4.4 Legal risk - Scor

5 INFORMATION ABOUT THE ISSUER
5.1 History and development of the issuer
5.1.1 LEGAL NAME AND COMMERCIAL NAME OF ISSUER
Legal name: SCOR SE
Commercial name: SCOR
5.1.2 PLACE AND REGISTRATION NUMBER OF ISSUER
R.C.S. number: Paris 562 033 357
A.P.E. Code: 6520Z
5.1.3 DATE OF INCORPORATION AND LENGTH OF LIFE OF ISSUER
Incorporated: 16 August 1855 under the name Compagnie Impériale des Voitures de Paris; name changed to SCOR
S.A. on 16 October 1989, to SCOR on 13 May 1996, then to SCOR SE on 25 June 2007.
Expiration: 30 June 2024 unless otherwise extended or previously dissolved.
Pursuant to French law, the duration of a company is for a limited term that cannot exceed 99 years. The Company’s
bylaws (statuts) provide that the current term will expire on June 30, 2024. Prior to such expiration date, the
shareholders of the Company (in extraordinary shareholders’ meeting) will be asked to vote upon the extension of the
duration of the Company for an additional period of up to 99 years. Such further extension is typically approved by
shareholders and we expect that the duration of the Company will be extended again prior to the expiration of the
current term.
5.1.4 DOMICILE AND LEGAL FORM OF ISSUER, LEGISLATION GOVERNING ITS ACTIVITIES, COUNTRY OF
INCORPORATION, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF ITS REGISTERED OFFICE
5.1.4.1 Registered office and contact information of issuer
SCOR SE
5, avenue Kléber
75116 PARIS
France
Tel. : +33 (0) 1 58 44 70 00
Fax : +33 (0) 1 58 44 85 00
www.scor.com
E-mail: scor@scor.com
5.1.4.2 Legal form and applicable legislation
A. Corporate law
SCOR SE is a European Company (Societas Europaea) governed by the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No.
2157/2001, dated 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European Company (the “SE Regulation”), and that of the
European Council Directive 2001/86/EC of 8 October 2001 supplementing the Statute for a European Company with
regard to the involvement of employees, and by the provisions of French law relating to European Companies, as well
as for all other matters partially covered or not covered by the SE Regulation, by the French corporate law provisions
applicable to a société anonyme, where not contrary to the specific provisions applicable to European Companies.
On 24 May 2007, the annual General Shareholders’ Meeting approved the conversion of the Company into a European
Company or Societas Europaea, pursuant to Articles 1 §1, 2 §4 and 37 of the SE Regulation, and Article L. 225-245-1 of
the Commercial Code, thereby becoming, on 25 June 2007, the first French listed company to adopt the Societas
Europaea statute.
Following approval of this conversion, SCOR SE is registered with the Nanterre Trade and Companies Register under
the corporate name SCOR SE and has taken the form of a European company as at the date of such registration.
The conversion did not result in either the dissolution of SCOR SE or the creation of a new legal entity.
The conversion had no impact upon the rights of the Company’s shareholders or bondholders who automatically
became shareholders and bondholders of SCOR SE without any action being required on their part. They remain
shareholders and bondholders in proportion to their rights acquired prior to the completion of the conversion. Thus, the
financial liability of each shareholder of SCOR SE is limited to the amount of his subscription prior to the conversion. The
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