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Corporate governance

Report on corporate governance

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Information on factors likely to have an impact in the event of a takeover bid

3.5 Control mechanisms scheduled in an employee share ownership scheme when the control rights are not exercised by said party None. 3.6 Agreements between shareholders of which the Company is aware which may result in restrictions on the transfer of shares and the exercise of voting rights None. 3.7 Rules governing the appointment and replacement of members of the Board of directors and amendments of the Company’s Articles of Association For more information on the rules governing the appointment and replacement of members of the Board of directors, see Section 1.2 “Rules governing the composition of the Board of directors” of this report. The rules governing the amendment of the Company’s Articles of Association are the legal rules. in particular to issue or redeem shares To date, the Board of directors of the Company does not have any delegation authorising it to issue shares, other than the authorisation to allocate free shares to its employees and executive offcers. See Section 1.16 “Delegations for capital increases” in this report. The Combined General Meeting of 24 June 2021, in its fourteenth ordinary resolution, authorised the Board of directors for a period of 18 months, in accordance with Articles L.22-10-62 et seq. and L.225-210 et seq. of the French Commercial Code, to purchase Company shares, on one or more occasions, at the time of its choosing, up to 10% of the number of shares comprising the share capital, adjusted if need be to take any capital increases or decreases that may take place in that period into account. This authorisation ended the authorisation granted to the Board of directors by the Combined General Meeting of 26 June 2020 in its eleventh ordinary resolution. 3.8 Powers of the Board of directors,

The following items may have an impact in the event of a public offer within the meaning of Article L.22-10-11 of the French Commercial Code: 3.1 Structure of the Company’s share capital See Sections 3.2 and 3.6.3 of the 2021 Universal Registration Document. 3.2 Statutory restrictions on the exercise of voting rights and share transfers or the provisions of agreements brought to the attention of the Company pursuant to Article L.233-11 “Voting rights attached to equity shares or bonus shares are equal to the portion of the capital they represent, and each share carries at least one voting right. Fully paid-up shares which have been registered for at least two years in the name of the same shareholder do not carry double voting rights. In the case where share ownership rights are split, the usufructuary has the voting rights in Ordinary General Meetings and the bare owner has the voting rights in Extraordinary General Meetings. Any natural or legal person crossing, either up or down, a share ownership or voting rights threshold of 2.5% or a multiple thereof (2.5%, 5%, 7.5% and so on) must notify the Company within 15 days after the threshold is crossed of the number of shares they hold. This obligation ceases to apply above a threshold of 32.5% of the share capital or voting rights, as the case may be.” (Article 8 of the Articles of Association). in the share capital of the Company known to it pursuant to Articles L.233-7 and L.233‑12 See Section 3.2.12 of the 2021 Universal Registration Document. 3.3 Direct or indirect shareholdings

3.4 List of holders of any securities with special control rights and a description thereof None.

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