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SEs in Europe:
Established, in preparation,
announced interest and failed

As from May 2007, the SEEurope website has moved to our new website http://www.worker-participation.eu - The gateway to information on worker participation issues in Europe. The SE factsheets can be found here

In this section information is presented on established SEs and on companies planning to establish an SE. Establishment is possible as from 8 October 2004, by which date the SE Statute and the SE Directive should have been transposed into national law and have entered into force. Additionally, information is presented on companies exploring the possibilities of establishing an SE and those companies that have failed in their attempt to establish an SE.




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ESTABLISHED SEs
* = SE with operations and with employees

PLANNED SEs

FAILED SEs

LIQUIDATED / TRANSFORMED SEs

Sold Shelf SEs

COMPANIES INTERESTED IN ESTABLISHING AN SE


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(in alphabetical order)

Afschrift SE
provides legal advice.

Registered: 28-07-2005
Form of establishment: Merger SE
Seat: Brussels (Belgium)
Corporate governance structure: Two-tier
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Alfred Berg SE (ABN AMRO)
is an investment bank active in the Nordic countries and a completely owned subsidiary of the Dutch company ABN AMRO.

Registered: 30-09-2005
Form of establishment: Conversion
Seat: Stockholm (Sweden)
Corporate Governance Structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: Information, consultation

Documents/Links:


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Algest SE
provides real estate services.

Registered: 11-05-2006
Form of establishment: Merger
Seat in: Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Corporate governance structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Allianz SE

is the biggest German insurance and financial services company with more than 162,000 employees in more than 70 countries worldwide.

Registered: 10-2006
Form of establishment: Conversion
Seat: Munich (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: Two-tier
Employee involvement: Information/consultation/participation rights

Documents/Links:
  • Information on conversion (Allianz website)

  • ETUC: A bigger future for worker participation in Europe thanks to Allianz SE
  • - Link to press release, 25/09/2006
  • UNI-Europa: Worker directors for new Allianz SE
  • - Link to press release, 21/09/2006
  • European Worker Participation in the Allianz SE - Report about the negotiations and the agreement of the 21st of September 2006 on worker involvement by Roland Koestler
    More or less exactly after the legally foreseen half year negotiation period an agreement on worker involvement was reached and the Allianz SE can be registered in Munich. Allianz is one of the major global players, not only in Europe, now becoming a SE by merging with its Italian daughter RAS. Roland Köstler's report provides an interesting inside view into the negotiations on worker involvement in the future Allianz SE. Download report as pdf

  • Link to SE agreement (in DE)


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Artemis Global Capital SE
Provides financial services.
Registered: 11-2006
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat in: Bremen (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Atrium Dritte Europäische VV SE
(shelf company)

Registered: 20-03-2006
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Berlin (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: No employees

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Atrium Vierte Europäische VV SE
(shelf company)

Registered: 01-02-2006
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Düsseldorf (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: No employees

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Atrium Fünfte Europäische VV SE
(shelf company)

Registered: 31-01-2006
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Düsseldorf (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: No employees

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Atrium Achte Europäische VV SE
(shelf company)


Registered: 21-04-2006
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Charlottenburg (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: No employees

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Atrium Neunte Europäische VV SE
(shelf company)
Registered: 21-04-2006
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Charlottenburg (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: No employees

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Beiten Burkhardt EU-Beteiligungen SE
('shelf company')

Registered: 18-11-2005
December 2005
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Munich (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: No employees

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Joh. A. Benckiser SE

Registered: Information not available
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat in: Ludwigshafen (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Beteiligungs- und Investment SE

Information not available
Registered: 08-09-2005
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: Information not available

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BIBO ZWEITE Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft SE

Provides financial services.
Registered: 11-2006
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Frankfurt (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: Information not available

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BIBO ZWEITE Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft SE

(Information not available)
Registered: 01-2007
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Cheshunt (UK)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Bolagsstiftarna International SE
('shelf company')
Registered: 14-10-2004
Form of establishment: Subsidiary SE
Seat: Sweden
Corporate governance structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: No employees

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Bolbu Beteiligungsgesellschaft SE

Provides financial services.
Registered: 01-2007
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat in: Cheshunt (UK)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Galleria di Brennero Brennerbasistunnel BBT SE
organises and monitors the infrastructure project for the construction of the 50-km-long railway tunnel through the Brenner pass.

