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At 31 December 2010, the Company was managed by two Managing Partners: Mr. Arnaud Lagardère and the company Arjil Commanditée-Arco

Arnaud LAGARDÈRE

4 rue de Presbourg - 75116 Paris, France
Born 18 March 1961
Number of Lagardère SCA shares held directly and indirectly: 12,610,893
Mr. Arnaud Lagardère was appointed Managing Partner in March 2003 and his appointment was renewed by the Supervisory Board on proposal of the General Partners on 11 March 2009, for a period of six years to run until 11 March 2015.
In addition, Mr. Arnaud Lagardère is the Chairman of Lagardère (SAS) and Lagardère Capital & Management (SAS). Mr. Arnaud Lagardère and these two companies held 9.62% of Lagardère SCA's share capital on 31 December 2010.
Mr. Arnaud Lagardère holds a DEA higher degree in economics from the University of Paris Dauphine. He was appointed Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company MMB (which became Lagardère SCA) in 1987. He was Chairman of the US company Grolier Inc. from 1994 to 1998.

Société Arjil Commanditée - Arco

A French corporation with share capital of €40,000
121 avenue de Malakoff - 75116 Paris, France
Represented by Mr. Arnaud Lagardère, Mr. Philippe Camus, Mr. Pierre Leroy, Mr. Dominique D'Hinnin and Mr. Thierry Funck-Brentano since 10 March 2010.

Arjil Commanditée-Arco was appointed Managing Partner on 17 March 1998.
When this appointment was renewed for a further six-year period on 10 March 2010, the Supervisory Board, in application of the provisions of article 14-2 of the by-laws, approved the following persons as the company's legal representatives upon proposal of the general partners:

• Mr. Arnaud Lagardère, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer;
• Mr. Philippe Camus, Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer;
• Mr. Pierre Leroy, Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer;
• Mr. Dominique D'Hinnin, Chief Operating Officer;
• Mr. Thierry Funck-Brentano, Chief Operating Officer.
  

In their capacity as legal representatives of Arjil Commanditée-Arco, Managing Partner of Lagardère SCA, Messrs Philippe Camus and Pierre Leroy, and since 10 March 2010 Messrs Dominique D'Hinnin and Thierry Funck-Brentano, are Co-Managing Partners of Lagardère SCA.

Arnaud LAGARDÈRE (see above)  

Philippe CAMUS

4 rue de Presbourg - 75116 Paris, France
Born 28 June 1948
Number of Lagardère SCA shares held: 10,000
Mr. Philippe Camus is a former student of the École Normale Supérieure de Paris (Ulm Paris), and holds a degree from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris (Economics and Finance) and the highest-level teaching qualification agrégation in Physics and Actuarial Science.
He was appointed Chairman of Aerospatiale Matra's Management Board in 1999, and was Chief Executive Officer of EADS between 2000 and 2005.

Pierre LEROY

4 rue de Presbourg - 75116 Paris, France
Born 8 October 1948
Number of Lagardère SCA shares held: 2,027
Mr. Pierre Leroy, a graduate of business school École Supérieure de Commerce de Reims with a university degree in law, has spent his entire career with the Lagardère group.
He was appointed Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company MMB (which became Lagardère SCA) in 1987, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lagardère Sociétés in 1988 and Group Secretary General in 1993.

Dominique D'HINNIN

4 rue de Presbourg - 75116 Paris, France
Born 4 August 1959
Number of Lagardère SCA shares held: 20,234
Dominique D'Hinnin is an alumnus of the École Normale Supérieure and the École Nationale d'Administration, and also an Inspecteur des Finances. He joined the Lagardère group in 1990 as a special assistant to Philippe Camus.
He subsequently served as the Group's Internal Audit Manager and then as Chief Financial Officer of Hachette Livre in 1993 before becoming Executive Vice President of Grolier Inc. (Connecticut, USA) in 1994. On his return to France in 1998 Mr. D'Hinnin was appointed as Lagardère SCA's Chief Financial Officer.

Thierry FUNCK-BRENTANO

4 rue de Presbourg - 75116 Paris, France
Born 2 May 1947
Number of Lagardère SCA shares held: 27,908
Thierry Funck-Brentano is a graduate of the University of Paris Dauphine (where he gained a master's degree in management) and holds an MBA from Northwestern University (Kellogg) in the United States. He has spent his entire career with the Lagardère group.