EURONEXT_Registration_Document_2017

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Report of the Supervisory Board

combination with Deutsche Börse, the carve-out of Euronext and its subsequent IPO. Mr. Modica started his career at the venture capitalist firm MyQube in Geneva, and then moved to investment banking at HSBC in Milan and MCC/Capitalia in Rome. Mr. Modica is a director of Euronext US Inc. Mr. Modica graduated cum-laude from Bocconi University and holds a Master in Finance from SDA Bocconi. Diversity Dutch law requires large Dutch companies to pursue a policy of having at least 30% of the seats on both the Managing Board and the Supervisory Board held by men and at least 30% of those seats held by women. Euronext qualifies as a large Dutch Company and currently does not meet these gender diversity targets with respect to the Managing Board, as less than 30% of its members are women. This is partly related to historical circumstances and partly to the sectors in which Euronext is active. The Managing Board is composed of all countries of Euronext representatives. Out of ten members (including Senior Management members and Stéphane Boujnah), one is female. The Senior Leadership team in 2017 was composed of 24% of females. The balance of country representation was the following: 56% France, 13% the Netherlands, 13% United Kingdom, 9% Portugal, 7% Belgium and 2% United States. The average age of this group is 45 years. Euronext will continue to promote gender diversity within its Managing Board by striving to increase the proportion of female members by taking into account all relevant selection criteria including, but not limited to, gender balance, with regard to future appointments.

Ms. Langlais has been the executive director of Legal and Regulatory Affairs of the Euronext group since 2004, and was a member of the Management Committee of NYSE Euronext. Her present responsibilities include participating in strategy, development policy, and the supervision of all legal matters for the Euronext group. In addition, she coordinates and manages the regulatory and public affairs tasks of the Euronext markets (encompassing Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon, London and Paris): rulebook preparation, discussions with the Euronext College of Regulators and approval of all regulatory matters. She also coordinates Euronext group’s corporate social responsibility activities. Ms. Langlais is also a member of the board of directors of EuroclearPlc and of Euroclear S.A./B.V.. She graduated from the Paris XI Sorbonne University in International Law and from the Paris IV-Sorbonne University in Anglo-American civilisation and literature. Ms. Langlais has been a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur since 2009. Giorgio Modica Giorgio Modica is the Chief Financial Officer of the Company. He joined Euronext in 2016. His responsibilities include both Euronext’s financial and corporate services. Mr. Modica joined fromBNP Paribas (Paris and Milan), where he was a senior Corporate Finance banker in Financial Institutions for nine years, holding the responsibility for the Stock Exchange sector globally and for the overall FIG markets in Italy and Spain. In over fifteen years of international investment banking experience, Mr. Modica covered both M&A and ECM, as well as the structuring of financing solutions (equity and debt). Since 2011, as advisor to NYSE Euronext and then Euronext, Mr. Modica has supported the Euronext group very closely throughout its key milestone transactions, including the attempted

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2.3 Report of the Supervisory Board

2.3.1 MEETING The Supervisory Board met twelve times in 2017: there were six in-person meetings and six conference calls.

2.3.2 SUPERVISORY BOARD ATTENDANCE RECORD On average, 88% of the Supervisory Board members were present at these meetings.

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2017 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT

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