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SAFRAN 2014 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT SAFR_RA_2014_GB_CouvDocRef.indd 1 13/03/2015 13:09 CONTENTS Group profile 1 5.3 Developing human potential 208 5.4 Aiming for excellence in health, safety and environment 220 | 5.5 Involving our suppliers and partners 228 1 PRESENTATION OF THE GROUP 8 5.6 Investing through foundations 1.1 Overview 10 and corporate sponsorship 229 1.2 Group strategy 14 5.7 CSR reporting methodology and Statutory Auditors’ report 230 1.3 Group businesses 15 1.4 Competitive position 32 1.5 Research and development 32 | 1.6 Industrial investments 37 6 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 236 1.7 Sites and production plants 39 6.1 Board of Directors and Executive Management 238 1.8 Safran Group purchasing strategy 40 6.2 Corporate Officer compensation 266 1.9 Safran quality performance and policy 41 6.3 Share transactions performed by corporate officers and other managers 274 1.10 Safran+ progress initiative 42 6.4 Audit fees 276 6.5 Report of the Chairman of the Board | of Directors 278 2 REVIEW OF OPERATIONS IN 2014 6.6 Statutory Auditors’ report on the report prepared AND OUTLOOK FOR 2015 44 by the Chairman of the Board of Directors 295 2.1 Comments on the Group’s performance in 2014 based on adjusted data 46 2.2 Comments on the consolidated financial statements 65 | 7 INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY, 2.3 Comments on the parent company financial statements 69 THE CAPITAL AND SHARE OWNERSHIP 296 7.1 General information and bylaws 298 2.4 Outlook for 2015 71 7.2 Information on share capital 304 2.5 Subsequent events 71 7.3 Share ownership 307 7.4 Relations with shareholders 311 | 7.5 Stock market information 313 3 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 72 3.1 Consolidated financial statements at December 31, 2014 74 | 3.2 Statutory Auditors’ report on the consolidated 8 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING financial statements 155 OF APRIL 23, 2015 314 3.3 Parent company financial statements 8.1 Agenda 316 at December 31, 2014 157 8.2 Proposed resolutions 318 3.4 Statutory Auditors' report on the financial 8.3 Dividend payment policy 356 statements 183 8.4 Five-year financial summary 357 8.5 Statutory Auditors’ reports 358 | 4 RISK FACTORS 186 4.1 Identified risk factors 188 | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 364 4.2 General risk management policy 196 9 9.1 Persons responsible 366 4.3 Insurance 197 9.2 Statutory Auditors 367 9.3 Documents on display 368 | 9.4 Cross-reference tables 369 5 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 198 5.1 Safran’s corporate social responsibility policy 200 5.2 Perpetuating the integrity culture 202 GROUP PROFILE KEY INFORMATION Safran employs 69,000 people worldwide. It is a leading international high-technology group with three core businesses: Aerospace (propulsion and equipment), Defense and Security. It is a leading global player on markets in which the technological and financial barriers to entry are high, with sustainable and profitable service activities and long-lasting partnerships and customer relations built on trust. Revenue The Group differentiates itself from the competition through its technological expertise. Its complementary businesses give it a genuine advantage, driving growth and enabling the Group to withstand economic €15.4 billion cycles. From both a technological and managerial point of view, the Group’s various businesses are highly integrated and complementary. Safran has a strong positioning in Aerospace. Its installed fleet of engines, especially the CFM56, offers R&D spending significant new vistas for value creation thanks to associated maintenance and overhaul activities. Its engines and equipment are present in most current and future aircraft programs, with the successful €2 billion LEAP engine picking up where the CFM56 will leave off. The Group offers comprehensive offerings to aircraft manufacturers and airlines, including propulsion and landing systems. Safran has great confidence in the move towards more electric aircraft systems and is therefore reinforcing its expertise in the whole Headcount electrical energy chain (through its own growth and through targeted acquisitions) to offer comprehensive, world-class electrical systems. In Defense, the Group is renowned for its expertise in optronics and ultra- 69,000 precise navigation, which contributes significantly to the competence of armed forces around the world. In Security, Safran develops multi-biometric technology for personal identification and secure documents such as passports and identity cards, and technology for the detection of dangerous and illicit substances 2,200 in order to respond to growing needs in terms of security and authentication. job Safran enjoys particularly sound fundamentals with front-ranking technical and commercial positions, creations profitable and sustainable recurring service activities, truly innovative research and development, a healthy financial situation and strong operating cash flow, which allow it to leverage opportunities for organic in 2014 growth and acquisition-led development across all of its businesses. 