LEGRAND / 2018 Registration document

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS OF COMPANY OFFICERS

Signing bonus in the event of appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer in the course of 2019 There is no provision for any signing bonus intended to compensate for loss of benefits in the event that a new Chief Executive Officer is appointed in the course of the 2019 financial year. R 6.2.5.2 COMPENSATION COMPONENTS PAID OR AWARDED TO COMPANY OFFICERSWITH RESPECT TO 2018 SUBMITTED TO THE APPROVAL OF SHAREHOLDERS In accordance with articles L. 225-37-2 and L. 225-100 of the French Commercial Code, the components of compensation paid or awarded for the 2018 financial year to Mr. Gilles Schnepp and to Mr. Benoît Coquart will be submitted for approval by shareholders at the Shareholders’ General Meeting convened in 2019 to consider the financial statements of the 2018 financial year, it being stipulated that the payment of the variable and exceptional components of compensation is conditional upon the approval by said General Meeting.

Compensation components paid or awarded with respect to 2018 to Mr. Gilles Schnepp

Compensation components paid or awarded in respect of the 2018 financial year from February 8, 2018

Amount/ percentage of fixed compensation Details

Gross annual fixed compensation approved by the Board of Directors on March 20, 2018, on the recommendation of the Compensation Committee and corresponding to the amount attributable to Mr. Gilles Schnepp, in respect of his office as Chairman of the Board of Directors after the roles of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer were separated. This amount of annual fixed compensation for the Chairman of the Board of Directorswas determined by the Board of Directors, upon a proposal from the Compensation Committee, in accordance with the principles set out in section 6.2.1.1 of the Company’s registration document, and in line with the responsibilities and duties assumed by the Chairman and related to that office, as provided for by the law, the Articles of Association and the internal rules. The main elements taken into account in determining this compensation were (i) the key role of the Chairman of the Board of Directors in connection with all the responsibilities that fall upon the Board and its committees as well as the expertise and experience required to carry out these responsibilities and (ii) the analysis, through market studies, of practices relating to compensation paid to non-executive chairmen of CAC 40 companies. There are no plans to award any annual variable compensation. The Chairman of the Board of Directors is excluded fromall variable compensation systems, including performance share plans or any other long-term compensation components existing in the Company, in accordance with the recommendations of the Code of Corporate Governance.

Fixed compensation

€625,000

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Annual variable compensation Not applicable

Deferred variable compensation

Not applicable There are no plans to award any deferred variable compensation.

There are no plans to award any long-term cash compensation. The Chairman of the Board of Directors is excluded from all variable compensation systems, including performance share plans or any other long-term compensation components existing in the Company, in accordance with the recommendations of the Code of Corporate Governance.

Long-term cash compensation Not applicable (1)

(1) €937,500 corresponding to 2013 Future Performance Units allotted to Mr. Gilles Schnepp and approved by the Shareholders’ General Meeting at the time of their award and at the end of the vesting period, as detailed on pages 221-223 of the Company’s 2018 registration document, was paid to Mr. Gilles Schnepp in June 2018.

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REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2018

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