2021 Universal Registration Document

NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE STATEMENT: OUR ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND SOCIETAL RESPONSIBILITY

Our societal commitment

BREAKDOWNOF ACTIONS BY NUMBER – BIC – 2021

Through a comprehensive grant process, the Foundation identifies partners, in alignment with its mission, and delivers funding to support the delivery of programs across the world. Each not-for-profit partner is carefully selected and funded following a detailed review process. In 2021, the Foundation signed 7 partnerships with NGOs focusing on the development of creativity in children and youth. In order to build long-lasting and holistic partnerships, the Foundation is convinced that it’s key to involve BIC team members with its partner NGOs. In that sense, the Foundation offered volunteering opportunities around mentorship, CV and interview preparation and painting to BIC teammembers. The Foundation also seeks to be the bridge between BIC Group and the not-for-profit sector, contributing to the creation of purposeful collaborations with BIC ® products, coordination of product donations and more. A great example of this is the limited collection of BIC ® 4 Color ™ pens launched in www.bic.com France together with the partner NGO Rêv’Elles for International Women’s Day. This collection was designed by mentees of the Rêv’Elles Empowerment program and a portion of the sales were given back to the NGO. Supporting a total of 43 projects in 19 countries, the BIC Corporate Foundation has global reach. The Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of nine members – six internal to BIC and three outside experts. The Board meets formally three times per year and votes to approve the application of the funds of the Foundation. 3.6.2.5 As part of its commitment to improving children’s learning conditions globally, in late 2020, BIC launched an innovative 40 million euros ESG Impact Share Buyback program. Executed by Exane BNP Paribas and carried out during 2021, the outperformance over the program’s execution is allocated in part to the BIC Corporate Foundation and in part to the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab’s (J-PAL) tutoring and parental programs in Europe and the U.S. The funding support from BIC will help produce rigorous and scalable insights into effective education programming and policies to improve learning outcomes, particularly for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. ESG Impact Share Buyback program

18% Health and emergency aid

9% Other (environment, sport, etc.)

73% Education

The BIC Corporate Foundation 3.6.2.4 The BIC Corporate Foundation was born out of the Group’s desire to go one step further in the support of education while bolstering the sense of pride and belonging of BIC team members. The Foundation’s new mission is: “We drive access to high quality education programs for all. With a focus on building creative skills, our programs directly enable and empower our participants to build stronger, more inclusive, more creative communities, while inspiring and equipping our children and young adults to make their mark on our world”. The Foundation’s actions target children and youth from underserved communities. In a context of rapid transformation of society, economies and workforces, creativity is one of the key skills to cultivate the spirit of lifelong learning both in kids and during our adult life. Educational systems globally lack initiatives that foster creativity. They often don’t encourage kids and adults to take risks, to believe in their capacity to change paradigms, and to do their part and take responsibility for building a better, more sustainable world. This is why the BIC Corporate Foundation decided to focus on creative skills, as it believes in the power of creativity as the driver of change. The Foundation has prioritized six areas of focus that it considers essential for the development of creative skills among children and youth: art, music, body expression, entrepreneurship, creative writing and the spoken word.

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