2021 Universal Registration Document

GROUP PRESENTATION, OUTLOOK, AND STRATEGY

Business presentation

EXISTING OR PLANNED PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (INCLUDING LEASED ASSETS) AND ANYMAJOR ENCUMBRANCES

Country

Use

Location

Own/lease

Main products manufactured

SOUTH AFRICA

Factory, warehouse, offices Johannesburg

Lease

Stationery (ball pens, coloring felt pens, markers)

BRAZIL

Offices

Barueri

Lease

-

Factory and warehouse

Manaus

Own

Stationery (ball pens, markers, graphic pencils, coloring pencils), lighters, shavers

CHINA

Factory

Nantong

Own

Lighters

SPAIN

Factories and offices

Tarragona

Own

Stationery (ball pens, mechanical pencils, sticky notes), lighters, printing

UNITED STATES

Offices

Shelton, CT

Own

-

Factory

Milford, CT

Own

Lighters

Gaffney, SC

Own

Stationery (markers)

Warehouse

Charlotte, NC

Own

-

Packaging

Charlotte, NC

Lease

-

FRANCE

Offices

Clichy

Lease

(a)

Factories

Cernay

Own

Stationery (dyes)

Guidel

Own

Lighters

Longueil-Sainte-Marie Own

Shavers

Montévrain

Own

Stationery (ball pens)

Redon

Own

Lighters

Samer

Own

Stationery (pencils, coloring pencils, leads, mechanical pencils, markers, whiteboards)

GREECE

Factory and offices

Anixi

Own

Shavers

INDIA

Offices Factories

Mumbai Daman Karembeli

Lease Own Own

- Stationery (writing instruments) Stationery (writing instruments)

Haridwar

Own

Stationery (writing instruments)

KENYA

Factory and offices

Nairobi

Lease

Stationery (writing instruments)

MEXICO

Offices Factory

Mexico City Cuautitlan

Lease Own

- Stationery (ball pens, mechanical pencils, correction tapes)

Warehouse, offices and factory

Tlalnepantla

Lease

Printing

Factory

Saltillo

Lease

Shavers

NIGERIA

Factory

Shagamu

Lease

Stationery

SLOVAKIA

Packaging

Sered

Lease

-

TUNISIA

Factory

Bizerte

Own

Stationery (ball pens)

The sale of the Clichy headquarters was completed on February 11, 2021. (a)

The major related encumbrances correspond to depreciation.

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• BIC GROUP - 2021 UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT •