Euronext // 2021 Universal Registration Document

Presentation of the Group

Description of the Business

In 2015, Euronext launched TechShare to help companies reach the next stage of development. TechShare is a six-month educational and mentoring programme aimed at familiarising CEOs of Tech companies with the financial markets. The participants are Tech companies from a wide variety of sectors, including Biotech, software, Medtech, electronics, hardware, Cleantech, e-commerce and Fintech. Active in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland (1) , Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland in 2021, the programme supports top executives from fast-growing companies through a combination of academic seminars, workshop sessions and individual coaching. TechShare is now a unique Tech network gathering 75+ partners from the financial industry and 400+ alumni, of which 16 alumni have listed on Euronext, eight of these in 2021: Obiz, Enogia, Astrocast, Afyren, Waga Energy, MotorK and HealthBeacon. In 2022, Euronext has announced the launch of Euronext Tech leaders (see below). Market activity in 2021 Euronext markets in 2021 provided financing to the real economy with over €1,600 billion raised from equity and debt financing through securities admitted to trading as of 31 December 2021. During this year, Euronext recorded 212 new listings compared to 111 in 2020, of which 18 new large capitalisation listings including blue chip international issuers, namely Allfunds (Spain), CTP (Czech Republic), InPost (Poland), Majorel (Luxembourg) and Universal Music Group (US). The year 2021 was deeply marked by the strong global trend of special purpose acquisition companies (“SPACs”) for which Euronext has become the European leader, with 22 new SPAC listings in 2021, accounting for 49% (2) of new SPACs listed in Europe. Tech companies still represent a large proportion of new listings with 109 new tech issuers on Euronext markets in 2021. Regarding follow-on transactions on the secondary market, Euronext recorded 584 transactions for a total amount raised of €84 billion in 2021. In addition, the Euronext debt listing business has also grown significantly in 2021, reinforcing its worldwide leadership position with over 14,700 new bond listings in 2021, +36% compared to 2020 (10,842 new bonds listed) and more than 52,000 listed bonds in total in 2021, surpassing 2020’s total of 48,000 listed bonds. Euronext’s leadership position in ESG bonds has been strengthened with more than €420 billion in amount issued and an impressive growth stemming from over 400 new ESG bonds in 2021, compared to over 200 in 2020. 1.3.3.2 Listing − Recent Developments

Euronext − Total money raised (€bn) 2016

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585 789

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1,078 1,268 1,216 1,616

Empowering Sustainable Finance Euronext’s “Growth for Impact 2024” strategic plan made environment, social, and governance (“ESG”) one of its priorities, empowering sustainable finance through an ambitious climate commitment for Euronext that aims to make a tangible impact on its partners and clients, with the launch of the _”Fit for 1.5°” climate commitment, and also through an enhanced inclusive people strategy. As expectations on transparency and sustainability continue to increase within the investor community, Euronext’s first step was to equip listed companies by publishing guidelines for ESG reporting in January 2020. The guide was designed to help issuers in their interactions with investors and the wider ESG community, to help them understand how to address ESG issues as a key component of investor relations, as well as the main principles to consider when preparing an ESG report. ESG reporting can appear particularly complex for smaller issuers in the absence of a clear set of globally used standards. The Euronext guide focuses on three elements: i. materiality: the importance of identifying what is material for a business given its size, nature and geographic coverage whether for management or stakeholders; ii. investor relations: the key and increasing role ESG reporting plays into feeding information to investors and nurturing financial communication; iii. transparency: insight and tools to support the reporting process (key concerns and questions, illustrative indicators, details of international standards, etc.). The incorporation of ESG factors into investment decision-making is the first step to make finance more sustainable, to ensure better allocation and channelling of capital towards sustainable and transitioning assets: i. Euronext’s leadership in ESG bonds has been strengthened with more than €420 billion in amount issued and an impressive growth stemming from over 400 new ESG bonds in 2021, compared to over 200 in 2020; ii. Euronext is Europe’s leading exchange for eco-industry financing, with 161 Cleantech companies representing an aggregate market cap of €127 billion as at 31 December 2021; iii. as part of the global drive towards sustainability, Euronext has seen 43 new companies listed on its markets that are operating across multiple cleantech subsectors, in particular the hydrogen industry, raising €3.5 billion, and which are now demonstrating proof of concept on their technology.

(1) The programme in Ireland is called IPOready The programme in Ireland is called IPOready. (2) Source: Dealogic.

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