1,100 in France Safran must also integrate corporate social responsibility into its strategy to meet the expectations of all 1,100 outside France of its stakeholders: employees, partners, customers, shareholders, suppliers and all the communities affected by its business. It is based on ethical standards that are espoused and embodied by everyone within the Group. Civic responsibility, people development and recognition, meeting commitments and teamwork are the core values of Safran’s corporate culture. Firm in the belief that sustainably successful businesses are those able to manage the present in complete harmony with their vision of the future, Safran is as poised as it has always been to meet all of the challenges it encounters both today and going forward. The French version of this Registration Document (document de référence) was filed with the French financial markets authority (Autorité des marchés financiers – AMF) on March 19, 2015 pursuant to article 212-13 of the AMF’s General Regulations. It may only be used in connection with a financial transaction if it is accompanied by a memorandum approved by the AMF. This document has been established by the issuer and is binding upon its signatories. The English language version of this report is a free translation from the original, which was prepared in French. In all matters of interpretation, views or opinions expressed in the original language version of the document in French take precedence over the translation. This Registration Document contains the Annual Financial Report in accordance with Article 222-3 of the AMF’s General Regulations. The cross-reference table referring to information required in an annual financial report is provided in section 9.4.3. 1 • 2014 Registration Document KEY FIGURES (Adjusted data) REVENUE (ADJUSTED DATA)(1) BREAKDOWN OF REVENUE BY BUSINESS (in € millions) 8% 53% 15,355 14,363 Defense Aerospace Propulsion 10% Security 29% Aircraft Equipment 2013* 2014 (*) Adjusted for the impact of the application of IFRS 11. Adjusted revenue climbed 6.9%, driven by a strong performance Safran is a leading international high-technology Group in from the Aerospace Propulsion and Aircraft Equipment businesses Aerospace. These activities – Propulsion and Equipment – generate which advanced 7.4% and 8.7%, respectively. 82% of its revenue. RECURRING OPERATING INCOME (ADJUSTED DATA)(1) PROFIT ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE PARENT (ADJUSTED DATA)(1) (in € millions) (in € millions) 1,248 2,089 1,193 1,780 2013* 2014 2013* 2014 (*) Adjusted for the impact of the application of IFRS 11. (*) Adjusted for the impact of the application of IFRS 11. Adjusted recurring operating income represented 13.6% of adjusted Adjusted profit attributable to owners of the parent rose 4.6% revenue, up 17.4% year on year. This improvement was driven by in 2014, representing €3.00 per share, up from €2.87 in 2013 the Aerospace business, which benefited from sharp growth in (including €0.31 per share from the sale of shares in Ingenico). services and an increase in civil original equipment deliveries, as well Adjusted for the capital gain on the sale of shares in Ingenico, this as the strong performance in Security (notably in the identification indicator was up 17%. business). (1) The table reconciling the consolidated income statement and the adjusted consolidated income statement, including a description of the adjustments made, is presented in section 2.1.1. DIVIDEND NET DEBT (in € per share) (in € millions) 1.20 2013* 2014 1.12 €0.48 €0.56 (1,220) interim dividend interim dividend paid in 2013 2013 2014 paid in 2014 (1,503) (*) Adjusted for the impact of the application of IFRS 11. At the Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of The Group’s capacity to maintain a good level of free cash flow April 23, 2015, the Board of Directors will recommend a dividend of in 2014 enabled it to maintain a moderate level of debt while €1.20 per share, a 7.1% increase from the previous year. An interim financing strategic acquisitions (mainly in the Equipment segment) dividend (€0.56 per share) was paid in December 2014 and the for €512 million and the dividend payment of €500 million. final dividend (€0.64 per share) will be paid in 2015. 2 2014 Registration Document • GROUP PROFILE KEY FIGURES REVENUE (CONSOLIDATED DATA) HEADCOUNT AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014 (in € millions) 15,044 14,158 68,945 66,289 2013* 2014 2013 2014 (*) Adjusted for the impact of the application of IFRS 11. The Group’s workforce grew by more than 2,600 compared to end-2013, in response to business growth, 2,200 of which were net job creations. R&D resources are also being bolstered. RECURRING OPERATING INCOME (CONSOLIDATED DATA) BREAKDOWN OF HEADCOUNT BY BUSINESS (in € millions) 11% 37% 1,500 Defense 1,287 Aerospace Propulsion 12% Security 37% 3% Aircraft Equipment Holding company and other 2013* 2014 (*) Adjusted for the impact of the application of IFRS 11.