ADP // 2021 Universal Registration Document

PRESENTAT I ON OF THE GROUP

GROUP ACTIVITIES

1.1.5.6 Partnership with Royal Schiphol Group To anticipate future challenges in the air transport sector, at end-2008, Aéroports de Paris and NV Luchthaven Schiphol (Royal Schiphol Group – RSG), which operates the Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, created a long-term industrial cooperation and cross-equity investment agreement (HubLink), for an initial 12 year period, for 8% of the share capital, which created a leading alliance in the global airport industry. The initial HubLink cooperation agreement and the cross ownership of 8% of the respective capital of the two companies came to an end at the end of November 2020. In the context of uncertainty resulting from the crisis linked to the Covid-19 pandemic, Aéroports de Paris, after authorisation from its Board of Directors, and Royal Schiphol Group signed an amendment to extend the alliance for a period of one year, until 30 November 2021. The HubLink industrial cooperation agreement expired on 30 November 2021. The end of the cooperation marked the start of the orderly disposal process of the 8% each party held in the capital of the other, under the terms of an exit agreement between Aéroports de Paris and Royal Schiphol Group of 1 December 2008 and in accordance with the shareholders’ agreement also dated 1 December 2008 between Royal Schiphol Group and the French government. Strategic motivations For aviation activities, the goal of the Hublink alliance was to: ◆ improve the competitiveness of the two groups through the consolidation of a dual hub which is a requirement to handle the competition from other hubs, notably in the Middle East; ◆ enhance the attractiveness of both groups through greater harmonisation of the layout and signalling at their terminals, and by the coordinated improvement of their passenger processes (check-in, information, and security); ◆ reinforce the relationship of the two groups with their largest customers, including the Air France-KLM Group; ◆ optimise their operational efficiency and reduce purchasing expenditure notably through volume pooling of some purchasing. For non-aviation activities, the objective was to step up growth in retail, innovation and the digital airport thanks to the exchange of know-how (experiments, projects under way and recently completed projects to find synergies). The two groups also intended to become front-runners in sustainable development, by combining their efforts to improve energy efficiency, developing the use of renewable energy, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Achievements The alliance between Aéroports de Paris and Royal Schiphol Group provided many benefits to both groups, in very diverse areas. Their respective teams worked together on a regular basis on initiatives and joint projects and to discuss operational issues. The cooperation programme, led by the PMO (ProgramManagement Office) of each group, aimed to encourage exchanges and strengthen synergies between the two groups. Examples include: ◆ the handling of flights between Paris and Amsterdam was improved by the introduction of dedicated waiting lines at the security check, and by broadcasting information in both languages at the boarding lounge; ◆ in the area of purchasing, joint consultations were organised; similarly, and more generally, the purchasing strategies of the two groups were coordinated, in conjunction with operational staff, in order to identify new joint purchasing opportunities. There were regular exchanges between teams; ◆ in the area of human resources, an employee exchange system between Groupe ADP and Schiphol was developed in 2011 to promote the sharing of specific skills and know-how in each of the two companies and strengthen cooperation between the teams. In 2019, several short missions (3-6 months) were organised in both directions (Schiphol employees at Groupe ADP and vice versa). In the spring of 2020, at the height of the initial Covid-19 crisis, the operational teams of ADP and RSG regularly discussed, within the framework of HubLink, how to adapt passenger processes and airport infrastructures in order to ensure that they met new health requirements (closure of terminals, interactions between security requirements, for example at security checkpoints while limiting physical contact with passengers, temperature measurement technologies, etc.), ensure the best protection for passengers and employees (e.g. disinfection methods, communication of health measures to passengers, etc.) as well as solutions to support the resumption of traffic (deployment of medical corridors between airports in cooperation with airlines, definition of new standards within international bodies such as ACI and EASA, implementation of PCR testing areas, etc.). This sharing of expertise between two very similar European airport players has proved particularly valuable. Furthermore, in July 2017, Aéroports de Paris and Schiphol Group renewed their four-year cooperation agreement with Incheon International Airport Corporation, the operator of Seoul’s main airport, for a second time. This partnership, which does not include the acquisition of holdings, consists essentially of the exchange of information and fosters the exchange of best practices.

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