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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ETHICS – COMPLIANCE

The legal compliance department relies on the in-house counsels in the Hermès International legal department, based in Paris, on subsidiaries’ legal departments (in Lyon, New York, Shanghai, Singapore, Seoul and Tokyo) and on the Group’s network of internal control officers, to deploy compliance programmes and ethics policies within the Group. These employees take part in the implementation and management of compliance programmes, including the corruption prevention and combatting plan, as well as the deployment of ethics policies in all of the Group’s métiers and entities. They verify in particular that operational and métiers staff apply the policies and procedures put in place. 2.8.1.2.3 Compliance and Vigilance Committee The Compliance and Vigilance Committee is composed of the following people: Director of Audit and Risk management; s Director of Sustainable Development; s Director of Consolidation, Taxation and Management Control; s Group Director of Labour Relations; s Group Direct Purchasing Manager; s Group Indirect Purchasing Director; s Group Director of Retail Activities. s The Compliance and Vigilance Committee meets regularly (four times in 2021). Its duties specifically include: the definition of compliance guidelines; s advice and recommendations on prevention and monitoring actions in s terms of duty of care and the fight against corruption for all Group entities; the management of the deployment of awareness-raising and training s campaigns for employees most at risk. For example, in 2021, the Compliance and Vigilance Committee monitored the creation and rollout of an anti-corruption e-learning module, the strengthening of the first, second and third-level control systems, as well as accounting controls dedicated to the fight against corruption. Generally speaking, the actions of the Compliance and Vigilance Committee contribute to: the provision of expertise; s the dissemination of a culture of compliance by relaying the s programmes to the entities’ governing bodies and employees; ensuring programme coordination and consistency; s developing the Group’s policies in this area. s Compliance Chief Officer; s Group General Counsel; s

These reports are treated confidentially and in line with the applicable legal framework, protecting the whistle-blower. The opportunity to revise the ethics charter and code of business conduct is reviewed each year by the Compliance and Vigilance Committee described in section 2.8.1.2.3. Any amendment to these documents must be validated by the relevant member of the Executive Committee. 2.8.1.2.1 Ethics Committee The Executive Committee oversees all ethics issues. It is supported by an Ethics Committee which was set up in 2018. It comprises the Executive Vice-President of Corporate Development and Social Affairs, who is a member of the Executive Committee and chairs the meetings, the Group General Counsel, the Director of Human Resources and the General Counsel Compliance. The committee oversees ethics actions with three main duties: advise on the Group’s ethics culture and make recommendations; (i) receive alerts (through various reporting channels); (ii) direct and monitor the treatment of these alerts. (iii) The Ethics Committee met formally twice in 2021 and its members interact with each other as often as necessary. 2.8.1.2.2 Legal compliance department The main task of the legal compliance department is to design, develop, implement and lead compliance programmes and ethics policies worldwide. It identifies, evaluates and controls the compliance risks to which the Hermès Group is exposed, verifies compliance with the various laws and regulations, and ensures the coordination, implementation and updating of compliance programmes, in close cooperation with the Group’s various departments. The Compliance Chief Officer reports to the Group General Counsel, who reports to the Executive Vice-President of Corporate Development and Social Affairs, member of the Executive Committee, who in turn reports to the Group’s Executive Chairman. The independence of the Compliance Chief Officer is ensured by direct reporting, on a regular basis, to the Executive Vice-President of Corporate Development and Social Affairs. Meetings are accordingly held on a regular basis. The Compliance Chief Officer chairs and oversees the Compliance and Vigilance Committee. He is also a member of the Ethics Committee, chaired by the Executive Vice-President of Corporate Development and Social Affairs. The Compliance Chief Officer reports to the Audit and Risk Committee of the Hermès International Supervisory Board. GOVERNANCE 2.8.1.2

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