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 378 indirectly and from derivative transactions in Compagnie de Saint-Gobain’s securities. These closed periods cover the thirty days preceding the Board meetings at which the annual and interim consolidated financial statements are reviewed, the fifteen days preceding the publication of quarterly revenue figures, and the day following the publication of the annual and half-year results. The calendar of the closed periods is sent each year to the Directors by the Board Secretary. The Group’s Senior Management, as well as employees having regular or occasional access to insider information, are also subject to these closed periods. Directors must declare to the French Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des marchés financiers) any trades they have executed involving Compagnie de Saint-Gobain’s securities, in compliance with applicable regulations. Directors hold their Compagnie de Saint-Gobain shares in registered form. Beyond the obligation of discretion provided by law, Directors are bound by a general duty of confidentiality with regard to the documents and information communicated to them before or during the meetings, as well as on the deliberations of the Board of Directors, until such time as they have been made public. They must seek to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest, whether direct or indirect, and if any such conflict of interest should arise, they must inform the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Lead independent Director and refrain from participating in discussions and votes on the topics concerned. The Chief Executive Officer must consult the Board before accepting any new appointment in a publicly traded company. VIII. Compensation of the Directors and reimbursement of expenses The Board of Directors distributes among the Directors, with the exception of the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer who do not receive any compensation in this respect, the annual amount allocated by the General Meeting as compensation for the activities of the Directors. For Directors who are elected or retire/resign from the Board during the year, the fixed fee is paid pro rata to the actual period served. The fees are paid in two half-yearly installments in arrears, with any balance available from the annual amount distributed at the beginning of the following year, based on variable parts allocated to each Director depending both on his/her participation to Board and Committees meetings held during the prior fiscal year. Directors may be reimbursed upon submission of the necessary supporting documents, for travel expenses, and any expenses incurred within the course of carrying out their duties as Directors of the Company. IX. Other provisions All Directors may benefit, if they consider it necessary, from additional training on the Saint-Gobain Group’s specific characteristics, businesses, operating segments and its social and environmental responsibilities. Those appointed to the Audit and Risk Committee may, if they consider it useful, receive training in the accounting, financial and operational specificities of the Group’s activities. Unless impeded, the Directors must attend the General Shareholders’ Meetings.” Documents available to the public 1.2 For the lifetime of this Universal Registration Document, the following documents (or a copy of them) relating to the Company may be consulted through the Investor Relations Department at the Company’s head office, at Tour Saint-Gobain, 12, place de l’Iris, 92400 Courbevoie (France), and may be viewed online at www.Saint-Gobain.com: this Universal Registration Document, which may also ■ be consulted on the French Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des marchés financiers – AMF) website (www.amf-france.org); the Company bylaws; and ■ any reports, letters and other documents, historical ■ financial information, assessments and statements prepared by an outside expert at the Company’s request, a part of which is included in or referred to in this Universal Registration Document.

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