QUADIENT - 2020 Universal Registration Document

NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE STATEMENT Social, societal, and environmental information

Initiatives

2020 Results

Board of Directors: 41.6 women at the end of 2020 (a) . • At 33.3 , the number of women in Quadient up 1.42 • compared with 2019. At the end of the 2020 full-year, female managers accounted • for 29.1 of the total number of managers. Quadient has signed charters in France, UK, Germany, Austria, • Italy and Switzerland. Employment rate of people with disabilities at Company level: • 1.83 . Employment rate of people with disabilities in France: 3.8 . • Staff over 55 years of age account for 22 of the Company’s total • workforce. Alongside launching the Inclusion & Diversity program, Quadient has signed charters and committed to inclusion objectives of local support organizations in France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Italy, and Switzerland. For example, Quadient has signed the French Diversity Charter, joining more than 4,200 signatories to fight discrimination and promote diversity within the Company. In France, members of the Management team and employee representatives signed the LGBT+ Engagement Charter of L'Autre Cercle, an association that fosters the inclusion and visibility of LGBT+ people in the professional world. In the Czech Republic, Quadient has partnered with Czechitas, a non-profit organization that helps women, girls and children to explore the world of information technologies. The organization teaches them to code in various programming languages, tests software, and analyzes complex data. As a regional Partner of Czechitas, Quadient will offer mentoring skills on requalification courses for women during a one-year period and offer expertise to support other local workshops throughout the year. QUADIENT SUPPORTS PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Quadient continues to support people with disabilities, now having formed an "Empowered Community" for this impacted group where employees can discuss together and drive positive change on this topic. This Empowered Community is employee-led and sponsored by the Chief Transformation Officer. For example, in Switzerland, it has outsourced certain tasks, such as consumable order fulfilment or certain warehousing tasks to the ESPAS Foundation. This foundation works to promote the social and economic integration of people whose health prevents them from playing a full role in the workplace. Its primary aim is the successful integration of women and men with a physical or mental disability. ESPAS offers commercial and industrial outsourcing opportunities for companies, institutions and other organizations. QUADIENT SUPPORTS DIVERSITY IN THE WORLD OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Women represented 16.9 of Senior Leaders. •

Feminization of the governing bodies

Gender equality

Adhesion to inclusion & diversity charters

Employment of people with disabilities

Employment of seniors

Employment of young generation (-25 years old) Employees under the age of 25 represent 2 of the workforce • in 2020. In accordance with French law and the Afep-Medef code, employee-representative directors are not taken into account (a) when determining the proportion of women on the Board of Directors.

EMPOWER WOMEN PROGRAM Quadient believes that greater gender balance at the leadership level is a real lever for the Company’s business performance. The Empower Women Program is a virtual learning series to help women navigate the complexity of attaining leadership roles. The program is designed to deliver practical insights and skills focused on the challenges and opportunities for women in leadership. Women leaders will build a powerful learning network and in turn, empower other women and be part of their success story. The Empower Women Program is sponsored by Geoffrey Godet, Chief Executive Officer, and Quadient's management team. INCLUSION & DIVERSITY PROGRAM Creating a diverse and inclusive culture indicative of Quadient’s equal opportunity philosophy is one of the objectives of Quadient’s HR policy and CSR approach. In 2020, to consolidate existing programs across all entities of the Company, Quadient presented to its employees a new policy and pledge for Inclusion & Diversity and launched the “Empowered Communities” project. Quadient’s employees actively participate in inclusion and diversity initiatives. For example, employee volunteers created the “Empowered Communities” project, which is open to all employees. The project is designed to facilitate opportunities for development through education and knowledge sharing, raise awareness and celebrate uniqueness through events and partnerships, and regularly bring together enable small groups for support. These groups act as safe places for discussions and ideas around inclusion and diversity developments regarding women, origins and ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as disabilities. The groups also assist in outreach programs with charitable and non-profit organizations involved in the company’s philanthropic activities.

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