HERMÈS - 2020 Universal registration document

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INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY AND ITS SHARE CAPITAL PRESENTATION OF HERMÈS INTERNATIONAL AND ÉMILE HERMÈS SARL

DATE OF INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

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the same party may be both an Active Partner and a Limited s Partner; one or more Executive Chairmen, selected from among the s Active Partners or from outside the Company, are chosen to manage the Company; the Supervisory Board is appointed by the Shareholders’ s Ordinary General Meeting (Active Partners, even if they are also Limited Partners, cannot vote on their appointment). It exercises ongoing control over the Company’s management, and as such has the same powers as the Statutory Auditors. to acquire, hold, manage, and potentially sell direct or indirect equity s interests in any legal entity engaged in the creation, production and/or sale of quality products and/or services, and, in particular, in companies belonging to the Hermès Group; to provide guidance to the Group it controls, in particular by providing s technical assistance services in the legal, financial, corporate, and administrative areas; to develop, manage and defend all rights it holds to trademarks, s patents, designs, models, and other intellectual or industrial property, and in this respect, to acquire, sell or license such rights; to participate in promoting the products and/or services distributed s by the Hermès Group; to purchase, sell and manage all property and rights needed for the s Hermès Group’s business operations and/or for asset and cash management purposes; and more generally, to engage in any business transaction of any kind s whatsoever in furtherance of the corporate purpose. 4 – Registered office The Company’s registered office is located at 24, rue du Faubourg-Saint- Honoré, 75008 Paris, France. It may be transferred: to any other location in the same department, by a decision of the s Executive Management, subject to ratification of such decision at the next Ordinary General Meeting; and to any other location, by a decision of the Extraordinary General s Meeting. 5 – Duration The Company will be dissolved automatically on 31 December 2090, unless it is dissolved previously or unless its duration is extended. 2 – Purpose The Company’s purpose, in France and in other countries, is: 3 – Company name The Company’s name is “Hermès International”.

Hermès International was taken public on the Second Marché of the Paris Stock Market on 3 June 19 93. It has been listed on the Eurolist by Euronext (Compartment A) since 2005. It has been listed in the CAC 40 Index since 18 June 2018.

COMMENTED ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF

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The texts of the rules of procedure of the Supervisory Board and its Committees, as well as the Articles of Association of the Company are made available at each update, in English and French, and in full, at https://finance.hermes.com/en/governing-bodies-rules-procedure-articles- association/. Additional information is provided in insets in italics. The Combined General Meeting of 4 May 2021 (see the twenty-sixth resolution, chapter 8 “Combined General Meeting of 4 May 2021”, § 8.2.1) is asked to amend Articles 1, 6.2, 14.3, 17, 19.2, 20.4 and 21.1 of the Articles of Association in order to take into account the change of legal form of the company Émile Hermès from a SARL to a SAS. This change is part of the transformation of Émile Hermès SARL – Active Partner of Hermès International – into a société par actions simplifiée (simplified joint-stock company, SAS). its Active Partner, Émile Hermès SARL, with registered office located s at 23, rue Boissy-d’Anglas in Paris (75008). The Company is governed by the laws and regulations applicable to sociétés en commandite par actions (partnership limited by shares) and by these Articles of Association. The Company was converted into a société en commandite par actions (partnership limited by shares) by a decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 27 December 1990, in order to preserve its identity and culture and thus ensure its sustainability over the long term, in the interests of the Group and all shareholders. The rules governing the operation of a société en commandite par actions are the following: the Active Partner or Partners are jointly and severally liable for s all the Company’s debts, for an indefinite period of time; the Limited Partners (or shareholders), who contribute capital, s are liable in this capacity as shareholders only up to the amount of their contribution; 1 – Form The Company is a société en commandite par actions (partnership limited by shares) between: its Limited Partners; and s

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