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COMBINED GENERAL MEETING OF20APRIL 2023 STATUTORY AUDITORS' REPORTS

STATUTORY AUDITORS’ REPORT ON THE ISSUE OF ORDINARY SHARES AND/OR SECURITIES RESERVED FOR MEMBERS OF A COMPANY OR GROUP SAVINGS PLAN, WITHOUT PREFERENTIAL SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS (TWENTY‑THIRD RESOLUTION)

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Combined General Meeting of 20April 2023 – 23 resolution This is a free translation into English of the Statutory Auditors’ report issued in French and is provided solely for the convenience of English‑speaking readers. This report should be read in conjunction with, and construed in accordance with, French law and professional auditing standards applicable in France. To the Shareholders, In our capacity as Statutory Auditors of Hermès International and in accordance with articles L.228‑92 and L.225‑135 et seq. of the French Commercial Code (Code de commerce), we hereby report to you on the proposal to delegate to Executive Management the authority to decide, on one or more occasions, to issue ordinary shares and/or securities granting access to the share capital without preferential subscription rights for existing shareholders, reserved for members of one or more Company or Group employee savings plans set up within the Group formed by the Company and the French or foreign companies related to it, as defined by article L.225‑180 of the French Commercial Code and article L.3344‑1 of the French Labour Code (Code du travail), in a maximum amount not exceeding 1% of the Company’s share capital as of the date of this General Meeting, to be deducted from the blanket ceiling provided for in the twenty‑first resolution, which is submitted to you for approval. This issue is submitted to you for approval pursuant to the provisions of article L.225‑129‑6 of the French Commercial Code and articles L.3332‑18 et seq. of the French Labour Code. On the basis of its report, Executive Management proposes that you grant it the authority, for a period of 26 months, to decide on the issue of shares and/or securities and to cancel your preferential subscription rights to the shares and/or securities granting access to the capital to be issued. Where applicable, the Board of Directors will set the final terms and conditions of the issue.

It is Executive Management’s responsibility to draw up a report in accordance with articles R.225‑113 et seq. of the French Commercial Code. It is our responsibility to express an opinion on the fairness of the information taken from the financial statements, on the proposed cancellation of shareholders’ preferential subscription rights and on certain other information relating to the issue, as presented in this report. We performed the procedures that we deemed necessary in accordance with professional standards applicable in France to such engagements. These procedures consisted in verifying the information disclosed in Executive Management’s report pertaining to the transaction and the methods used to set the issue price of the shares and/or securities granting access to the capital to be issued. Subject to a subsequent examination of the terms and conditions of any proposed issues, we have no matters to report as regards the methods used to set the issue price of the shares and/or securities granting access to capital to be issued, as described in Executive Management’s report. Since the final terms and conditions of the issue have not been set, we do not express an opinion in this respect or, consequently, on the proposed cancellation of shareholders’ preferential subscription rights. In accordance with article R.225‑116 of the French Commercial Code, we will prepare an additional report if and when Executive Management uses this delegation of authority.

Neuilly‑sur‑Seine, 8March 2023 The Statutory Auditors

Grant Thornton Audit Vincent Frambourt

PricewaterhouseCoopers Audit Amélie Wattel

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