Regulatory News:
At its February 2, 2009 meeting, the Board of Directors of Wavecom S.A.
(Paris:AVM) (NASDAQ:WVCM) acknowledged the consolidated version of the
AFEP/MEDEF Corporate Governance Code for public companies which, in
particular, includes new recommendations on executive directors’
compensation.
As a general rule, the Board of Directors considers that Wavecom’s Code
of Corporate Governance, adopted in 2003 and regularly updated since
then, complies with the spirit of the AFEP/MEDEF Code.
Therefore, the Board of Directors decided to continue to adhere to the
corporate governance principles, and more particularly those relating to
executive directors’ compensation, set by the AFEP and the MEDEF.
However, the Board of Directors notes one reservation relating to the
potential severance payment to be made to the CEO in case of his
voluntary resignation in the event of a change in control of the
Company. In its meeting of November 17, 2008 when performance criteria
were set that the CEO must meet in order to receive a potential
severance payment (in compliance with the French TEPA Law), the Board of
Directors approved the possibility that such severance payment could be
made in case of voluntary departure of the CEO following a change in
control of the Company. The performance criteria, as well as the
possibility that such severance payment would be made in case of
voluntary departure remain subject to approval by the shareholders at a
general meeting of Wavecom shareholders.
In all cases, and with the exception of the above reservation based on
Wavecom’s specific circumstances and current situation, the Board of
Directors subscribes entirely to the AFEP/MEDEF recommendations.
Wavecom – the wireless M2M experts
Wavecom is a leading provider of embedded wireless technology for M2M
(machine-to-machine) communication. Wavecom provides a range of
GSM/GPRS, CDMA, EDGE and 3G Wireless CPUs; programmable processors which
also act as wireless modules or wireless modems. These are backed by a
cellular wireless software suite which includes a real-time operating
system (RTOS), a software development environment based on Eclipse™, and
several Plug-Ins (GPS, TCP/IP, security, Bluetooth™, Lua script and
more). Wavecom also offers a wide range of professional and operated
services. Wavecom solutions are used for automotive telematics, smart
metering, fleet management, GSM/GPS/satellite tracking, wireless alarms,
wireless POS (point of sales), WLL (fixed voice), remote monitoring and
many other M2M applications.
Founded in 1993 and headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux (France)
near Paris, Wavecom has subsidiaries in Hong Kong (PRC), Research
Triangle Park, NC (USA), Farnborough (UK), Munich (Germany) and Sao
Paolo (Brazil). Wavecom is publicly traded on Euronext Paris (Eurolist)
in France and on the Nasdaq (WVCM) exchange in the U.S.