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FREE TRANSLATION – FOR INFORMATION PURPOSE ONLY INFORMATION REGARDING DIRECTORS The Company’s Board of Directors is made up of 9 members, nominated for periods of 6 years, of whom five are independent directors (the directors’ terms were set at four years by the General Shareholders’ Meeting of June 9, 2009, without effect on the length of the current terms). The independence criteria adopted by the Board of Directors takes into account market recommendations in France, in particular the recommendations of the AFEP and the MEDEF. These criteria reflect the general rule that an independent director must not be in a situation which may affect his independent judgment or give rise to a real or possible conflict of interest. The independent directors of DS are Paul R. Brown, Bernard Dufau, André Kudelski, Jean-Pierre Chahid-Nouraï and Arnoud De Meyer. There is no director appointed by the employees of Dassault Systèmes. There are three foreign directors, of American, Swiss and Belgian nationality. The average age of the directors is 60 years old at the date of this Annual Report. The mandates and responsibilities of the directors of Dassault Systèmes during the past year are shown in the table below. 1 FREE TRANSLATION – FOR INFORMATION PURPOSE ONLY Company Other mandates Shares Current position within the (outside DS) expired owned at Company Other occupations and during the last December 31, Name Professional address Directorships (*)1 5 years 2009 Charles Chairman of the Board Chairman and Chief Executive Director of 7,684,189 Edelstenne Dassault Aviation Officer (Président-Directeur Dassault Age: 72 78 Quai Marcel Dassault Général) of Dassault Aviation Réassurance Director since: 92 210 Saint Cloud (a listed company) (Luxembourg) April 8, 1993 French Companies and Thalès Term expires at – Member of the Supervisory Systèmes annual Board (Conseil de Aéroportés shareholders’ surveillance) of Groupe meeting Industriel Marcel Dassault in 2014 SAS – Director of Sogitec Industries SA – Director of Thalès (since May 2009) and Carrefour (listed companies) – Manager (Gérant) of sociétés civiles Arie and Arie 2, Nili and Nili 2 Foreign Companies – Director of SABCA (Belgium) – Chairman of Dassault Falcon Jet Corporation (United States) – President of Dassault International, Inc. (United States) Paul R. Brown Director Dean of the College of Director and 2 Age: 59 Business and Economics at member of the Director since: College of Business and Lehigh University, Audit Committee September 25, Economics Pennsylvania of 2000 Lehigh University – Dictaphone, Inc. Term expires at 621 Taylor Street, Rauch annual Business Center shareholders’ Bethlehem, Pennsylvania meeting 18015, United States of in 2011 America Bernard President and Chief Foreign subsidiaries of DS Director of 719,718 Charlès Executive Officer – Director and Chairman of Business Objects Age: 53 (Directeur général) Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Director since: Corp., Dassault Systèmes April 8, 1993 10 rue Marcel Dassault Simulia Corp., Dassault Term expires at 78140 Vélizy-Villacoublay Systèmes Delmia Corp., and annual Dassault Systèmes Corp. shareholders’ – President of Dassault meeting Systèmes Holding Canada Inc. in 2014 1 (*) Principal occupation appears first for directors whose principal employment is not at Dassault Systèmes. 2 FREE TRANSLATION – FOR INFORMATION PURPOSE ONLY Laurent Director Vice-President and member of – Manager 10 Dassault the Supervisory Board (Vice- (Gérant) of Age: 56 9 Rond-point des Champs président and Membre du Dassault Director since: Elysées Conseil de surveillance) of Investissements April 8, 1993 75008 Paris Groupe Industriel Marcel – President of Term expires at France Dassault SAS Dassault Falcon annual French companies Jet do Brazil, shareholders’ – Chairman of the Supervisory Midway Aircraft meeting Board (Président du Conseil Corp., Dassault in 2011 de surveillance) of Investment Immobilière Dassault SA Fund Inc., Vina – President (Président) of Dassault San Château Dassault SAS and of Pedro Château La Fleur Mérissac – Director of – Director and member of the Fingen SA, Audit Committee of Generali Compagnie France SA Nationale à – Director of Sogitec Portefeuille, Industries SA, Société BSS financière Louis Potel & Investment SA, Chabot and Génération Chenfeng Entreprise Machinery, – Co-Manager (Co-Gérant) of Aero Precision Artcurial Développement Repair and – Member of the Supervisory Overhaul Board (Membre du Conseil de Company «A- surveillance) of ARQANA pro», NAFCO SAS and 21 Central National Partners SA Aerospace – Member of the Steering Stener Co., Committee (Comité de suivi) Generali of Pechel Industries SAS and Assicurazioni Member of the Advisory SpA, Industrial Committee (Comité Procurement consultatif) of Sagard