BIC - 2018 Registration document

Message from the CEO 2018 Profile

2 4 6

BIC Vision BIC Model BIC Way

10 17

BIC Performance

GROUP PRESENTATION

21

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

187

Key figures 1.1.

22 26 29 34 35

Consolidated financial statements 6.1.

188

History 1.2.

Statutoty Auditors' Report on the consolidated 6.2. financial statements Parent company financial statements of Société 6.3. Bic (French GAAP) Statutory Auditors' Report on the financial 6.4. statements Statutory Auditors' Special Report on regulated 6.5. agreements and commitments

247

Business presentation 1.3. Research and Innovation 1.4. Property, plant and equipment 1.5.

AFR

250

270

274

RISKS

37

AFR

Operational and financial risks 2.1.

39 44 49

Extra financial risks 2.2.

NFPS

INFORMATION ABOUT THE ISSUER

275

Vigilance Plan 2.3.

Risk management and internal control 2.4.

Information on the company 7.1.

276 278 280 282 283 284

procedures implemented by the Company and Insurance

Share capital 7.2. Shareholding 7.3.

AFR

53

AFR

Treasury shares and share buyback 7.4.

AFR

Investor relations 7.5. Share information 7.6.

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITY 63 The BIC Sustainable Development Program and its 3.1. five flagship commitments: Writing the Future, Together 65

AFR

NFPS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS' REPORT AND DRAFT RESOLUTIONS OF THE SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING OF MAY 22, 2019 285 Ordinary Shareholder's Meeting 8.1. 286 Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting 8.2 304 Ordinary and Extraordinary Shareholders’ 8.3 Meeting 305 Statutory Auditors’ Report on the share capital 8.4 decrease 306

Responsibility concerning our products 3.2. Environmental responsibility concerning 3.3. our operations Our social responsibility to our employees 3.4.

74

NFPS

NFPS

86 95

NFPS

Our societal responsibility 3.5.

108 117

NFPS

Milestones 3.6.

NFPS

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

125

AFR

Administrative and management bodies 4.1. Corporate Officers’ compensation 4.2.

126 150

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Documents on display 9.1. Main press releases 9.2. Person responsible 9.3. Statutory Auditors and fees 9.4.

307

308 309 310 311

AFR

AFR

Cross reference table required under European 9.5. Commission Regulation n°809/2004 Cross reference table with the Annual Financial 9.6. Report Cross reference table with the management 9.7. report Cross reference table for environmental and 9.8. social indicators

COMMENTS ON THE YEAR

171

AFR

312

Operations and consolidated results 5.1.

172 180 181 182 184

AFR

Financial situation and cash 5.2.

315

Dividends 5.3. Investments 5.4.

316

Prospects for 2019 and strategy 5.5.

318 320

Glossary 9.9.

AFR Elements of the Annual Financial Report are identified in the content using the symbol Elements linked to the Non-Financial Performance Statement are identified in the content using the symbol NFPS