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Corporate governance Composition and operation of the Board of Directors

COMPOSITION AND OPERATION OF 1. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS This Section, prepared with the assistance of the Board’s Nomination and Remuneration Committee and the Lead Independent Director pursuant to Articles L.225-37 et seq. of the French Commercial Code, reports the composition of the Board, and conditions for the preparation and organization of the Board’s work (see Chapter 6, Section 4 for the entire report by the Board of Directors on corporate governance). Compliance with the AFEP-MEDEF corporate governance code Compagnie de Saint-Gobain refers to and complies with the AFEP-MEDEF Corporate Governance Code for French listed companies in its updated version of November 2016, which may be found on the MEDEF website at the following address: www.medef.com. The Company’s practices comply with all recommendations contained in the AFEP-MEDEF Code (the “AFEP-MEDEF Code”).

AFEP-MEDEF Code recommendation revoked

Saint-Gobain practice and justification

None

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1.1

Composition of the Board of Directors

Members of the Board of Directors 1.1.1 The Board of Directors consists of the 14 members named below, appointed for four-year terms. It includes one Director representing employee shareholders and two employee Directors, in accordance with the law, and one Lead Independent Director in charge of overseeing the efficient running of the Company’s governance bodies.

73% INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS, COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN ALL INDEPENDENT

42% WOMEN

96% ATTENDANCE RATE

1 LEAD INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

2 EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS AND 1 DIRECTOR REPRESENTING EMPLOYEE SHAREHOLDERS

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