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COMBINED GENERAL MEETING OF20APRIL 2023 EXPLANATORY STATEMENTS AND DRAFT RESOLUTIONS

SIXTH RESOLUTION: AUTHORISATION GRANTED TO THE EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TO TRADE IN THE COMPANY’S SHARES

Explanatory statement In the sixth resolution, you are asked to renew the authorisation granted to the Executive Management to trade in the Company’s shares. Objective The shares may be repurchased in order to be allocated to the objectives permitted by Regulation (EU) no. 596/2014 of 16April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation – “MAR”): objectives provided for in Article 5 of the MAR: capital decrease, hedging of debt securities exchangeable for shares and coverage of employee shareholding plans; s objectives provided for in Article 13 of the MAR and under the sole market practice accepted by the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF): the implementation of a liquidity contract by an investment service provider acting independently and in accordance with the provisions of AMF Decision no. 2021‑01 of 22June 2021; s other objectives: acquisitions, hedging of equity securities exchangeable for shares and, more generally, allocation to the completion of any transactions in accordance with the regulations in force. s purchases and sales of securities representing holdings of up to 10% of the share capital would be authorised, i.e. for indicative purposes as at 31December 2022: 10,556,941 shares; s the maximum purchase price (excluding costs) would be set at €2,200 per share; s the maximum amount of funds to be committed would be set at €4,500 million. It is specified that treasury shares held on the day of the General Meeting are not taken into account in this maximum amount; s pursuant to the law, the total number of shares held at any given date may not exceed 10% of the share capital as at that date. s Limits of the authorisation

Duration of the authorisation This authorisation would be valid for a period of 18 months from the date of the General Meeting.

Sixth resolution: Authorisation granted to the Executive Management to trade in the Company’s shares The General Meeting, acting under the quorum and majority requirements applicable to Ordinary General Meetings, having reviewed the Executive Management report: authorises the Executive Management, with the option to sub‑delegate under the terms and conditions set by law, in accordance with the provisions of Articles L.22‑10‑62 et seq. of the French Commercial Code ( Code de commerce ) and Regulation (EU) no. 596/2014 of 16April 2014 on market abuse (MAR), to buy Company shares or have Company shares bought, within the limits stipulated by legal and regulatory provisions, provided that: 1) the number of shares purchased by the Company during the term of the buyback programme shall not exceed 10% of the total number of shares comprising the Company’s share capital, at any time; this percentage shall apply to share capital adjusted in accordance with transactions that may affect it subsequent to this General Meeting. In accordance with the provisions of Article L.22‑10‑62 of the French Commercial Code ( Code de commerce ), the number of shares used as a basis for calculating the 10% limit is the number of shares bought, less the number of shares sold during the term of the authorisation if these shares were purchased to ensure liquidity under the conditions defined by the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) General Regulation, and s the Company will not at any time own more than 10% of its share capital on the date in question; s

objectives provided for in Article 5 of the MAR: s

cancelling all or part of the shares bought back in this way in order notably to increase the return on equity and earnings per share, and/or to neutralise the dilutive impact for shareholders of capital increases, wherein such purpose is contingent upon adoption of a special resolution by the Extraordinary General Meeting, • reallocating them upon the exercise of rights attached to debt securities giving entitlement by conversion, exercise, redemption, exchange, presentation of a warrant or in any other way, to the allocation of Company shares, • allotting or selling the shares to employees and Corporate Officers of the Company or a Group company, under the terms and conditions stipulated by law, as part of stock option plans (in accordance with the provisions of Articles L.225‑179 et seq. of the French Commercial Code ( Code de commerce )), or free share allocations (in accordance with the provisions of Articles L.225‑197‑1 et seq. and L.22‑10‑59 et seq. of the French Commercial Code ( Code de commerce )), or with respect to their participation in the Company’s profit‑sharing or through a shareholding plan or a company or group savings plan (or similar plan) under conditions provided by law, in particular Articles L.3332‑1 et seq. of the French Labour Code ( Code du travail ); •

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2) resolves that the shares may be acquired with a view to:

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