Euronext // 2021 Universal Registration Document

Corporate Governance 4 Report of the Supervisory Board

in 2014 and joined the extended Managing Board of Euronext in April 2021, following the acquisition of the Borsa Italiana Group. Previously Mr Testa was Head of Money Market Desk at Bank of America Milan – a role that gave him extensive knowledge of the European fixed income markets. He then moved on to cover short- term Euro government bonds as a senior bond trader at Bank of America London branch. Mr Testa served as Second Lieutenant in the Italian Carabinieri prior to graduating in Economics & Finance at “Bocconi” University in Milan. Currently he represents Euronext in the FICC Market Standards board and in 2017 he joined the Expert Group on Corporate Bond Market Liquidity of EC-FISMA. Diversity Until 1 January 2020 Dutch law required large Dutch companies to pursue a policy of having at least 30% of the seats on both the Managing Board and the Supervisory Board held by men and at least 30% of those seats held by women. Following a report of the Dutch “Sociaal Economische Raad”, a legislative proposal for Dutch large companies was adopted by the Dutch parliament and was submitted to the Senate in February 2021. In line with the expected legislation Euronext strives for appropriate and ambitious diversity targets at the top and sub top. Euronext aims at representing at least 30% of women at its Managing Board. Euronext qualifies as a large Dutch Company and complies with these gender diversity targets with respect to the Managing Board, as three of its nine members were female as at 31 December 2021. The Senior Leadership team in 2021 was composed of 34% of women. The balance of country representation was the following: 49% France, 9% Norway, 8% the Netherlands 8% Ireland, 6% Denmark, 6% Portugal, 6% United Kingdom, 4% Belgium, and 4% United States, 2% Spain. The average age of this group is 44 years. Euronext will continue to promote diversity within its Managing Boards by taking into account all relevant selection criteria including, but not limited to, gender balance, with regard to future appointments.

Prior to joining Euronext, Mr Houdart was Group Director of Human Resources and Employee Shareholding at Groupe Steria SCA, a leading European IT services company. In his earlier roles, he was Business Consulting Manager, Mergers & Acquisitions Director and then Human Resources Director at Unilog LogicaCMG, a leading international IT services company. Mr Houdart graduated from Paris Dauphine University in International Affairs. Giorgio Modica Giorgio Modica is the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. He joined Euronext in 2016. His responsibilities include both Euronext’s financial and corporate facilities and services. Mr Modica joined from BNP Paribas (Paris and Milan), where he was a senior Corporate Finance banker in Financial Institutions for nine years, holding the responsibility for the Stock Exchange sector globally and for the overall FIG markets in Italy and Spain. In over fifteen years of international investment banking experience, Mr Modica covered both M&A and ECM, as well as the structuring of financing solutions (equity and debt). Since 2011, as advisor to NYSE Euronext and then Euronext, Mr Modica has supported the Euronext group very closely throughout its key milestone transactions, including the attempted combination with Deutsche Börse, the carve-out of Euronext and its subsequent IPO. Mr Modica started his career at the venture capitalist firm MyQube in Geneva, and then moved to investment banking at HSBC in Milan and MCC/Capitalia in Rome. Mr Modica graduated cum-laude from Bocconi University and holds a Master in Finance from SDA Bocconi. He is a director of Borsa Italiana, Cassa di Compensazione e Garanzia, Euronext Holding Italia, Monte Titoli, MTS, Oslo Børs, Euronext UK Holdings Ltd, Euronext FX Inc., and Euronext Dublin. Fabrizio Testa Fabrizio Testa was appointed CEO of Borsa Ital iana in November 2021 (1) . Prior to that he spent several years at MTS where he covered several senior roles and contributed to the successful launch of BondVision, the MTS Dealer-to-Client market. After taking the role of Head of Product Development he was appointed CEO

4.3 Report of the Supervisory Board

4.3.1 MEETINGS The Supervisory Board met nine times in 2021: there was one in- person meetings, and eight meetings by videoconferencing. The Supervisory Board discussed amongst others the following topics: the quarterly, half year and full year results, the dividend proposal, the 2022 budget and forecast, the agendas of the General Meetings, including the nomination for appointments to the Supervisory Board and the Managing Board, the nomination of the external auditor, the strategy, the implementation of the strategy and the principal risks associated with it, the risk profile, M&A

opportunities, the acquisition and integration of the Borsa Italiana Group, the migration of the Core Data Centre, the clearing strategy, and the impacts and developments of the Covid-19 pandemic. It monitored the activities of the Managing Board with regard to creating a culture aimed at long-term value creation for the company and its affiliated enterprise, and with regard to procedures for reporting actual or suspected irregularities. It also discussed the items that its Committees reported on, and their deliberations and findings. Among those items were, in addition to the items mentioned above, the investor base, the share price development, the internal and external audit planning and reports,

(1) The appointment of Fabrizio Testa as new CEO of Borsa Italiana as announced on 28 October 2021 is subject to regulatory and shareholder approval.

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