Saint Gobain - Registration document 2016

9 FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING INFORMATION

3. Compagnie de Saint-Gobain annual financial statements (parent company)

Financing-related off-balance sheet commitments given and received

(in EUR thousand) 2016 amount

(in EUR thousand) 2015 amount

Date Counterparty

Interest-rate swaps Fixed-rate borrower/Fixed-rate lender

multiple multiple

291,995

340,623

Interest-rate swaps Variable-rate borrower/Fixed-rate lender

multiple multiple

95,000

95,000

Commodity swaps Fixed-price buyer/Variable-price seller

multiple multiple

1,065

8,662

Commodity swaps Variable-price buyer/Fixed-price seller

multiple multiple

1,065

8,662

Operations-related off-balance sheet commitments: None.

Given the favourable outcome of some of these litigations for the Group, these amounts will be reduced during 2017 divested businesses. A provision is recognized whenever a Companies may grant seller’s warranties to the buyers of In some cases, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain, or other Group risk is identified and the related cost can be estimated reliably

balance sheet, the tax administration has been granted liens As part of tax litigations which are duly provided for in the these litigations, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain has obtained tax contended. In exchange for a stay of payment for part of delivered a notice confirming that these amounts were on assets in its favor in the amount of €16,273 thousand, and bonds from its banks in the amount of €10,466 thousand.

NOTE 18

INFORMATION ON FEES PAID TO THE STATUTORY AUDITORS

down as follows : for 2016, as reflected in the income statement, may be broken Total fees (excluding VAT) paid and payable to the auditors

statutory audit fees of €1.6 million; ‹ fees for audit-related advice and services of €0.3 million. ‹

NOTE 19

INFORMATION ON EMPLOYEES

Number of employees

Management compensation Total compensation and benefits paid in 2016 to Saint-Gobain €4.4 million in gross variable compensation (€4.5 million in amounted to €13.3 million (€15.7 million in 2015), including Group (excluding any long-term cash-settled compensation) management by the French and foreign companies in the 2015) and nil in termination, retirement or other benefits (€1.5 million in 2015). Provisions for pensions and other post-employment benefits (€55.8 million December 31, 2015). management totaled €47.0 million at December 31, 2016 length-of-service awards and pensions) accruing to Group (defined-benefit obligations (DBO) in respect of for 2016 totaled €1.1 million, the same as in previous year. Attendance fees paid to members of the Board of Directors

Paris Head Office (Les Miroirs, La Défense)

2016

2015

Managers

159

164

Supervisors

36

37

Administrative staff

10

8

TOTAL

205

209

contracts of which, employees under fixed-term

5

5

German branch (Aachen)

2016

2015

Managers

78

79

Supervisors

131

121

Administrative staff

1

1

TOTAL

210

201

contracts of which, employees under fixed-term

11

7

284

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