Document number (TED)

The official EU document number of the company, published in the online version of the Supplement to the Official Journal of the EU (Tenders Electronic Daily - TED)

National registration number

The national registration number of the company.

Sector of activity

Business sector in which the SE operates (for example, chemicals, metals). The sectoral classification used in this database has been created in view of classifying companies by the area of interest of the different European Trade Union Federations that co-ordinate EWC and SE activities. The sector corresponds to a number of NACE codes. For details see here

Business

Specification of company activities

Status

Established: An SE which has been registered

Planned: A company which has started the official process of registering as an SE

Archive:
a) Deregistered: An SE which has been deregistered from the national registry. (Please note that technically in many registers, companies are still there and searchable even if they already have been liquidated e.g.).
b) Transformed SEs: A (former) SE which has been turned into a national company (for example, into a plc).

SE type

Normal SE: A normal SE is an SE with operations and at least 6 employees.

Empty / Micro SE: An empty SE is an SE with operations, but without or very few (<= 5) employees . Its business purpose can be, for example, asset management.

UFO SE: An SE concerning which insufficient information for classification is available (for example, on the number of employees) is referred to as UFO SE. This group also contains so-called shelf or shell SEs. These are SEs which initially have neither operations nor employees. Some specialized companies offer shelf SEs to customers so that they can set up in business very quickly (activated shelf SE).

Headquarters of the SE

The country and city where the headquarters of the SE are situated. The registered office of an SE has to be located in the same member state as its head office

Corporate governance structure of the SE

One-tier structure: Administrative board (board of directors)

Two-tier structure: Management board and supervisory board

Countries & employees concerned

Countries and number of employees of companies participating in the establishing of an SE (including concerned subsidiaries and establishments)

Agreement on information and consultation

Information as to whether an agreement or arrangement on information and consultation of employees has been concluded

Agreement on participation

Information as to whether an agreement or arrangement on participation (employee representation at company board level) has been concluded

Total number of employees worldwide

The total number of employees worldwide

Official homepage

Homepage of the company

Transfer of seat

Information as to whether an SE has transferred its seat into another member state.

Form of establishment

Conversion: A public limited liability company converting into an SE

Holding: Public and/or private limited-liability companies forming an SE by means of a holding company

Subsidiary: Companies forming a subsidiary SE by subscribing to its shares. Registered SEs can also set-up subsidiaries in the form of an SE.

Merger: Public limited liability companies forming an SE by means of a merger. The merger can take either the form of an aquisition or the creation of a new company.

Corporate governance structure before SE

One-tier structure: Administrative board (board of directors)

Two-tier structure: Management board and supervisory board

Participating companies

The companies directly participating in the establishing of an SE

Countries of operation

List of countries in which the company operates

Announced intention on

The date when the company first made public its interest in founding an SE

Official process initiated on

The date when the participating companies published the draft terms of their merger into an SE or the plan to set up a holding SE or the agreement to form a subsidiary SE or the agreement to transform into an SE

Registered on/in

The date and place where the SE is currently registered

Transfer of seat

Information as to whether the SE has moved its seat to another member state after its registration

Headquarters before SE

Headquarters of the company before the SE was set up

Motives

Motives provided by the company (for example, in press releases) for setting up an SE

EWC formerly existed

Information on whether a European Works Council has existed before

Participation before SE foundation

Information on whether the participating companies previously had participation rights at board level

SNB set-up

Information on whether a special negotiating body has been set-up. The role of the SNB is to negotiate with management on an agreement on employee involvement.

Distribution of SNB seats

Geographical distribution of seats on the special negotiating body

National trade unions involved

National trade unions involved in the negotiations on employee involvement

European trade union federations involved

European-level trade unions involved in the negotiations on employee involvement (for example, EMF, EMCEF)

Content of agreement

Information on the content of the agreement on employee involvement in the SE

SE Works Council

Information as to whether a representative body (SE Works Council) has been set-up or e.g. only an information and consultation procedure. Where available a link is provided to the European Works Council Database (EWDB) of the ETUI.

Comments

Further information on the SE

Sources

Sources from which information has been taken (Links may no longer function and/or information may have been removed in the meantime)

Last updated

The date on which information on a company factsheet was last updated (this does not necessarily mean that all fields have been updated)