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Personnel recruitment, moves and the current context For these indicators, the scope represents 98.8% of employees as of December 31, 2014.

The hire rate for permanent employees amounted to 10.9% compared with 10.6% for departures (including intragroup transfers, in both case based on employees on payroll at the year-end). Departures motivated by the employer represented 3.2% of the total.

The Group continued to develop its policy of relationships with educational institutions to recruit the talents required to meet its ambitions.

HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK For these indicators, the scope represents 98.8% of employees as of December 31, 2014.

The Safety is my business project, deployed since 2009, is designed to enable progress at all our sites and has translated into a regular fall in workplace accidents.

It is defined, monitored and coordinated at Group level by a safety governance committee and a club of safety coordinators.

It is backed up by a safety framework of reference, shared tools, safety audits, safety management plans and Behavioral Safety Visits. Follow-up, accident analysis and regular report- ing all contribute to achieve progress with the approach.

In 2014, a flash Accident Groupe information bulletin was launched for improved sharing of risks and the requisite prevention. A staff safety survey was also performed, which disclosed increasing maturity and involvement on the part of employees.

At the level of the Group, the accident frequency rate amounts to 11.0, 6% less than in 2013, and the severity rate to 0.5.

In France, 70 employees were affected by occupational illness in 2014. Similar data is not communicated for the rest of the world given the current heterogeneity of international defini- tions of occupational illness.

DIVERSITY The Group s Ethical Charter recalls that respect for persons, and equality of opportunity, are pillars of our corporate culture. Faithful to its humanistic values, the Group remains attached to giving every talent its chance, is attentive to the respect of individual opportunities and non-discrimination and has developed an executive training module in diversity.

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

The proportion of the Group s permanent employees aged 55 or more amounts to 13.9% and that of employees under 24, 4.5%. In France, the generational contract now complements and reinforces earlier measures in favor of older employees: men- toring, lifelong training, improved working conditions and prevention of job stress or duress. The measures supporting the integration of young employees have also been enriched: mentors, induction courses, etc.

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

Representation of women The proportion of women employed was slightly higher (39.3%) compared with 2013. The proportion rises to 49.9% in headquarters and service companies.

The proportion of female managers amounts to 37.8%, stable compared to 2013. In France, the ratio was up 0.8% on a like- for-like basis.

Equal opportunities for men and women The Group promotes equality of opportunity for all its employ- ees, as well as non-discrimination in terms of recruitment, training or career progress. A guide to best practices has been provided to recruitment firms, who are required to submit mixed lists of candidates. Over and above the applicable legal requirements, other best practices in favor of equal opportunity largely applied include:

Equal access to professional training and encouragement of diversity; Consideration/correction of special factors contributing to pay or other gaps; In-house communication promoting diversity, including specific training; A comprehensive approach to taking account of periods of severe family constraints; Work arrangements aiming to reconcile professional and personal obligations.

2014 2013 Accident frequency rate 11.0 11.6 Accident severity rate* 0.5 0.5

*With days absence from work based on calendar days.

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