DANONE - Registration document 2015

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Information about the issuer and information on the Registration Document
1.2 Information about the Registration Document
DANONE REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2015 7
Substitute Statutory auditors
Auditex
Tour First, 1, place des Saisons
TSA 14444
92037 Paris-La Défense Cedex
Start date of first term of office: April 22, 2010
Expiration date of terms of office: date of the Shareholders' Meeting
deliberating on the financial statements for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2015
Yves NICOLAS
63, rue de Villiers
92208 Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex
Start date of first term of office: April 22, 2010
Expiration date of terms of office: date of the Shareholders' Meeting
deliberating on the financial statements for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2015
1.2 INFORMATION ABOUT THE REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
Selected financial information
The financial information presented in section Key figures is extrac-
ted from section 3 Danone's business highlights in 2015 and outlook
for 2016 and from Danone's consolidated financial statements for
fiscal year 2015 prepared in accordance with International Financial
Reporting Standards (IFRS).
Consolidated financial statements and Notes to the consolidated
financial statements for fiscal year 2015 are presented in section 4.1
Consolidated financial statements and Notes to the consolidated finan-
cial statements .
References and definitions
Unless otherwise noted, all the references mentioned hereafter refer to the following elements:
ALMA All references herein to the “ALMA” region refer to the Asia/Pacific, Latin America, Middle East and
Africa region;
CIS Commonwealth of Independent States;
Company All references herein to the “Company”, the “Group” or “Danone” refer to the Company and its consoli-
dated subsidiaries;
Consolidated financial state-
ments, Notes to the consoli-
dated financial statements
All references herein to consolidated financial statements and Notes to the consolidated financial sta-
tements refer to consolidated financial statements for 2015 fiscal year;
DANONE call options All references herein to DANONE call options refer to DANONE share purchase options subscribed by
the Company to hedge certain stock-option plans described in section 7.2 Treasury shares and DANONE
call options held by the Company and its subsidiaries;
Danone's market shares and
positions
All references herein to Danone's market shares or market positions are derived from third-party mar-
ket studies and databases provided in particular by Nielsen, IRI, Euromonitor and Canadean institutes;
Division All references herein to “Division” or “Divisions” refer to one or all of Danone's Fresh Dairy Products,
Waters, Early Life Nutrition and Medical Nutrition businesses;
Early Life Nutrition All references herein to “Early Life Nutrition” and the early life nutrition business or market refer to baby
formula (infant milk formula, follow-on milk, growing up milks), milk- and fruit-based desserts, cereals,
jars of baby food and ready-made baby food;
Emerging countries All references herein to “emerging countries” refer to countries other than mature countries where
Danone is present;
Europe Europe excl. CIS and including Turkey:
Fresh Dairy Products All references herein to “Fresh Dairy Products” and the fresh dairy products business or market refer
to processed dairy products and exclude cream and butter;