SOMFY - Annual financial report 2018

04 MANAGEMENT BOARD MANAGEMENT REPORT

CONTEXTUAL DATA

Information was collected for 2018 and 2017, which enabled data and their variations to be compared on a constant group structure basis throughout the analysis. As such, 2017 data has been restated (in comparison with the 2017 published data) to incorporate the change in the consolidation method of the Dooya legal entity. At 31 December 2018, total Group workforce excluding temporary workers was 5,677 people, compared with 5,725 in 2017 (restated for the Dooya entity), a decrease of 0.84%, and was analysed as follows:

1,920 1,921

4%

2017 2018

10%

1,689

France Germany Central and Eastern Europe Northern Europe Southern Europe, Middle East

37%

1,637

1,423 1,401

27%

495

402

and Africa Americas Asia-Pacific

292 223

6%

12%

25 years old

25-35 years old

35-45 years old

45-55 years old

> 55 years old

4%

>

CLARIFICATION REGARDING SCOPE

EMPLOYMENT AND SKILLS CHALLENGE

The scope of analysis of the social data for the preparation of the 2018 CSR report was stable. It related to 41 Group companies and a workforce at 31 December 2018 of 5,182 people , representing 91.3% of the Group’s total workforce. These companies are spread across five continents, and 30 countries (South Africa, Germany, UK, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, South Korea, Egypt, Spain, United States, France, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia and Turkey).

Group sustainability depends on its capacity to recruit the new skills it needs and to develop its employees on a daily basis to respond to new business and organisational models arising from the digital transformation of companies. It is also important for employees who so wish to be able to transfer to other lines of business or positions which are consistent with their career plans and the needs of the company. The same applies to Somfy’s ability to retain recognised skills and to the employability of its employees. For these purposes, processes shared throughout the Group are rolled out. The company continued its effort to ensure that the skills of Group employees are matched with the organisation’s needs, to attract new skills, ensure the employability of staff and prepare tomorrow’s generation of managers.

Change in workforce

Over the 2018 financial year, the workforce grew 0.23%, going from 5,170 to 5,182 employees. 87% of the increase in the workforce is shared between France, Germany and Eastern and Central Europe, mainly in the Somfy distribution

subsidiary in the Czech Republic, Overkiz in France and the Somfy distribution subsidiary in Germany. 91% of the decrease in the workforce relates to the Asia-Pacific region, mainly at Lian Da (China).

Workforce analysis by geographic region

2017

2018

2018 breakdown

Change

France

1,938

1,955

37.7%

17 13 11

Germany

342 587 158

355 598 162

6.9%

Central and Eastern Europe

11.5%

Northern Europe

3.1%

4 2

Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa

1,496

1,498

28.9%

Americas

156 493

153 461

3.0% 8.9%

-3

Asia-Pacific

-32

TOTAL

5,170

5,182

100.0%

12

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SOMFY – ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT 2018