BENETEAU (EPA:BEN) - 191206 BENETEAU Appointment JP Chapeleau

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Press release - December 6, 2019

    Proposed appointment of Jean-Paul Chapeleau as Deputy CEO in charge of
            Industrial Studies, Purchasing and Product Development

The appointment of Jean-Paul Chapeleau as Deputy CEO in charge of Industrial
Studies, Purchasing and Product Development will be proposed to the Board of
Directors of December 18, 2019, with immediate effect. Jean-Paul Chapeleau
currently holds the position of Jeanneau and Prestige General Manager and acts
as adviser to the CEO at the Group's Management Board.

Jérôme de Metz, CEO, explains : "Taking our current challenges into account,
I am pleased to propose the appointment of Jean-Paul Chapeleau to support the
Group over the next 3 years with the implementation of its new strategic
pillars. I would like to thank Jean-Paul Chapeleau again: by choosing to allow
us to benefit from his expertise and experience for a few more years, he is
setting out his confidence in the strategic plan that we are currently building
and will facilitate its implementation."

In his new role, the main mission of Jean-Paul Chapeleau will be to align the
development resources and industrial resources with the Brand / Product
offering; to vitalize the product developments and adapt them for each segment
to the stakes involved with the brands and the manufacturing.

Christophe Caudrelier, Deputy CEO in charge of Operational Excellence, will
work closely with Jean- Paul Chapeleau, particularly on industrial studies. He
will approve them as well as the related investments.

A business school graduate, Jean-Paul Chapeleau joined Jeanneau in 1980. After
a first five-year assignment in sales management, he was Director of Logistics
for Jeanneau until 1995. He then served as Aftersales and Customer Service
Director for 10 years. From 1992 to 1999, Jean-Paul Chapeleau was instrumental
in the development of Jeanneau's production in Poland. From 2006 to 2009, he
was in charge of Jeanneau's marketing, before later heading up its business
development. For the past 10 years, Jean-Paul Chapeleau is General Manager of
the Jeanneau and Prestige brands.

ABOUT GROUPE BENETEAU

As the boating industry's global market leader, Groupe Beneteau, through its
Boat division's 12 brands, offers over 200 recreational boat models serving its
customers' diverse navigational needs and uses, from sailing to motorboating,
monohulls and catamarans.

Leading the European leisure homes market, the three brands from the Group's
Housing division offer a comprehensive range of leisure homes, lodges and pods
that combine eco-design with high standards of quality, comfort and
practicality.

With its international industrial capabilities and global sales network, the
Group employs 8,200 people, primarily in France, the US, Poland, Italy and
China.

                        CONTACTS - GROUPE BENETEAU

INVESTORS AND PRESS CONTACT
Mirna Cieniewicz
m.cieniewicz@beneteau-group.com
Tel +33 (0)2 51 26 21 25

JEANNEAU & PRESTIGE PRESS CONTACT
Constance Brement
c.brement@jeanneau.fr
Tel +33 (0)6 42 74 09 56

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