Registered: 17-12-2004
Form of establishment: Merger
Seat: Innsbruck (Austria)
Corporate governance structure: Two-tier
Employee involvement: Information/consultation rights, no participation

Documents/Links:


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Carthago Value Invest SE

provides financial services
Registered: 15-02-2006
Form of establishment: Subsidiary SE
Seat: Frankfurt a. M. (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: Two-tier
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Conrad Electronic SE

Is a leading electronics retailer in Europe with 2,300 employees.
Registered: 08-2006
Form of establishment: Merger SE
Seat: Hirschau (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: Through Economic Committee of the group works council

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Conrad Holding SE

(Information not available)
Registered: 08-2006
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Hirschau (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: see Conrad Electronic SE

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Convergence CT SE
operates in the medical engineering sector; and has three employees.

Registered: 31-01-2006
Form of establishment: formerly Atrium Erste Europäische VV SE
Seat: Berlin (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Culture Commune SE

Provides financial services
Registered: 31-07-2006
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Brussels (Belgium)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: Information not available

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DIAG Human SE

Provides financial and real estate services.
Registered: 29-08-2006
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Vaduz (Liechtenstein)
Corporate governance structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Donata Holding SE

Information not available
Registered: 21-03-2006
Form of establishment: Former Atrium Fünfte Europäische VV SE
Seat: Düsseldorf (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: Information not available

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EBD Erste Verwaltungsgesellschaft SE
(shelf company)

Registered: 09-2006
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat in: Aachen (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: Information not available

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EBD Zweite Verwaltungsgesellschaft SE
(shelf company)

Registered: 09-2006
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat in: Aachen (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: Information not available

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EBD European Business Development SE
is a business consultancy providing advice especially on restructuring, mergers and acquisitions. Additionally, it sells shelf companies.

Registered: 17-10-2005
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Aachen (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: No employees

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Elcoteq SE
is an electronics manufacturing services company with almost 20,000 employees in 15 countries worldwide.

Registered: 01-10-2005
Form of establishment: Conversion
Seat: Lohja (Finland)
Corporate governance structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: Information/consultation rights, no participation

Documents/Links:


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Equipotential SE

Registered: 12-10-2006
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Bremen (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Eurotunnel SE

Registered: 04-04-2006
Form of establishment: Subsidiary
Seat: Brussels (Belgium)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Fortis Intertrust Corporate Services SE

Provides financial services
Registered: 08-10-2006
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: No employees

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GIS Europe SE

Provides procurement services in Europe..
Registered: 23-06-2006
Form of establishment: Merger
Seat: Breda (Netherlands)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Go East Invest SE
is a consulting company that gives advice on (re)location of industrial sites and development of new markets; it also provides services on site in the Middle East and the Far East.

Registered: 17-03-2005
Form of establishment: Merger
Seat: Berlin (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: Two-tier
Employee involvement: No employees

Documents/Links:


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Graphisoft SE
is the leading supplier of model-based software and services for the building industry with 250 employees.

Registered: 27-07-2005
Form of establishment: Conversion
Seat: Budapest (Hungary)
Corporate governance structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Graphisoft Park SE
is a spin-off of Graphisoft SE responsible for real estate development and office leasing business. This entity will not conduct operations by itself; that will be done by Graphisoft Park Kft, whose sole owner is Graphisoft Park SE.

Registered: 21-08-2006
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Budapest (Hungary)
Corporate governance structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Innovatis SE

(Information not available)
Registered: Information not available
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Information not available (France)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Investimenti Belgium SE
provides financial services.

Registered: 19-12-2005
Form of establishment: Merger
Seat: Brussels (Belgium)
Corporate governance structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Jura Management SE


Provides transport services.

Registered: 28-03-2006
Form of establishment: Conversion
Seat: Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: No employees

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Lyreco CE, SE

Trades and distributes office products in Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. The company has 49 employees in four countries and is part of the Lyreco group that has 10,000 employees in 26 countries worldwide.

Registered: 08-10-2005
Form of establishment: Transformation
Seat: Bratislava (Slovakia)
Corporate governance structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: Information, consultation

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MAN Diesel SE
is a leading supplier of large diesel engines for ship propulsion systems, stationary power supply and rail traction, as well as of diesel power plants and turbochargers, and has approximately 6,700 employees worldwide.

Form of establishment: Conversion
Seat: Augsburg (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: two-tier
Employee involvement: Information, consultation, participation

Documents/Links:


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MatMar SE
Holding in the production and distribution of food and luxury foodstuffs.

Registered: 01-02-2006
Form of establishment: Holding
Seat: Vienna (Austria)
Corporate governance structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Media Corner SE
provides legal advice.

