QUADIENT - 2020 Universal Registration Document

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT Management team

Quadient commitments are: create an environment of openness allowing all 1. employees to bring their whole selves to work and feel they belong. Quadient does not discriminate against any individual because of their age, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy, paternity or maternity, parental or family status, race or ethnicity, nationality or national origin, color, religion, disability status, sex or sexual orientation veteran status, political affiliation, language, genetic information (including family medical history), or any other dimension of diversity. The Company embraces and encourage its employees’ differences and all employees will be treated fairly and with respect; build diverse talent and teams by attracting, recruiting 2. and hiring from diverse talent pools to enrich the organization; embed Inclusion and Diversity practices into all our 3. Talent Practices to ensure that the Company has a global workforce of talent to grow our leadership pipeline across the globe; set up empowered Communities to support an inclusive 4. culture and offer a sense of community and connection among employees; and to support diversity initiatives in Quadient's external community through its philanthropy program; promote awareness and understanding among all 5. employees thereby developing an educated workforce on inclusion and diversity; set measurable objectives for diversity and inclusion 6. which will be monitored and reviewed against the effectiveness of this policy and associated procedures.

The initiatives put in place in 2020 are as follows: to address Gender Diversity in Leadership: the ● implementation of a Women's Leadership program. This program is called "Empower" and is supported by Geoffrey Godet and Quadient's management team. It is designed to provide insights and practical skills focused on both the challenges and opportunities for women in leadership positions. It is an opportunity to reflect, reframe and equip oneself to progress to higher positions in the Company. These women will network and thrive and in turn, share their success with other women and help them achieve success. It also involves creating a community of women to share experiences and knowledge and to give each other the mutual confidence to work in a male-dominated environment. This visibility of women in senior positions greatly encourages the recruitment of women from outside the Company. Recruitment also promotes diversity, and Quadient's commitment to integrate more LGBTQ+ and minority people; to create an inclusive environment: Quadient has ● launched a program called Empowered Communities which are employees led and promote affinity groups within the company with 4 main focus: Women, LGBT+, Disabilities, Ethnicity & Cultural Background; Quadient has also decided to take an active part in ● events dedicated to women's rights, which help to develop the awareness of employees on this subject. Training for both managers and employees are available and promoted to help them fight against unconscious bias; to accelerate the acquisition of talents from diversity: ● Quadient has launched specific recuitment campaigns with the aim of diversifying the profiles recruited within the Company.

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