Plastic Omnium // 2021 Universal Registration Document

SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING Explanatory statement and draft resolutions submitted to the Combined General Meeting of April 21, 2022

resolves that, if the subscriptions have not absorbed the entire issue 7. of investment securities, the Board of Directors may limit the amount of the transaction to the amount of subscriptions received; confers all powers to the Board of Directors, including that of 8. sub-delegation under the conditions fixed by law, to implement this delegation of authority and, in particular to determine the conditions concerning the conditions of the issue, its subscription and settlement, to report the completion of any resulting capital increases carried out and to amend the bylaws accordingly, and to: set, if necessary, the conditions applied to exercising the rights • attached to ordinary shares or investment securities giving access to the share capital, or debt securities to be issued and determines the terms for the exercise of rights (rights to conversion, exchange or redemption as the case may be, including delivery of Company assets such as securities already issued by the Company), decide, in the event of an issue of debt securities, including • investment securities giving entitlement to the allocation of debt securities pursuant to Article L. 228-91 of the French Commercial Code, whether these be subordinated or not (and, where relevant, their level of subordination in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 228-97 of the French Commercial Code) and determine their interest rate (fixed or variable rate of interest, zero coupon or indexed), and the terms and the conditions under which such securities could give access to the share capital of the Company, on the Board’s sole initiative, charge all capital increase costs to • the corresponding issuance premiums, and deduct from these premiums the sums necessary to raise the legal reserve to one-tenth of the new capital after each capital increase, set and make all adjustments destined to take account of the • impact of transactions involving the capital of the Company, in particular in the event of a change in the par value of the share, an in the share capital by incorporation of reserves, the allocation of free shares, a stock split or a reverse stock split, the distribution of reserves or of any other assets, the redemption of capital or any other transaction affecting shareholders’ equity, and to set the terms under which all rights of holders of investment securities giving access to share capital will be preserved and modify the bylaws accordingly, and, in general, enter into any agreement, in particular, to • successfully complete the proposed issues of shares or securities, take all measures and decisions and carry out all formalities appropriate for the issue, listing and financial servicing of the shares or securities issued pursuant to this delegation of authority and the exercise of the rights attached thereto or resulting from the increases in share capital carried out.

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT 27 th resolution: Delegation of authority granted to the Board of Directors to increase the share capital pursuant to the twenty-fourth to twenty-sixth resolutions, up to a limit of 15% of the initial issue, with maintenance or cancelation of preferential subscription rights As permitted by law, the twenty-seventh resolution would enable the Board of Directors to decide, in the context of capital increases with or without preferential subscription rights carried out under the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth resolutions, to increase the number of securities to be issued at the same price as in the initial issue, within the time and limits provided for by the applicable regulations. This option would enable the Board of Directors to increase the number of shares to be issued by a maximum of 15% within 30 days of the end of the subscription period, at the same price, while remaining within the same limits of the nominal amount provided for in the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth resolutions. This new authorization would be valid for a period of twenty-six months as of this General Meeting and cancels and replaces all previous delegations of authority with the same purpose. TWENTY-SEVENTH RESOLUTION: DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY GRANTING THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS POWERS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SHARES TO BE ISSUED, WHEN A SHARE ISSUE IS CARRIED OUT, WITH OR WITHOUT PREFERENTIAL SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS, UNDER THE TWENTY-FOURTH THROUGH TWENTY-SIXTH RESOLUTIONS, UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 15% OF THE INITIAL ISSUE The General Meeting of Shareholders, voting in accordance with the quorum and majority requirements for Extraordinary General Meetings of Shareholders, after having read the report of the Board of Directors and the Statutory Auditors’ report, and pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 225-135-1 of the French Commercial Code: decides that the Board of Directors, with the option to subdelegate 1. under the conditions set by law, may increase by a maximum of 15% the number of securities to be issued under issues decided pursuant to the twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth resolutions, at the same price as that of the initial issue as provided in Articles L. 225-135-1 et R. 225-118 of the French Commercial Code, within the same time-frame and subject to the same limitations provided for by applicable regulations at the date of the issuance (currently, within thirty days of the subscription closure date) and within the limits provided for in the resolution pursuant to which the issue was decided; sets the period of validity of this delegation at twenty-six months from 2. the date of this General Meeting and notes that this delegation supersedes as of this date any previous delegation with the same purpose.

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