Paris, December 21 2007, pdf file
The Board of Directors of BOURBON at their meeting on December 10, 2007, co-opted Ms. Vo Thi Huyen Lan to the position left vacant following the resignation of Ms. Victoire de Margerie. This cooption, for the remainder of Ms. Victoire de Margerie’s term of office, i.e. until the Shareholders’ Meeting in 2010, will be subject to the shareholders’ ratification at the next Shareholders’ Meeting, due to be held on May 30, 2008. Ms. Vo Thi Huyen Lan, 36 of Vietnamese nationality, is the Managing Director of Jaccar and is based in Vietnam. Holder of a postgraduate degree in Finance and a graduate of the HEC business school, she was previously Finance Manager and then Deputy-CEO of BOURBON’s Retail activities in Vietnam before joining Jaccar in 2006.
On the same day the Audit Committee held a meeting when Mr. Roger Wright was elected Chairman of the Committee, the position having previously held by Ms Victoire de Margerie. The 3 members of this Committee are Mr Roger Wright, Ms. Dominique Sénéquier and Mr Christian Munier.
With 4,000 professionals and a fleet of 215 owned vessels, BOURBON offers, in more than 25 countries, a broad range of offshore oil and gas marine services, bulk shipping and salvage.
By 2010, in line with its strategic plan BOURBON intends to become the leader in modern offshore oil and gas marine services by offering the most demanding international clients worldwide the services of a full line of new generation, innovative and high-performance vessels.
Classified by Euronext in the "Oil Services" sector, BOURBON is listed on Eurolist Paris, Compartment A and is included in the Deferred Settlement Service (SRD) and the SBF 120 and Dow Jones Stoxx 600 indices.