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- 5 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Employees and workforce

LABOR RELATIONS

5.1.8

[G4-11] [G4-DMA Labor/Management relations] [G4-DMA Freedom of association and collective bargaining]

GRI

Labor relations with Technicolor employees are the responsibility of Site managers in each country with the support of Human Resources. With respect to its European operations, Technicolor entered into a labor agreement with a European council of employee representatives (the “European Council”) confirming the Group’s labor practices.

This council, which meets several times each year, comprises union representatives or Members of local works councils in European countries.

The European Works Council is composed with:

Country Belgium

Number of European Works Council seats

1

France Poland

2

1

United Kingdom

2

Technicolor’s European Works Council is a supranational body, the purpose of which is to address topics of a transnational nature. The European Works Council is informed of Technicolor’s European operations in respect of personnel, finance, production, sales, and research and development, and their impacts upon employment and working conditions. It is also informed of major structural, industrial and commercial changes as well as organizational transformations within the Group. It met one time in 2017. In accordance with applicable law in the European Union, Technicolor’s managers of each European country meet annually with labor organizations to discuss remuneration and working conditions. In accordance with domestic laws, data regarding the level of unionization is not available in most of European countries (the laws in these countries do not allow this type of statistic to be published). In 2017, Technicolor entered into 31 collective bargaining agreements: 1 in Australia, 1 in Belgium, 7 in Brazil, 1 in Spain, 16 in France, 2 in Italy, 3 in Mexico. In several countries, collective bargaining agreements are negotiated on a pluriannual basis, (three years or more), and therefore agreement may not have be to be renewed in 2017 in certain countries, such as Canada and the U.S., due to this calendar. WORKING TIME 5.1.9 MANAGEMENT AND ABSENTEEISM [G4-LA6] [G4-DMA Employment] [G4-DMA Occupational health and safety] GRI

subsidiaries. The Group complies with regulatory obligations and contractual commitments in terms of working time in each country in which it operates. Through various working time management tools, the Group ensures employees do not exceed legal thresholds and are appropriately compensated for any overtime according to their employment agreement. However, a large part of Technicolor’s workforce is exempt and paid a flat rate for a number of days worked per year: worked days are then monitored. Part time and remote working are authorized on a case-by-case basis according to the Group policies and depending on the occupational requirements. During 2017 Technicolor had in average 285 employees working less than 5 days per week. Over the year, part time employees working at least half time represent 97% of part time employees and part time employees working at least the equivalent of 4 days per week (80% of a full time worker’s time) represent 57% of part time employees. French “intermittent” contracts are not considered as part time employees. Some activities of Technicolor experience seasonal peak workloads (such as DVD Services) and require significant interim and temporary (fixed-term) workers to support client requirements, mainly in the distribution and warehouse sites, in addition to overtime. These seasonal workers are typically directly hired over a period of a few months (temporary) or contracted through a third party labor services Company (interim), while overtime for long-term employees is more achievement-related and is used to complete very time-limited peak activity (manufacturing or project development achievement). Interim workers are not included in the year end Group headcount figures as they are not employees of the Group. The main countries employing seasonal workers are the United States, Mexico, Poland and to a lesser extent Canada and Australia.

Working time is managed according to the needs of Technicolor’s various business activities in both the parent company and its

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