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More women than men worked part-time: 7.7% as opposed to 1.8% of permanent employees.

Part-time work is mostly chosen by employees to meet the balance between work and home life, a dimension to which the Group pays close attention.

Shift work and night work in France For these indicators, the scope represents 100% of employees as of December 31, 2014.

In France, 49.7% of employees work shifts. Night work affects 20.6% of employees and has remained stable compared to 2013.

Absence For these indicators, the scope represents 98.8% of employees as of December 31, 2014.

On average, there are 16 calendar days of absence per employ- ee and per year and on a like-for-like basis, these results are down 2.4% compared to 2013.

About three quarters of absences are due to illness including long-term afflictions.

EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

Training For these indicators, the scope represents 98.8% of employees as of December 31, 2014.

The Group is attentive to its employees employability and invests in high level training for the benefit of all staff. Mention may be made, among other programs, of:

Specific training for new manager-level entrants; The Bongrain Academy which offers industrial managers courses focusing on cheese and dairy know-how; Training sanctioned by diplomas such as France s Certificats de Qualification Professionnelle; Encouragement to engage in France s national program enabling competencies acquired via professional experience to be recognized by a diploma; Management Excellence seminars for executives.

In parallel, a range of courses available on an e-learning basis enrich our overall offering of training.

In 2014, training amounted to 216,541 hours and 1.55% of payroll. The 3,925 training sessions which took place were directed at 68.3%* of the Group s employees.

*Calculated on the basis of the number of employees receiving training during the course of the year compared with employees on payroll at the year-end.

Job training and apprenticeship The Group believes that apprenticeship, which establishes a direct link between education and professional training, is an effective way of integrating future staff members. We develop an active policy in this regard.

In France, apprenticeship contracts apply to 1.6% of employees and other training contracts account for 1.2% of total numbers, a slight rise over 2013.

INTERNAL MOBILITY Bongrain encourages internal mobility both within and between its subsidiaries. An internal database enables employ- ees to be aware of all job opportunities within the Group.

All subsidiaries perform annual career reviews focused on preparing future career movements for their staff whether between subsidiaries, functions or countries. The information provided to the Group can be used to facilitate the process.

Industrial injuries > 3 months Industrial injuries < 3 months Illness > 3 months Illness < 3 months

Maternity/paternity Occupational illnesses Other reasons

Breakdown of reasons for absence

3.6%

16.5%

30.2%

43.1%

1.7% 2.9%

2.0%