Rexel — Board/Management Information 2009

Mar 13, 2009

MARC MAILLET APPOINTED VICE PRESIDENT, INVESTOR RELATIONS OF REXEL GROUP

Rexel announces that Marc Maillet has been appointed Vice President, Investor Relations of Rexel Group, effective March 31, 2009. Marc will draw on his strong financial communications experience in both industry and retail to develop Rexel's financial communication policy and strengthen relations with investors, shareholders and analysts. He will report to the Group Senior Vice President, Finance, Control and Legal Affairs.

Marc Maillet succeeds Eric Dumont who has decided to pursue a new career opportunity outside the Group.

Biography

Marc Maillet joined the Béghin-Say Group as General Accounting Manager in 1993, and became Financial Communication and Financial Analysis Manager in 1996. In 2000, he joined the Casino Group to be Financial Communications Director, and in 2006 he was appointed Finance Director of Asinco (Franprix and Leader Price banners), a Casino Group subsidiary.

Aged 45, Marc Maillet holds a business degree from the Euromed Marseille and an accounting degree from the Institut Supérieur d'Etudes Comptables in Aix-en-Provence.

CONTACTS:

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Pénélope Linage +33 1 42 85 76 28 @ plinage@rexel.com

Leading distributor worldwide of electrical supplies, Rexel serves three main end markets: industrial, commercial and residential. The Group operates in 34 countries, with a network of some 2,500 sales outlets, and employs 33,000 people. Rexel's pro forma sales were 13.7 billion EUR in 2008. Its majority shareholders are an investor group led by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Eurazeo and Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity.

Rexel is listed on the Eurolist market of Euronext Paris (compartment A, ticker RXL, ISIN code FR0010451203). It is integrated in the following indices: NEXT 150, SBF 120, and CAC Mid 100.

For more information, you can visit the website www.rexel.com