QUADIENT // 2021 Universal Registration Document

Contents

Message from the Chairman

2 3 4 6 8

4

Three questions for the Chief Executive Officer

Profile & activities

RISK FACTORS AND INTERNAL CONTROL

" Back to Growth “ strategy

85

Business model

Quadient, a responsible company

10 12 13 14 15

Risk factors 4.1 Insurance 4.2

86 97

A largely independent Board of Directors An international management team

Internal control and internal audit 4.3 framework

97

Financial performance

Investor relations

5

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NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE STATEMENT Social, societal, and environmental 5.1 information Independent third party’s report on 5.2 consolidated non-financial statement presented in the management report

101

CORPORATE OVERVIEW

17

102

1.1

Activities

18 21

Strategy 1.2

148

Organizational structure 1.3

24

2

6

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

153

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Consolidated financial statements 6.1 Statutory auditors’ report on the 6.2 consolidated financial statements Analysis of Quadient S.A.’s annual results 6.3 Quadient S.A. statements of financial 6.4 position Statutory auditors’ report on the financial 6.5 statements

154

Board of directors 2.1

28 42 46 65

Committees 2.2

219 224

Remuneration report 2.3

Related-party agreements 2.4

Summary table of the Extraordinary 2.5

227

General Meeting delegations to the Board of directors

66

252

Information that could have an impact 2.6 in the event of a takeover bid or exchange offer Practical information for attending 2.7 the General Meeting Statutory auditors’ report on related 2.8 party agreements

7

67

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INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY AND ITS SHARE CAPITAL

257

69

Quadient S.A. share capital 7.1

258 261

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Quadient shares 7.2

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MANAGEMENT REPORT

71

Review of Quadient’s financial position 3.1 and results in 2021

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

263

72 82 84

Ownership structure 3.2

General information 8.1

264 265

Information on trends and outlook 3.3

Recent events 8.2

Officer responsible for the universal 8.3 registration document and Auditors

266 267

Statement by officer 8.4

Fees paid to the statutory auditors 8.5 and members of their networks

267 268 269

Information policy 8.6 Concordance tables 8.7