UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT AND ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT
SUMMARY
Message from the Chairman Message from the CEO Our business
Business model
Corporate Social Responsibility Board of Directors
Key figures
1 Introduction to the Group
- Business sector
- Groupe SEB objectives and value creation model
- Organization and internal control
- Risk factors and management
2 Corporate governance
- Implementation framework for corporate governance principles
- Management structure
- Composition, organization and operation of the Board of Directors
- Group management bodies
- Remuneration policy
3 Corporate Social Responsibility
- Strategy, results and governance
- Non-financialperformance statement DPEF ,
Duty of vigilance and vigilance plan DV
- People matter
- Sustainable Innovation and respect for consumers
- Circular revolution
- Climate action
- Reporting process
- Applying the EU taxonomy regulation to Groupe SEB
- Report buy the independent third-party organization on the verification of the non- financial statement included in the group management report
4 Commentary
on the financial year
- Highlights
- Commentary on consolidated sales
- Commentary on consolidated results
- Commentary on SEB S.A.'s results
- Outlook
- Post-balancesheet events
2 | 5 Consolidated financial | ||
3 | 273 | ||
4 | statements | ||
6 | 5.1 | Financial statements | 274 |
8 | 5.2 | Notes to the Consolidated Financial | |
10 | Statements | 279 | |
5.3 | Statutory auditors' report on the | ||
12 | |||
consolidated financial statements | 340 | ||
5.4 | History of significant consolidated items | ||
and ratios | 345 | ||
17 | 6 Company financial statements | 347 | |
18 | |||
23 | 6.1 | Financial statements | 348 |
6.2 | Notes to the SEB S.A. financial statements | 350 | |
42 | |||
6.3 | Five-year financial summary | 365 | |
51 | |||
6.4 | Statutory auditors' report on the financial | ||
statements | 366 | ||
67 | 7 Information concerning the company | ||
68 | 371 | ||
68 | and its share capital | ||
7.1 | Information concerning the company | 372 | |
70 | 7.2 | Information on the share capital | 375 |
105 | 7.3 | Financial authorizations | 381 |
107 | 7.4 | Employee shareholding | 383 |
7.5 | Securities market, dividend | 386 | |
135 | 8 Annual General Meeting | 389 | |
136 | |||
8.1 | Agenda for the Combined Annual General | ||
149 | Meeting of 23 May 2024 | 390 |
1588.2 Draft resolutions and Board of Directors' report to the Combined Annual General
193 | Meeting of 23 May 2024 | 391 | |
208 | 8.3 | Statutory auditors' report on regulated | |
216 | agreements | 408 | |
238 | 9 Additional information | ||
240 | 409 | ||
9.1 | Glossary | 410 | |
246 | 9.2 | Declaration by the person responsible for the | |
Universal Registration Document containing | |||
the annual report | 413 | ||
9.3 | Statutory auditors and audit fees | 414 |
9.4 | Cross-reference table for the Annual | ||
251 | Financial Report, management report and | ||
corporate governance report | 415 | ||
252 | 9.5 | Cross-reference table for the Universal | |
262 | Registration Document | 417 | |
9.6 | Cross-reference table, Grenelle II, | ||
268 | |||
GRI and global compact | 420 | ||
270 | |||
272 |
272 Information required for Annual financial report, pursuant to Article L. 451-1-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code are identified in the correspondence table in Chapter 9.4.
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€8,006M
2023 SALES
+5.3%
ORGANIC SALES GROWTH
Universal
Registration
Document 2023
& Annual Financial Report
SEB Group's mission is to
"Make consumers' everyday lives easier and more enjoyable and contributing to better living all around the world".
To achieve this, the Group's vision is based on two strategic objectives:
- strengthen its leading positions in the Consumer segment through a policy of continuous innovation and the ongoing expansion of its category coverage, and thereby outperform its market;
- become a global standard in the Professional segment by capitalizing on the success of its Coffee business to broaden its scope of activity: enter new market segments and integrate new business lines.
€386M
2023 NET PROFIT
> 31,000
EMPLOYEES WORLDWIDE
This Universal Registration Document has been fi led on 4 April 2024 with the AMF, as competent authority under Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, without prior approval pursuant to Article 9 of the said regulation.
The Universal Registration Document may be used for the purposes of an offer to the public of securities or admission of securities to trading on a regulated market if completed by a securities note and, if applicable, a summary and any amendments to the Universal Registration Document. The whole is approved by the AMF in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1129.
