Saint-Gobain // Universal Registration Document 2021

9 Additional information and cross-reference tables Additional information www.saint-gobain.com SAINT-GOBAIN UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2021 374 Additional information 1. Principal statutory provisions and internal rules 1.1 of the Board of Directors Principal statutory provisions 1.1.1 The main provisions of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain’s bylaws are summarized below. A complete version of the bylaws may be consulted on the Company’s website (www.Saint-Gobain.com). A copy may also be obtained upon request from the Clerk of the Commercial Court of Nanterre and at the Company’s headquarters. Corporate name, form, head office and duration (Articles 1, 2, 4 and 5) A French société anonyme governed by the provisions of Articles L.210-1 et seq. of the French Commercial Code, Compagnie de Saint-Gobain’s head office is Tour Saint-Gobain, 12, place de l’Iris, 92400 Courbevoie, France (tel: +33 (0) 1 88 54 00 00). It is registered with the Trade and Companies Register of Nanterre under No. 542 039 532. The Company was founded in 1665 and registered with the Trade and Companies Register on July 21, 1954 for a period that will expire on December 31, 2040, unless it is subject to early dissolution or extension. Corporate purpose (Article 3) The Company’s corporate purpose is, in summary form, to conduct and manage, in France and internationally, any and all industrial, commercial, financial, securities and real estate transactions related to its manufacturing and contracting activities, through French or foreign subsidiaries or affiliates or otherwise. Fiscal year (Article 19) Its fiscal year runs from January 1 to December 31. Share capital and disclosure thresholds (Articles 6 and 7) At December 31, 2021, the share capital was set at €2,096,070,380.00 divided among 524,017,595 shares with a par value of €4 each, entirely paid up and all of the same type. The bylaws (Article 7.4) require shareholders to disclose to the Company within five trading days any direct, indirect or joint interest representing at least 0.50% of the capital or voting rights, or any multiple of this percentage. The same disclosure requirement applies when a direct, indirect or joint holding falls below any of these thresholds. Failure to comply with these disclosure rules may result in the undisclosed shares exceeding this percentage being stripped of voting rights for a period of two years from the date when the non-disclosure is remedied, at the request of one or more shareholders representing at least 3% of the capital or voting rights, as recorded in the minutes of the General Meeting. Furthermore, the Company may request information regarding the composition of its shareholding structure and the ownership of its shares in accordance with current laws and regulations. Share rights (Article 8) Each share entitles the owner to ownership of corporate assets and liquidation proceeds in an equal proportion to the share capital it represents. Whenever it is necessary to hold a certain number of shares in order to exercise a right, it is for the owners who do not possess such number to assume responsibility, as necessary, to create the corresponding grouping up to the required number of shares. Each share entitles the holder to vote at the General Meetings under the conditions stipulated in the bylaws (see Article 18 below). Share ownership automatically requires compliance with the Company’s bylaws and the decisions taken by the General Shareholders’ Meeting. Company Management (Articles 9 to 12, 14 and 15) The Company is administered by a Board of Directors comprised of at least three members and no more than eighteen members, subject to the exceptions provided for by law in the event of a merger. Directors are elected for a four-year term which is renewable, subject to the age limit of 70. The age limit of the Chairman of the Board of Directors is set at 68. The Chairman of the Board of Directors may also hold the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Company, at the discretion of the members of the Board. In this case, he has the title of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and the age limit is 65 (like that of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Operating Officer). One Director representing employee shareholders shall be appointed by the General Shareholders’ Meeting, under the conditions of quorum and majority applicable to any appointment of a Director, from among the employee shareholders or, as the case may be, from among the members of the Supervisory Boards of the corporate mutual funds of the Company’s Group Savings Plan. It shall be governed by all legal and statutory provisions applicable to the Directors appointed by the General Shareholders’ Meeting as well as those specific to it. Appointment procedure Candidates for the office of Director representing employee shareholders shall be presented to the General Shareholders’ Meeting, in accordance with the following procedures: one candidate shall be appointed from among its ■ members by the Supervisory Board of the corporate mutual funds of the Company’s Group Savings Plan. If there is more than one corporate mutual fund, each Supervisory Board of such corporate mutual funds shall appoint one candidate from among its members;

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