Registration document 2007 - Total.com

Additional information
Financial information other than those contained in Appendix 1
or 3 of this Registration Document, in particular ratios, statistical
data or other calculated data which are used to describe the
Group or its business performance, is not extracted from the
audited financial statements of the issuer. Except where
otherwise stated, this information is based on internal Company
data.
In particular, the supplemental oil and gas information provided in
Appendix 2 of this Registration Document (pages 237 to 248), is
not extracted from the audited financial statements of the issuer
and was not audited by the Company’s statutory auditors. This
supplemental information was prepared by the Company based
Dividend policy
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on elements available to it, using its own calculations or
estimates and taking into account the U.S. standards to which
the Company is subject for this kind of information as a result of
the listing of its shares (in the form of ADS) on the New York
Stock Exchange.
This Registration Document does not include profit forecasts or
estimates for the period following December 31, 2006, in the
meaning of regulation (EC) n° 809/2004 dated April 29, 2004.
The Company’s dividend policy is described on pages 131 to 132 of this Registration Document (TOTAL and its shareholders).
Legal and arbitration proceedings
The main legal disputes in which the Group is involved are
described on pages 81 to 83 (Risk factors) and page 165
(General information – Information on holdings) of this
Registration Document. For the past 12-month period, the
Company is not aware of any administrative, legal or arbitration
disputes which have recently had or could have a material impact
Significant changes
Except for the recent events mentioned in the Management
Report of the Board of Directors (pages 61 to 73) or in the
Business overview (pages 10 to 54), no significant changes in the
Group’s financial or commercial position have occurred to date
on its financial position or its profitability or on those of the Group
as a whole. According to the information available to the
Company to date, there are no pending or threatening
administrative, legal or arbitration disputes that could have a
material impact on its financial position or its profitability or on
those of the Group as a whole.
since December 31, 2006, the closing date of the last fiscal year
for which audited financial statements have been published by the
Company.
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