2010 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT (3.4 Mo) - Groupe Casino

CORPORATE GOVERNANCEBoard of Directors55.1.4. DIRECTORS WHOSE APPOINTMENT IS SUBJECTTO RATIFICATION AT THE SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETINGCatherine LucetDirector (appointed by the Board of Directors on 28 February 2011 to replace Jean-Dominique Comolli)Date of birth3 February 1959, aged 52Business address25, avenue Pierre-de-Coubertin – 75013 Paris, FranceBiographyCatherine Lucet is a graduate of the École polytechnique (1979), the École des mines de Paris (1984) and holds an MBA from INSEAD. Shebegan her career as an analyst at the Analysis and Forecasting Centre of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She joined McKinsey in 1986as a consultant, later becoming a project manager. In 1991, she was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Éditions Harlequin, a subsidiaryof Éditions Hachette and Canadian publisher Torstar. In 1996, she joined Anglo-Dutch group Reed Elsevier where she headed their Frenchscientific and medical publishing subsidiary until 2001, when she joined the Vivendi Group as head of Éditions Nathan. Catherine Lucet isnow a member of the Executive Committee of Editis, Chief Executive Officer of its Education and Reference division which includes ÉditionsNathan, Bordas, Clé and Retz and Dictionnaires Le Robert, and Chairman of Éditions Nathan. In 2010, she was also appointed Vice-Presidentof the Cap Digital competitiveness business cluster.Main executive positionChief Executive Officer of the Education and Reference division of EditisDirectorships and positions held as of 28 February 2011• Chairman of Sejer;• Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Éditions Nathanand Dictionnaires Le Robert;• Director of Cap Digital.Directorships and positions held during the past fi ve years (other than those listed above)• Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Éditions Nathan Jeux;• Chairman of the association Savoir-Livre.Foncière EurisDirector (appointed by the Board of Directors on 28 February 2011 to replace Omnium de Commerce et de Participations)Details about Foncière Euris are provided on page 170.To the best of the Company’s knowledge, during the last five years none of the members of the Board of Directors has received any convictionsin relation to fraudulent offences or has acted in the capacity of manager of a company that has undergone bankruptcy or been placed inreceivership or liquidation. In addition, no director has received an official public incrimination and/or sanction by any statutory or regulatoryauthority or has ever been disqualified by a court from acting as a member of the administrative, management or supervisory bodies of anissuer or from acting in the management or conduct of the affairs of any issuer.There are no directors elected by the employees or directors representing the employee shareholders.There are no family ties between the directors.Registration Document 2010 | Casino Group175