Private Services, Société Equity Partners SAS de Véhicules – Chairman of the Electriques SAS, Development Committee Fauchrier (Président du Comité de Partners développement) of the Groupe Management Ltd, Artcurial Terramaris SA – Managing Partner of LDRP – Member of the SCI Supervisory – Director of the Association Board (Conseil des Amis du Centre Georges de surveillance) Pompidou and of the of Eurazeo Organisation pour la and Member of Prévention de la Cécité the Advisory Foreign Companies Board (Comité – Chairman and Chief consultatif) of Executive Officer Power Private (Président-Directeur Général) Equity Fund and of Dassault Belgique Aviation Syntek – Chairman of the Advisory Capital SA Board of CATALYST INVESTMENTS II L.P. – Director of Power Corporation du Canada, Kudelski SA (a listed company), Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild Luxembourg SA, Lepercq, de Neuflize 3and Co. Inc., and SITA SA FREE TRANSLATION – FOR INFORMATION PURPOSE ONLY Bernard Director – Director and Chairman of the – Manager 1,000 Dufau Audit Committee of France (Gérant) of B. Age: 68 165 avenue de Wagram Telecom SA Dufau Conseil Director since: 75017 Paris (a listed company) May 31, 2001 – Director and Member of the Term expires at Audit Committee of Kesa annual Electricals plc shareholders’ – Director of Neo Sécurité meeting in 2013 André Director President and Chief Executive Member of the 10 Kudelski Officer (Président et Advisory Board Age: 49 Case Postale 134 Administrateur délégué) of of Crédit Suisse Director since: 1033 Cheseaux- Kudelski SA (a listed May 31, 2001 sur-Lausanne company) Term expires at Suisse Chairman and Chief Executive annual Officer (Président-Directeur shareholders’ Général) of Nagra+ SA meeting Chairman of the Board of in 2013 Open TV (USA)(a listed company) Director of HSBC Private Bank Holding (Switzerland), Nestlé and Edipresse Vice-President of the Swiss American Chamber of Commerce Thibault de Senior Executive Vice French subsidiares of DS – 9,815 Tersant President and Chief President (Président) of Age: 52 Financial Officer Dassault Systèmes Europe Director since: SAS and Dassault Systèmes April 8, 1993 10 rue Marcel Dassault HoldCo SAS Term expires at 78140 Vélizy-Villacoublay Foreign subsidiaries of DS annual Director and Chairman of shareholders’ Spatial Corp. meeting Director of Dassault Systèmes in 2014 SolidWorks Corp., Dassault Systèmes Delmia Corp., Dassault Systèmes Corp., Dassault Systèmes Simulia Corp. and Icem Ltd Jean-Pierre Director – – Director of 1,010 Chahid-Nouraï Stanislas SA and Age: 71 56 rue de Boulainvilliers of Fondation Director since: 75016 Paris Notre Dame de April 15, 2005 Garaison Term expires at – Managing annual Director shareholders’ (Administrateur meeting Délégué) of in 2011 Finanval Conseil 4 FREE TRANSLATION – FOR INFORMATION PURPOSE ONLY Arnoud De Director Professor and Director of the Director of 570 Meyer Judge Business School at the SR&DM, Age: 55 Singapore Management University of Cambridge, INSEAD Director since: University (SMU) Office of United Kingdom (Singapore) and April 15, 2005 the President – Director of Option INSEAD EAC Term expires at Administration Building, 81 International NV and Kylian Pte. Ltd Victoria Street – Singapore annual Technology Management 188065 shareholders’ Pte. Ltd. meeting in 2011 • Charles Edelstenne was the founder of Dassault Systèmes in 1981 and was its Managing Director (gérant) until it was transformed into a société anonyme in 1993. From 1993 to 2002, Mr. Edelstenne was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Président-Directeur Général) of Dassault Systèmes, and since 2002, Mr. Edelstenne has served as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Edelstenne devotes the majority of his time to his duties at Dassault Aviation, as indicated above. • Bernard Charlès has been Chief Executive Officer (Directeur Général) of Dassault Systèmes since 2002, Mr. Edelstenne being since then only the Chairman of the Company’s Board. Mr. Charlès served similar executive functions since 1995 which were shared with Mr. Edelstenne. Prior to holding this position, Mr. Charlès served as Director of Research and Strategy of DS from 1985 to 1988 and as Director of Research and Development from 1988 to 1995. • Thibault de Tersant has been Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dassault Systèmes since 2003. He joined DS in 1998 as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining DS, Mr. de Tersant served as a finance executive at Dassault International. Mr. de Tersant is also a member of the Board of Directors of the DFCG (French National Association of Chief Financial Officers and Financial Controllers). • Paul R. Brown has been a certified public accountant in Pennsylvania since 1974. He is Dean of the College of Business and Economics of the Lehigh