0BUNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the month of February 2011
Commission File Number: 001-15248
VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
36-38, avenue Kléber
75116 Paris, France
(Address of principal executive offices)
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PRESS RELEASE
Veolia Transdev Project: Veolia Environnement and Caisse des
Dépôts propose to adapt the future company’s shareholder pact
Paris, February 7 2011_ As part of the process of implementing the May 4, 2010 agreement providing for the tie-up between their subsidiaries, Veolia Transport and Transdev, Veolia Environnement and Caisse des Dépôts plan to adapt the terms of their shareholder pact, and in particular to streamline provisions relating to the governance of the future Veolia Transdev.
The shareholders intention is to implement the operational, geographic and modal synergies identified, as soon as the deal has been closed, and to foster the rapid emergence of a common corporate culture focused on efficiency, development, and service quality.
Within this context, Veolia Environnement and the Caisse des Dépôts will propose to the governance bodies of their respective subsidiaries and, in due course, to the Boards of Directors of Veolia Environnement and Veolia Transdev, to establish a unified Chief Executive position with full operational responsibility for the new company, and to name Mr. Jérôme Gallot.
Veolia Environnement and Caisse des Dépôts express their thanks to Messrs. Joël Lebreton and Cyrille Du Peloux for their contribution to the merger process, enabling the emergence of a world private-sector leader in sustainable mobility.
The two shareholders reaffirm their ambition of floating the new company on the stock market as soon as conditions permit.
The planned adaptation of the shareholder pact is taking place within the process of consultations with the two companies’ employee representative institutions and to approval by the competent governance bodies.
The merger between Veolia Transport and Transdev is also subject to approval by decree after receiving the assent of the Commission des Participations et des Transferts (French Commission on State Shareholdings and Transfers).
Jérôme Gallot, 51, has been Chairman of CDC Entreprises since 2006 and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Fonds Stratégique d’Investissement (Strategic Investment Fund), which exists to provide equity financing for firms with the potential to boost the growth and competitiveness of the French economy. He was previously head of pensions (2003-2006) at the Caisse des Dépôts, and Director-General of Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control at the French Ministry of the Economy and Finance (1997-2003).
Jérôme Gallot is a graduate of the Ecole Nationale d’Administration and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, as well holding a Masters in Law.
Contacts :
Marie-Claire Camus – +33 (0) 1 71 75 06 08 – marie-claire.camus@veolia.com
Philippe Joyeux – +33 (0) 1 58 50 40 00 – philippe.joyeux@caissedesdepots.fr
Ce communiqué est consultable sur www.caissedesdepots.fr et www.veolia.com
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: February 07, 2011
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VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT
By: /s/ Olivier Orsini
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Name: Olivier Orsini
Title: General Secretary
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