1. The data are taken from research by the European Trade Union Institute, available at http://ecdb.worker-participation.eu/show_overview.php?letter=A&orderField=se_name&status_id=3&title=Established%20SEs (last accessed on 3 October 2011).
2. See http://ecdb.worker-participation.eu/lexicon.php (last accessed on 3 October 2011).
3. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_European_Union (last accessed on 3 October 2011).
4. Incorporating under European Law: The Societas Europaea as a Vehicle for Legal Arbitrage
5. Ernst & Young, “Study on the Operation and the Impacts of the Statute for a European Company (SE)” (2009), available at http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/docs/2010/se/study_SE_9122009_en.pdf (last accessed on 3 October 2011).