Registered: 28-07-2005
Form of establishment: Merger SE
Seat: Brussels (Belgium)
Corporate governance structure: Two-tier
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Minos 2005/01 Vermögensverwaltungs SE
provides financial services.

Registered: 05-12-2005
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Munich (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: No employees.

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MPIT Structured Financial Services SE
provides financial services in the Benelux countries.

Registered: 08-10-2004
Form of establishment: Subsidiary SE
Seat: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: No employees

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Narada Europe SE
It seems that this SE would serve as an example of non-European companies using the SE as a way of establishing a European branch with the help of an European partner. Narade Europe SE is marketing and trade of battery products and similar products related to supply of electricity and other energy products,

Registered: 20-01-2006
Seat: Norway
Form of establishment: Information not available

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Plansee SE
is a leading manufacturer of powder metallurgical products and components.

Approximately 1,300 employees and operates in four European countries.
Registered: 11-02-2006
Form of establishment: Conversion
Seat: Reutte (Austria)
Corporate governance structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: Participation rights, but no SE works council

Documents:
  • Case Study Report on Plansee SE - Sandra Schwimbersky (SEEurope network) in cooperation with Udo Rehfeld (IRES)

    The aim and purpose of this study is to track the process of transformation of Plansee AG into an SE and the views of the different parties involved, namely the management and works council of the company, the relevant trade unions and the Vienna Chamber of Labour. Besides giving a timeline and describing the process of transformation from different viewpoints, the study presents an analysis of results. However, evaluation of actual working practice is limited to the period of 5 months since the transformation took place.

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Prosafe SE

Explores and drills for oil and produces petroleum.
Registered: 02-2007
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Stavanger (Norway)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Riga RE - SE

Information not available
Registered: 11-08-2006
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Riga (Latvia)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: Information not available

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RPG Industries SE

An industrial group that owns coalmining, energy, transport and real estate assets in Central and Eastern Europe

Registered: 03-08-2006
Form of establishment: Merger
Seat: Information not available (Cyprus)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: Information not available

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SE Sampo Life Insurance

Is part of Sampo Life Insurance Company Limited, a leading insurance company in the Baltic states.
Form of establishment: Conversion
Seat: Tallinn (Estonia)
Corporate governance structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Sarpedon 2006/01 Vermögensverwaltungs SE

(shelf company)
Registered: 12-2006
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Munich (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: No employees

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Schering-Plough Clinical Trials SE
was formed mostly in order to comply with the EU Clinical Trials Directive that requires in relevant part that there be a legal representative in the EU for clinical trials sponsored in the EU.

Registered: 22-02-2005
Form of establishment: Subsidiary SE
Seat: Welwyn Garden City (United Kingdom)
Corporate governance structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: No employees

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SCS Europe SE

Provides financial services
Registered: 08-10-2004
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: No employees

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Startplattan 39001 SE ('shelf company')

Registered: 11/11/2004
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Sweden
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: No employees

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Startplattan 39002 SE
('shelf company')

Registered: 11/11/2004
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Sweden
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: No employees

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Strabag Bauholding SE
is a major company in the building sector with about 31,000 employees in subsidiaries all over Europe and the Middle East.

Registered: 12-10-2004
Form of establishment: Conversion
Seat: Spittal (Austria)
Corporate governance structure: Two-tier
Employee involvement: Information, consultation, participation

Documents/Links:


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Sunshine-Invest SE
provides real estate services in Brussels.

Registered: 10-10-2005
Form of establishment: Merger SE
Seat: Brussels (Belgium)
Corporate governance structure: Two-tier
Employee involvement: Information not available

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TCN Urop SE

(Information not available)
Registered: 22-12-2006
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Information not available (Netherlands)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Tourism Real Estate Property Holding SE
provides real estate and construction services.

Registered: 29-09-2005
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: No employees

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Tourism Real Estate Services Holding SE
provides real estate services.

Registered: 29-09-2005
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Rotterdam (Netherlands)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: No employees

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SE TradeCom Finanzinvest

provides financial services in the field of futures trading with commodities and securities. The company has only three employees and operations not only in Austria, but also in Luxembourg, Switzerland and the US.

Registered: 31-12-2005
Form of establishment: Conversion
Seat: Wels (Austria)
Corporate governance structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: SNB terminated negotiations.