This Universal Registration Document is a reproduction of the official version of the Universal Registration Document including the 2023 annual fi nancial report, which has been prepared in XHTML and is available on the websites of the AMF (www.amf-france.org) and Groupe SEB (www.groupeseb.com).
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Message from
the Chairman
Performance in 2023 was solid and we returned to dynamic growth trends, much more in line with our historical standards, after three very turbulent years.
Navigating this period did not occur without challenges, but, thanks to our good agility, we managed to weather the particularly volatile environment.
Beyond this immediate adaptability, we always maintained our long-term strategic focus. We continued to invest in innovation, to build new categories and open up new horizons. This unique combination of agility and forward planning has a name: resilience.
2023 confi rmed the relevance of our profitable growth model, which leverages the expansion of the middle classes, the emergence of new needs and consumer aspirations for more sustainable products. Our markets, enjoying structural growth, offer a myriad of opportunities.
Furthermore, our expansion in the professional segment opens up new perspectives for the Group. The acquisitions of Pacojet, La San Marco, and more recently Sofi lac, with its emblematic brands, Charvet and Lacanche, confirm the Group's ambition in the professional and semi-professional culinary markets.
Our talented and diversifi ed teams, our fundamental values and our commitment to solid corporate governance are at the heart of the deployment of our strategy. Together, we are therefore determined to continue to pursue our purpose: to make everyday life easier and more enjoyable for our consumers and contribute to better living around the world.
THIERRY DE LA TOUR D'ARTAISE
Chairman
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Message from
the CEO
Groupe SEB performed well in 2023, against a backdrop of diffi cult economic conditions. As anticipated, we regained good momentum in Consumer and reaffirmed our global leadership through an intensive
product innovation strategy, deployed effectively.
In Professional, we continued our progress and consolidated our position as a world leader in coffee machines with strong growth in China and the United States in particular. At the same time, we broadened our scope of action by means of targeted acquisitions, which further enhance our ambition to become a leading player in Professional Equipment.
The dynamic sales, the continuous improvement of gross profi t and disciplined management of all costs allowed the Group to exceed its initial target for growth in operating income. We end the fi nancial year with a stronger balance sheet and financial structure.
We reaffirm our medium-term ambitions of average annual organic growth in revenue of at least 5% and an operating margin of around 11%. For 2024, we confirm our objective to deliver an operating margin close to 10%.
I would like to thank all employees for their commitment and contribution to these fine achievements.
Stanislas DE GRAMONT
Chief Executive Officer
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Our business
OUR CONSUMER MARKET*
Estimated at
€75 billion
- €50bn Small Electrical Appliances
- €25bn Cookware
Structural growth (>3%per year)
Multi-channel distribution
Fragmented market
Geographic business distribution
34% | 28% | 11% | 15% | 7% | 5% |
Western | China | North | Other EMEA | Other Asian | South |
Europe | America | countries | countries | America |
Electrical cooking
Food and beverage preparation
Cookware
OUR PROFESSIONAL MARKET*
Estimated at | Hot and cold beverages |
€15 billion
Rapid growth (5-10%per year)
High barriers to entry
Recurring revenue
Diverse customer base
*potential market (see Chapter 1)
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Our business
88% | €8,006M | 12% |
2023 sales | ||
Consumer | Professional |
Home care | Home comfort |
Consumer brands Core brands
Global
Linen care | Personal care |
Regional
Premium
Cookware
Professional brands Hot and cold beverages
Cookware
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Business model
OUR RESOURCES
COMMITTED
STAFF
- >31,000 employees
- 115 nationalities
- Managers: average of 14 years of service; 42% women
-
6,500 employees
in sales and marketing
INNOVATION AT THE HEART OF THE GROUP
- ~3,000 employees
- 6 centers of excellence
- 6 regional hubs
- ~€300 million invested
- >10,000 active patents (439 fi led in 2023)
MANUFACTURING
BASE
- 41 production sites, including 6 dedicated to professional products
- ~240 million products manufactured/year
-
All sites
ISO 14001 certified
STRONG
BRANDS
-
35 brands
in 150 countries - Tefal, 15th favorite brand of the French (out of 1,300)
A SOLID
FINANCIAL BASE
- Shareholder stability
- Shareholders' equity of €3.5bn
- Available liquidity of €2.5bn*
OUR VALUE
OUR STRATEGIC AMBITION
STRENGTHEN OUR POSITION AS WORLD LEADER IN SMALL DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT
OUR KEY SUCCESS FACTORS
STRONG | GLOBAL | CONTINUOUS |
BRANDS | PRESENCE | INNOVATION |
> Robust portfolio | > Presence in | > Dynamism fueled |
of global and local | 150 countries, | by continuous, |
complementary | evenly balanced | disruptive |
brands. | between mature and | innovation. |
> 2 brands | emerging markets. | > A fundamentally |
>€2bn in sales. | > Geographic expansion | consumer-centric |
through organic and | approach. | |
external growth. |
&
PROVEN EXPERTISE IN EXTERNAL GROWTH
Structuring or targeted acquisitions
that have contributed to the Group's development
A PIONEER IN SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY
CSR at the heart of the Group's strategy
GROUP VALUES
ENTREPRENEURIAL | |
DRIVE | RESPECT FOR PEOPLE |
*including undrawn credit lines
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Business model
OUR MISSION
Making consumers' everyday lives easier and more enjoyable and contributing to better living all around the world.
