to “Sales” refer to the consolidated net sales of Danone;
Stock-options
All references herein to stock-options refer to options to purchase DANONE shares granted to certain
employees and corporate officers described in section 6.3
Compensation and benefits for corporate officers
and governance bodies
;
Value of GPS (Group
performance shares)
and stock-options
All references herein to the value of GPS and stock-options refer to the fair value of those shares and
options calculated as of grant date in accordance with IFRS 2.
Waters
All references herein to “Waters” and the waters business or market refer to bottled water, water sold
in large containers (jugs), and water sold in small containers (cups).
Incorporation by reference
Pursuant to article 28 of regulation (EC) No. 809/2004 of the Euro-
pean Commission dated April 29, 2004 and to section 36 of IAS 1,
Presentation of Financial Statements
, requiring that at least one-year
comparative information be presented, this Registration Document
incorporates by reference the following information:
•
the consolidated financial statements and the Statutory auditors'
report relative to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 on
pages 67 to 138 of the Registration Document filed with the AMF
on March 21, 2014 under filing number D. 14-0186;
•
the annual financial statements and the Statutory auditors'
report relative to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 on
pages 139 to 158 of the Registration Document filed with the
AMF on March 21, 2014;
•
the selected financial information, the Group's management
report and all non-financial information pertaining to the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2013 on pages 2 to 3 and 39 to 61 of the
Registration Document filed with the AMF on March 21, 2014;
•
the consolidated financial statements and the Statutory auditors'
report relative to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 on
pages 73 to 152 of the Registration Document filed with the AMF
on March 19, 2015 under filing number D. 15-0176;
•
the annual financial statements and the Statutory auditors'
report relative to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 on
pages 153 to 173 of the Registration Document filed with the
AMF on March 19, 2015;
•
the selected financial information, the Group's management
report and all non-financial information pertaining to the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2014 on pages 2 to 3 and 41 to 64 of
the Registration Document filed with the AMF on March 19, 2015.