SPIE (EPA:SPIE) - SPIE: two new appointments to the Board of Directors

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14/09/2017 17:40

Press release

                                 APPOINTMENTS

             SPIE: two new appointments to the Board of Directors

Cergy, September 14th, 2017 - The Board of Directors of SPIE, the independent
European leader in multi-technical services in the areas of energy and
communications, is pleased to announce the appointments, by co-optation, of Dr.
Tanja Rueckert as Independent Director  and FFP INVEST (as a legal entity) as
Observer. FFP INVEST will be represented by its Chief Executive Officer,
Bertrand Finet. The Group's Board of Directors approved these  appointments on
September 14th, 2017.

Dr. Tanja Rueckert graduated from the University of Regensburg (Germany) with a
doctoral degree in Chemistry, has spent her entire career working in the
digital sector at SAP Group. She was appointed Executive Vice President and COO
Product & Innovation of SAP SE in 2015, before being made Executive Vice
President of SAP SE's Digital Assets & Internet of Things (IoT) Line of
Business, and is currently leading as President of SAP SE's IoT & Digital
Supply Chain Business Unit. Dr. Tanja Rueckert's appointment as Director shall
be put for approval to the Group's next Shareholders General Meeting in 2018.

FFP INVEST's representative, Bertrand Finet, started his career in 1991 at 3i
Group. He joined CVC Capital Partners in 1996, before becoming Managing
Director of Candover's Paris office in 2006. In 2009, he became a Director and
Member of the Executive Committee of the French Strategic Investment Fund
(Fonds Stratégique d'Investissement, FSI), and in 2013 was appointed Executive
Director at the French public investment bank Bpifrance, in charge of the SME
Equity Capital Division. Two years later, in 2015, he was made Executive
Director of Bpifrance's Mid & Large Cap Division. In 2017, he was named Deputy
Chief Executive Officer of FFP and Chief Executive Officer of FFP INVEST, a
subsidiary wholly owned by FFP.

FFP INVEST's appointment as Director of SPIE shall be put for approval to the
Group's next Shareholders General Meeting in 2018.

Gauthier Louette, SPIE Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said: "We are
delighted to welcome Tanja Rueckert as an Independent Director. Her vision of
digital transformation and her international experience will be major assets
for SPIE's European development. In addition, having Bertrand Finet  on the
Board of Directors as FFP INVEST's representative will allow us to draw on the
vast experience of an investment professional."

About SPIE
As the independent European leader in multi-technical services in the areas of
energy and communications, SPIE supports its customers to design, build,
operate and maintain energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly
facilities.

With 38,000 employees working from close to 600 sites in 38 countries, SPIE
achieved in 2016 consolidated revenues of EUR5.1 billion and consolidated EBITA
of EUR352 million.

www.spie.com
https://www.facebook.com/SPIEgroup
http://twitter.com/spiegroup

About FFP

FFP is an investment company listed on Euronext, majority-owned by
Etablissements Peugeot Frères and managed by Robert Peugeot. FFP is one of the
main shareholders of Peugeot SA and pursues a long-term minority shareholding
investment policy. FFP holds shares in listed companies (LISI, Zodiac
Aerospace, SEB, DKSH, ORPEA), non-listed companies (IHS, Eren Renewable Energy)
and private equity funds.

www.groupe-ffp.fr/en

SPIE
Pascal Omnès
Group Communications Director
Tel. + 33 (0)1 34 41 81 11
pascal.omnes@spie.com

SPIE
Thomas Guillois
Investor Relations Director
Tel. + 33 (0)1 34 41 80 72
thomas.guillois@spie.com

Agence Droit Devant
Philippe Hériard
Tel. + 33 (0)1 39 53 53 33
heriard@droitdevant.fr

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