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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Corporate Social Responsibility

2.5 Corporate Social Responsibility

Euronext considers corporate social responsibility (“CSR”) as an ongoing commitment towards all of its stakeholders and was mindful of corporate responsibility all along the year 2017. The core values that Euronext focused on in 2017 were unity, integrity, agility, energy and accountability. These are notably reflected in the Company’s governance. The CSR Committee pursued the tasks it had started in 2015: raising awareness, and making sure of the coordination in the different countries of financial literacy events. The corporate responsibility mission statement of Euronext covers the following:  deliver a high integrity ecosystem, for all its global stakeholders and its community, thereby contributing to enhancing the security and transparency of Euronext’s markets;  favor the wellness of its employees through responsible Human Resources policies;  engage in contributing to developing the environmental sustainability of the ecosystem. The Company’s corporate responsibility encompasses the following four areas: Stakeholders, Employees, Communities, and Sustainability Awareness. The structure of this chapter is based on these four areas of activity. CSR Governance The General Counsel is in charge of coordinating CSR at Group level, making sure that all relevant departments integrate the CSR objectives in their missions. The General Counsel keeps the Group’s Managing Board informed about CSR initiatives. Euronext’s CSR Committee has at least one staff member per location helping to implement the Euronext CSR initiatives locally. United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative Membership Euronext joined the United Nations SSE Initiative in December 2015, which aims to explore how exchanges can work together with investors, regulators, and companies to enhance corporate transparency on Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) issues and encourage responsible long-term approaches to investment. Euronext’s five market operators have voluntarily committed— through dialogue with investors, companies and regulators— to promote sustainable, long-term investment and improved ESG governance disclosure and performance among the companies listed on their respective exchange.The decision of membership to SSE reflected the commitment of Euronext in these areas. In 2017, the SSE Initiative convened a high-level dialogue on Green Finance alongside the COP 23 in Bonn, Germany. One of the Euronext Managing Board directors participated as a speaker to this event.

The European Parliament acknowledged the importance of businesses divulging information on diversity and sustainability such as social and environmental factors, with a view to identifying sustainability risks. Indeed, disclosure of non-financial information is vital for managing change towards a sustainable global economy by combining long-term profitability with social justice and environmental protection. In this context, disclosure of non- financial information helps themeasuring, monitoring andmanaging of undertakings’ performance and their impact on society. Also, shareholders and other stakeholders are more and more interested in diversity and non-financial information in order to have a meaningful, comprehensive understanding of a company’s development, performance, position and impact of its activity. They thoroughly analyze this information in their investment-decision process. In this context, disclosure of non-financial information helps increasing investor and consumer trust. In this context, the European Directive 2014/95/UE dated 22 October 2014 imposes to public-interest entities which are large undertakings with more than 500 employees to publish non-financial information including information on environmental, social and employeematters, respect for human rights and on anti-corruption and bribery matters. Euronext is very keen to comply with its obligations as a listed company and to promote transparency, especially in ESG related matters. Indeed, as a key factor in the financial ecosystem Euronext has a responsibility vis-à-vis the finance community to be one of its pillars in order to contribute to the financial stability in the countries in which it operates. To help achieve this aim, Euronext strives to deliver a high integrity trading environment. Euronext believes that good corporate social responsibility practices are essential in bridging the gap between simply operating within and improving society at large. This chapter describes how Euronext fulfils the new requirements of theDirective,whichhasbeen fully implemented inTheNetherlandsbya Decree dated14March2017 ondisclosure of non-financial information (“ Besluit bekendmaking niet-financiële informatie» ).Euronext operates in different countries, where fundamental rights, in particular social rights, are totally respected. All employees are based in countries where national laws provide strong protection for fundamental work rights. In these circumstances, Euronext has drafted no specific policies on the subject and human rights will therefore not be detailed as such is the section below.

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PRESENTATION OF THE CSR MISSIONS AND GOVERNANCE

At Euronext, corporate responsibility is part of our identity. Encouraging transparency in markets, setting high standards of integrity and governance, and bringing the world’s leading companies together in a collaborative manner are exchange touchstones. Euronext conducts its business ethically and integrates consideration of the impact of its actions on its communities, its people and the planet. Euronext regards improving financial capability as one of the key ways in which it can have a positive impact.

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