Hermès // 2021 Universal Registration Document

COMBINED GENERAL MEETING OF 20 APRIL 2022 EXPLANATORY STATEMENTS AND DRAFT RESOLUTIONS

Executive Chairmen

Components of compensation submitted to the vote

Amount awarded in respect of financial year 2021 or accounting valuation

Amount paid during financial year 2021

Presentation

To the extent that the Executive Chairmen receive neither multi-year variable compensation nor deferred variable compensation, only the following elements are subject to a vote: fixed compensation paid during financial year 2021; s variable compensation awarded in respect of financial year 2020, paid s during financial year 2021; variable compensation awarded in respect of financial year 2021 s whose payment in 2022 is contingent on approval by shareholders at the General Meeting of 20 April 2022; and benefits of all kinds. s The components of compensation detailed below all comply with the compensation policy for the Executive Chairmen presented in the 2021 universal registration document (chapter 3 “Corporate governance”, § 3.8.1.1 and § 3.8.1.2). The other information referred to in Article L. 22-10-9, I. of the French Commercial Code ( Code de commerce ), which is also subject to the global ex-post vote, is described in the 2021 universal registration document (chapter 3 “Corporate governance”, § 3.8.1, § 3.8.2 and § 3.8.4). In the seventh resolution, we ask that you approve this information for each of the Corporate Officers. The 2021 fixed compensation of Mr Axel Dumas was determined by the Executive Management Board on 17 February 2021, in accordance with the compensation policy for the Executive Chairmen, and submitted to the Supervisory Board for approval at its meeting of 18 February 2021. In accordance with the compensation policy for the Executive Chairmen presented in the universal registration document for 2021 (chapter 3 “Corporate Governance”, § 3.8.1.1 and § 3.8.1.2), the gross annual fixed compensation of Mr Axel Dumas did not change in 2021. The gross annual variable compensation in 2021 of Mr Axel Dumas, awarded in respect of 2020, was determined by the Executive Management Board on 17 February 2021 in accordance with the compensation policy for the Executive Chairmen and was subject to the deliberation of the Supervisory Board at its meeting of 18 February 2021. This component of compensation for Mr Axel Dumas was already submitted to a vote ( ex-post ) by shareholders at the General Meeting of 4 May 2021 (“Gross annual variable compensation awarded in 2021 in respect of 2020”). Shareholders having approved the seventh and eighth resolutions by 95.10% and 94.42% respectively, the gross annual variable compensation was paid to Mr Axel Dumas after the General Meeting of 4 May 2021 (payment subject to approval by the General Meeting). Given the terms of application of the mechanism governing Senior Executives’ compensation, this component remains subject to a vote ( ex-post ) by this meeting due to its payment in 2021. In application of the compensation policy for the Executive Chairmen presented in the universal registration document for 2021 (chapter 3 “Corporate Governance”, § 3.8.1.1 and § 3.8.1.2), the effective gross annual variable compensation in 2021 of Mr Axel Dumas for financial year 2020 2 decreased (-12.4%). The principle of the allocation of deferred variable compensation is not provided for.

7 th and 8 th resolutions (global and individual ex-post votes): Mr Axel Dumas

Gross annual fixed compensation for 2021 (or “additional” compensation in the Articles of Association) Gross annual variable compensation for 2021 set by the Articles of Association (“statutory compensation”)

€1,623,378 (amount unchanged from that received in 2020 1 and 2019)

€1,559,319 of which 10% for achieving the CSR criterion

Deferred variable compensation

n/a

Multi-year variable compensation Exceptional compensation

n/a

The principle of such compensation is not provided for.

8

n/a

The principle of such compensation is not provided for.

It should be noted that, in the context of the Covid-19 epidemic, Mr. Axel Dumas waived the increase in his gross annual fixed compensation in 2020, and therefore (1) received the same amount of fixed compensation in 2020 as that received in 2019. It should be noted that, in the context of the Covid-19 epidemic, Mr. Axel Dumas waived the increase in his gross annual variable compensation in 2020, and (2) therefore received the same amount of variable compensation in 2020 as that received in 2019.

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