2021 Universal Registration Document

INFORMATION ABOUT THE ISSUER

Share capital

III. Authorization to increase the share capital in order to remunerate contributions in kind, without preferential subscription rights (c)

Maximum amount

10% of the share capital (as it exists at the date of the transaction).

Date

May 19, 2021 (resolution 21)

Term

26 months

Expiration date

July 18, 2023

Use in 2021

No

Articles L. 225-129, L. 22-10-53 and L. 228-91 of the French Commercial Code. (c)

IV. Authorizations to increase the capital in favor of employees and corporate officers

Grantings of free shares to be issued (e)

Issue of shares reserved for members of an employee savings plan (d)

Share options (f)

Maximum amount

3% of the share capital

4% of the share capital over 38 months (with a maximum of 0.4% for the Corporate Officers)

2% of the share capital over 38 months (with a maximum of 0.8% for the Corporate Officers)

Date

May 19, 2021 (resolution 20)

May 19, 2021 (resolution 17)

May 19, 2021 (resolution 18)

Term

26 months

38 months

38 months

Expiration date

July 18, 2023

July 18, 2024

July 18, 2024

Yes (g)

Yes (h)

Use in 2021

No

Issuance price

Determined by the Board of Directors pursuant to Article L. 3332-19 of the French Labor Code

Cannot be lower than the average prices quoted for the share on the Paris Stock Exchange, on the regulated market during the twenty trading sessions preceding

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Articles L. 225-138 and L. 225-138-1 of the French Commercial Code and L. 3332-1 et seq. of the French Labor Code. (d) Articles L. 225-197-1 et seq. of the French Commercial Code. (e) Articles L. 225-177 et seq. of the French Commercial Code. (f)

For details on this use, see §4.2.2.5. (g) For details on this use, see §4.2.2.4. (h)

The text of these delegations is available on the website https://us.bic.com/en_us/investors-agm-shareholders.

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