Sustainability Report - FY 2023

Social and societal information Career and Skills Development

Actions implemented Increase the Group’s visibility and employer brand Exclusive Networks is committed to strengthening the visibility of its employer brand and its presence on all recruitment channels. Thus, the communication and human resources teams work together to ensure the notoriety of Exclusive Networks on various social networks, in particular LinkedIn and tools popular with the younger generations as part of its policy of attracting young talent. Articles, videos and photos are regularly posted to present the Company, develop the employer brand and communicate about job opportunities. The Group publishes its offers on its website as well as on LinkedIn and Indeed and other local platforms such as Jobstreet or Glassdoor, Kununu (in Germany), Pracuj (in Poland), Magnent (in Dubai), etc. Referral policy (Co-option) In order to attract quality candidates, the Group has set up internal referral programmes allowing employees

to promote positions and to recommend quality candidates from their network. Employees who use their network and enable the successful recruitment of an employee are rewarded. This referral policy is a valuable, rich and highly effective recruitment channel for identifying very good candidates and filling positions while strengthening the employer brand. To date, co-optation is a key and major recruitment channel for the Company. 36% of recruitments were made by co-optation in 2023, up 6% compared to the previous year . Academic Relations With a view to strengthening its reputation and constantly enriching its pool of candidates, the Group maintains privileged relationships with the best training courses (universities and schools) for all its professions, and in particular, with the academies in the field of cybersecurity training the cybersecurity engineers and salespeople of tomorrow. In addition, internships and apprenticeship contracts are offered to students in order to train them and prepare them for recruitment following their graduation.

Exclusive Academy

Exclusive Networks launched the Exclusive Academy in 2022 as a major concrete step forward in bridging the alarming talent and skills gap in the cybersecurity industry. Exclusive Networks sees it as its responsibility, and a societal responsibility, to prepare and train the next generation of cyber defenders. The Exclusive Academy is reflected in two initiatives that were initially launched in France and the United States. In France, about twenty students from the first class benefit from a three-year specialised training programme, provided by highly qualified and fully operational cyber-experts, thus meeting the needs of the labour market. This training combines theoretical content with practical experience in the field, which leads to high-level certifying skills. Hands-on experience in the field is a key differentiator of the programme. Students spend approximately 9 weeks working on technical projects in the field in the first year, then 12 weeks in the second year and 14 weeks in the third year. This practical experience complements the theoretical training programme of 12 weeks of classes in the first year, then 10 weeks in the second year and 8 weeks in the final year. The courses are taught by Exclusive Networks’ security and network trainers, who are intimately familiar with the brands and technologies distributed by the Group. France welcomed the 2 nd class in September 2023, with about fifteen students. The students who are part of the Exclusive Academy come from partner schools Guardia (cybersecurity school based in Paris and Lyon), Oteria Cyber School (cybersecurity school based in Paris), and CalPoly in the United States. The current Initiatives will be maintained and strengthened before considering an extension to other countries.

Internal mobility The attractiveness of the Company is also based on its ability to support the professional development of employees, thus offering them the opportunity to achieve personal fulfilment. Internal mobility in all

its forms (functional, geographical, lateral, vertical) makes it possible to increase the expertise and know how of employees on the services offered by Exclusive Networks and the professions that the Group addresses and makes it possible to offer attractive and ambitious career paths to employees.

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2023 Sustainability Report