Alstoms shareholders meeting to approve the
appointment of three new directors

These proposed appointments comply with the wish to extend
the Boards composition to include eminent personalities
with wide international and industrial experience.

Mr. James B. Cronin, a former deputy chief executive officer
of Alstom and member of the Board of Directors since
2001,  has, however, decided  to terminate his
mandate at the end of the shareholders meeting.

Mr Jean-Martin Folz, a French national, was
born on 11 January 1947. A graduate of École
Polytechnique,  he started his career in the French
Ministry of Industry where is served from 1972 to 1978. Then
he joined Rhône-Poulenc from 1978 to 1984. He became
Deputy Chief Executive Officer and, then, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Jeumont-Schneider between 1984 and 1987.
In 1987, he joined Pechiney as Chief Executive Officer up to
1991, and was appointed Chairman of Carbone Lorraine. He was
Chief Executive Officer at Eridania Beghin-Say before
becoming Chairman of Beghin-Say. In 1995, he joined PSA
Peugeot Citroën group and was appointed Chairman of the
group in 1997. He left the group in February 2007. Mr. Folz
is a member of the Board of Directors of Saint-Gobain,
France, and Solvay, Belgium, and a member of the Supervisory
Board of Carrefour, France. Subject to the approval of the
shareholders meetings, he will be appointed member of
the Board of Directors of Société
Générale and member of the Supervisory Board of
Axa.

Dr Klaus Mangold, a German national, was
born on 6 June 1943. He studied law and economics and
finished his studies with a law degree at Heidelberg
University. He held different functions in the German
industry before being nominated a Member and Chairman of the
Board of Management of Rhodia AG, a branch of the French
Rhône-Poulenc group (1983-1990), and Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer of Quelle-Schickedanz AG (1991-1994). He
joined the Daimler-Benz group as a Member of the Board of
Management in charge of its Services Division and Central and
Eastern European markets (1995-2003). Dr. Mangold is member
of a number of Supervisory and Advisory Boards including
those of Rothschild, as Vice Chairman of Rothschild Europe,
Metro AG and Jenoptik AG. He is a member of the Board of
Directors of the Chubb Corporation, USA, and Magna
International, Canada.

Mr Alan Thomson, a British national, was
born on 6 September 1946. He graduated with a Master of Arts
degree and qualified as a Chartered Accountant. First an
Audit Manager with Price Waterhouse in Paris, he was
Financial Director, Directeur Général  of
Rockwell International S.A. in Paris, then Financial Director
in the Automotive Division of Rockwell International in the
USA and in the U.K.. From 1982 until 1984, he was UK
Financial Director of Raychem Ltd ,a materials science
company. From 1984 until 1992 he was a Divisional Finance
Director within Courtaulds plc. From 1992 until 1995 Mr
Thomson was the Group Financial Director of The Rugby Group
plc,.. From 1995 until 2006, he was Group Financial Director
of Smiths Group plc.  Mr Thomson is a non-executive
Director of Johnson Matthey plc, and of Crossmatch
Technologies Inc.

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