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Viel et Compagnie-Finance - SE

Registered: Information not available
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Paris (France)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: Information not available

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World-Wide-Invest SE

Registered: 01-06-2006
Form of establishment: Conversion
Seat in: Aachen (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: Information not available

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YSL Beauté Benelux SE
promotes and distributes cosmetic products

Registered: 06-07-2006
Form of establishment: Merger
Seat in: Brussels (Belgium)
Corporate governance structure: Information not available
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Fresenius AG
is a supplier of health care products and offers services in this fielsd. The company has ca. 100,000 employees globally.
Expected month of registration: Information not available
Expected form of establishment: Conversion
Expected seat: Bad Homburg (Germany)
Expected corporate governance structure: Two-tier
Expected employee involvement: Information, consultation, participation

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Mensch und Maschine Software AG
is one of the leading European providers of CAD services with about 350 employees in 12 countries worldwide.

Expected month of registration: 01-2006
Expected form of establishment: Conversion
Expected seat: Wessling (Germany)
Expected corporate governance structure: Two-tier
Expected employee involvement: Information/consultation/participation rights

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Nordea Bank AB (publ)
is one of the leading financial services groups in the Nordic and Baltic Sea region with about 29,000 employees in 21 countries worldwide. It was one of the first companies to show interest in the legal form of SE and to commence the process of transformation into an SE. The process has not been completed so far because of the complex legal environment of banking in Europe: completely different regulations apply in the countries of the participating companies (Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway).

Expected form of establishment: Merger
Expected seat: Stockholm (Sweden)
Expected corporate governance structure: One-tier
Expected employee involvement: Information/consultation/participation rights

Documents/Links:


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SCOR SA
is a reinsurer with almost 1,000 employees in 18 countries worldwide.
Expected month of registration: 2006
Expected form of establishment: Conversion
Expected seat: Information not available (France)
Expected corporate governance structure: One-tier
Expected employee involvement: Information/consultation/participation rights

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Suez SA
is an international industrial and services group in the field of electricity, gas, energy services, water and waste management with about 161,000 employees worldwide.

Expected form of establishment: No information available
Expected seat: Paris (France)
Expected corporate governance structure: One-tier
Expected employee involvement: Information not available

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Suomi Mutual Life Assurance Company

Expected month of registration: 2007
Expected form of establishment: Information not available
Expected seat: Estonia
Expected corporate governance structure: Information not available
Expected employee involvement: Information not available

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Surteco AG

Is an industrial group engaged in the development, design, manufacture and sale of surface materials based on paper and plastics. The company has 2,109 employees on four continents.
Expected form of establishment: Transformation
Expected seat: Augsburg (Germany)
Expected corporate governance structure: Two-tier
Expected employee involvement: Information/consultation/participation rights

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Zoll Pool Hafen Hamburg SE
was planned as a joint subsidiary of several German and one Italian companies operating in the field of customs clearance.

Planned form of establishment: Subsidiary SE
Planned seat: Hamburg (Germany)
Planned corporate governance structure: Two-tier
Reasons for withdrawal: The management decided to establish a German AG after the second rejection of the registration.

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LIQUIDATED:

Europäische Gesellschaft (SE) – Erwerb und Verwaltung von Vermögen

It seems that this SE was only formed to eventually merge the International Reinsurance Company SA (Luxembourg) with Allianz AG. The SE was merged into Allianz AG by the merger plan of 29-08-2005.

Registered: 30-06-2005
Form of establishment: Merger
Seat: Munich (Germany)
Corporate governance structure: Two-tier
Employee involvement: No employees


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TRANSFORMED:

Tetra Laval Capital Ltd.
(former: Tetra Laval Capital SE)

provides financial services

Registered: 31-10-2005
Form of establishment: Merger SE
Seat: Cayman Islands
Corporate governance structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Tetra Laval Finance & Treasury Ltd.
(former Tetra Laval Finance & Treasury SE)

provides financial services

Registered: 03-11-2005
Form of establishment: Merger SE
Seat: Cayman Islands
Corporate governance structure: One-tier
Employee involvement: Information not available

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Atrium Erste Europäische VV SE
(shell company)
Registered: 10-2005
Seat: Düsseldorf (Germany)
Comments: Sold and renamed into Convergence CT SE, which was registered on 31-01-2006 in Charlottenburg (Germany)

Atrium Fünfte Europäische VV SE

(shelf company)
Registered: 31-01-2006
Form of establishment: Information not available
Seat: Düsseldorf (Germany)
Comments: Renamed Donata Holding SE, which was registered on 21-03-2006 in Düsseldorf (Germany)

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More information on the companies interested in establishing an SE: SEEurope fact sheet information

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