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Corporate governance report The board of directors

The renewed board would comprise: E 13 members;

recommendations of the AFEP/MEDEF Corporate Governance Code); E the percentage of women will remain 42% should Ms. Linda Knoll be reelected and Ms. Fleur Pellerin appointed; and E a strong proportion of directors of non-French origin (61.5%) reflecting the international nature of the Group.

E 82% independent directors (excluding consideration of the director representing employee shareholders and the director representing employees, in accordance with the

57,5 years

13

Directors

Average age of directors

9 (82%)

2

Employee directors

Independent directors

1/13 Asia

3/13 North America

42%

5/13 France

4/13 Europe

Board members spread across all geographies

Women and directors (1)

8 having accounting / financial skills 7 having industrial expertise 5 having digital expertise 5 having deep knowledge of NAM market 4 having deep knowledge of Asian market

Excl. CEO

(1) The employees’ representative is not counted for the purpose of the ratio calculation.

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