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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE FUNCTIONING OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD

3.5.2.2 MEETINGS OF THE JOINT COUNCIL Whenever it considers it necessary, the Executive Management of Hermès International or the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Hermès International calls a Joint Council between the Executive Management Board of Émile Hermès SAS and the Supervisory Board of Hermès International.

principles governing the allocation of compensation to Supervisory Board members; s rules on the reimbursement of expenses; s certification and summary of Corporate Officers’ civil liability insurance; s the last three registration documents/universal registration documents; s the notice of meeting for the last General Meeting; s a summary of the results of the last formal three‑year evaluation of the Supervisory Board; s presentations made during site visits since 2011 (see §3.5.3.5); s the Hermès Group code of business conduct (Hermès Group guidelines); s anti‑corruption code of conduct; s professional whistleblowing system notice; s ethics charter of the Hermès Group; s presentations of Hermès International and Émile Hermès SAS; s the annotated Articles of Association; s the Afep‑Medef Corporate Governance Code revised in December 2022. s

The role and powers assigned by law and the Articles of Association to the Joint Council are described in §3.2.3.

In practice, the Joint Council meets at least three times each year, as was the case in 2022. Its recurring work consists mainly of: be given a presentation by the Executive Management on the annual and half‑year consolidated financial statements and parent company financial statements and related draft financial press releases; s review the budget for each financial year; s review documents on forecasting and planning; s approve the explanatory statements and the resolutions put to the General Meeting and acquaint itself with the reports drawn up by the Executive Management. s

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This master file is updated on a regular basis.

INFORMATION AND TRAINING OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD SUPERVISORY BOARD’S MASTER FILE

3.5.3

“HERBOARD” DIGITAL PLATFORM

3.5.3.2

Since 2016, the Supervisory Board has made use of a secure digital Board management platform hosted in France by Oodrive and customised for Hermès.

3.5.3.1

Since 2011, a “master file” has been provided to the members of the Supervisory Board. This master file has been available since 2016 on the Board’s collaborative platform, Herboard (see §3.5.3.2). It currently contains the following sections: a list with contact details of the members of the Executive Committee, Supervisory Board and Board committees, Statutory Auditors and the Board secretary; s

Dubbed “Herboard” at Hermès, the platform is accessible from a web browser or via a tablet application and can be used to: organise Board and committee meetings (scheduling of meetings, sending of meeting invitations, tracking of attendance); s provide highly secure and paperless Board documents relating to Board and committee meetings and to the Supervisory Board’s master file in real time ( via a username, password and confirmation code sent via SMS); s manage document permissions and track document use; s circulate minutes and reports. s ® Following the implementation of Herboard, an iPad was issued to Supervisory Board members who requested one. Herboard is also available to the Statutory Auditors and the representative of the Social and Economic Committee for documents relating to Board meetings.

a table of the dates of terms of office; s the Supervisory Board rules of procedure; s the Audit and Risk Committee rules of procedure; s the CAG‑CSR Committee rules of procedure; s the Hermès Group Stock Market Ethics Code; s

a calendar of closed periods applicable to Permanent Insiders; s the AMF Guide to Permanent Information and Management of Inside Information (DOC 2016‑08); s regulations regarding the declaration obligations of Senior Executives and registration of shares; s

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