The international jury at the XXVI Compasso d’Oro ADI Award, granted Living Now, the revolutionary range of electric controls of Bticino, Italian branch of Legrand Group, an Honourable Mention. In the history of the award BTicino has won the Compasso d’Oro ADI three times: in 1989 with the Living series, in 2001 with the My_Home home automation system and in 2014 with the Slim and White Axolute Code event. At this edition,[...]

Termination of the liquidity agreement entered into with Kepler Chevreux Legrand announces having terminated the liquidity agreement relating to its ordinary shares (code ISIN FR0010307819) concluded on May 29, 2007 with Kepler Cheuvreux. The termination is effective as of today. The following assets were booked on the liquidity account on the termination date: • 90,346 shares. • 19,880,644.05 euros. Signing of a n[...]

Group mobilized for all stakeholders Performance shows good resistance in a very deteriorated environment Organic change in sales: -15.2% Adjusted operating margin: 17.5% Many measures to adapt to consequences of the crisis Solid financial position Continued deployment of the Legrand model in a still uncertain environment Benoît Coquart, Legrand’s Chief Executive Officer, comme[...]

Acutely aware of the climate emergency, Legrand, as a global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures, announces its determination to speed up the rhythm of its decarbonation trajectory, which was validated by the Science-Based Targets initiative in 2017. The Group is now aligning its strategy with the most ambitious target of the Paris Agreement, which aims to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and to achieve carbon neutr[...]

July 2nd, 2020 – France’s Secretary of State for Gender Equality and the Fight against Discrimination unveiled yesterday the 2019 ranking for female representation on governing bodies among SBF120 companies*. This classification ranks the 120 leading French companies according to the female share of membership on their governing bodies (board of directors, executive committee) and their gender diversity policy. Legrand ranks 16th in the table for 2019, an improvement on the pre[...]

Legrand, global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures, has launched its social media wall, “Legrand is #SwitchedOn”, dedicated to compiling the actions taken by its staff all over the world in response to the health crisis and aimed at accelerating the crucially important economic recovery. Legrand, as a solid partner more than ever present alongside its customers and other stakeholders, has designed this social media wall to list the various measures taken b[...]

Having signed a common declaration published on May 5, 2020 by AFEP* in France placing the environment at the heart of the economic recovery, Legrand is pursuing its commitment internationally. On May 19, 2020, alongside 155 multinationals representing a total of 5 million employees worldwide, Legrand signed a statement by the United Nations Global Compact which, in response to [...]

Legrand today completed a fixed-rate bond issue for an amount of €600 million with a 10-year maturity and an annual coupon of 0.75%. This operation raises the average maturity of bond debt to 6.7 years, with the next repayment date set for April 19, 2022, for an amount of €400 million. The success of this issue, subscribed 3.2 times over, demonstrates once again investor confidence in the soundness of Legrand’s development model. [...]

Responsible mobilization to tackle the consequences of the health crisis  Performance showed good resistance in the first quarter of 2020  Organic change in sales: -7.3% Adjusted operating margin before acquisitions1 : 18.7% Solid balance sheet and financial position Active protection of Legrand’s model in a highly deteriorated context 2020 outlook still uncertain Det[...]

By signing the joint corporate appeal on climate change, Benoît Coquart enables Legrand to join a forum of more than ninety French and international companies calling for the economic rebound to speed up the ecological transition. The appeal stresses the need to avoid all compromise between the need for economic recovery and the action to take to face up to the climate emergency. The commitments outlined and supported by the signatories of the appeal are ensuring a liveable planet f[...]