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He called and chaired a meeting of Board members, without the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer being present, so as to evaluate the
Executive Management.
With the help of a firm of consultants, he interviewed candidates for the position of Board member prior to their presentation to shareholders
at the Shareholders’ General Meeting.
He selected an outside consultant for a formal evaluation of the Board of Directors and he contributed to the implementation of the recommendations
deriving from this report.
Lastly, the Vice-Chairman and Senior Director presented his report on financial year 2012 to shareholders at the 16 April 2013 Shareholders’
General Meeting.
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As a result of his work, the Vice-Chairman concluded that the governing bodies functioned normally. Board meeting agendas were communicated
to him for his opinion before invitations were sent out to Board members, and he did not request the inclusion of any additional
items. Consequently, he did not deem it necessary to call a Board meeting pursuant to Article 3.1 of the Board’s internal rules.
3. Mr de Silguy’s activities under the assistance agreement between the
Company and YTSeuropaconsultants
Under the assistance agreement entered into by the Company and YTSeuropaconsultants, Mr de Silguy carried out many assignments in
consultation with the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. These assignments were carried out at the request of Mr Huillard or of a member
of the Executive Committee, with the agreement of Mr Huillard.
These assignments come under business confidentiality rules and cannot therefore be detailed in this report. They are noted down in a
register that is permanently available to the Audit Committee.
In 2013, they totalled 86 working days involving Group business activities in 38 countries and participation in many meetings and events
where the Group must be represented at the highest level.