CREATION FORMULA
BECOME A BENCHMARK PLAYER IN IN THE PROFESSIONAL SECTOR
VALUE CREATED AND SHARED
FOR
EMPLOYEES
-
18 hours of training
on average per employee per year since 3 years - 5th best employer in France (electrical equipment category)
- 66% of work-study students or interns hired (executives)
BROAD
PRODUCT
PORTFOLIO
- 50 consumer product categories.
- Synergies between different product families.
POWERFUL
COMMERCIAL
EXECUTION
-
Multi-channeldistribution:
60% offline
40% online. - DTC: 1,200 physical outlets and 100 online outlets (outside China).
COMPETITIVE
INDUSTRY
- 60% of production carried out in- house: agility and flexibility.
- Specific technological expertise and know-how.
FOR
CUSTOMERS
- >350M products sold per year (5 years average)**
- €2.5bn in sales from products launched since 2021
- >75% of sales generated in markets where the Group is a leader
FOR THE PLANET
AND SOCIETY
Ecovadis platinum (2023)
- Synergies in terms of geographic areas, products and business sectors.
- Ability to mobilize the necessary financial and human resources.
- Integration expertise.
- A pioneer in repairability since 2008.
- Ecodesign at the heart of product development
- The Group's commitment to its local communities is deeply rooted in its DNA.
- Aiming at contributing to global carbon neutrality achievement by 2050.
PASSION FOR | GROUP | |
INNOVATION | PROFESSIONALISM | SPIRIT |
- 48% recycled materials in our manufactured products in 2023
- -40%reduction in CO2 eq. emissions by product since 2016 (scopes 1 and 2)
- 91% of our consumer products are repairable for 15 years
FOR
SUPPLIERS
- ~74% of purchases covered by the Responsible Purchasing Charter
- 36 suppliers ➜ AA label from Intertek
FOR FINANCIAL
PARTNERS
- ORfA: €726m
- Profi t attributable to owners of the parent: €386m
- Free cash-flow:€805m
-
2023 dividend: €2.62*
(+8% a year for 15 years)
*proposed at the 2024 AGM. **excluding Professional & accesories.
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Corporate Social
Responsibility
A committed Group
Driven by the humanist values passed on by its founders, Groupe SEB has always pursued a corporate culture that is based on a sense of responsibility, solidarity and commitment. Convinced that sustainable development is a driver for creating value for its employees consumers, customers, shareholders and in the countries in which it operates, the Group has been committed for many years to an approach that is ethical, economically successful, socially equitable and environmentally friendly.
Building on the progress made in these various areas, in 2018 the Group went a step further, defining a strategy that took into account environmental and societal challenges and setting goals for its activities and business lines to act in a responsible and ethical manner throughout the value chain. This ambition, expressed in the signature "Act for sustainable livings", has been based on 4 four pillars that related to the quantitative objectives set by the Group for 2023.
Through this ambition, the Group has contributed to 10 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations.
By the end of 2023, the Group had achieved or exceeded the vast majority of the goals it had set for itself across the four pillars of its ambition (People Matter, Sustainable Innovation, Circular Revolution, Climate Action) thus demonstrating its ability to integrate environmental, social, and societal dimensions into its activities. By capitalizing on its values, historical strengths, and pioneering actions, the Group has shown the capacity of its organization to experiment, innovate, operationalize, scale up, and enhance skills.
This positive assessment constitutes a particularly solid foundation upon which to build the next ambition for 2024-2030, which will enable even further integration of CSR into the Group's activities and professions to reconcile economic performance and sustainable development.
The four pillars of the "Act for Sustainable livings" ambition, as well as the associated objectives, policies, and assessments, are detailed in Chapter 3 of this document (p.135).
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