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- 3 RISKS, LITIGATION AND CONTROLS Internal control

Group Management and decision-making processes [G4-35] [G4-42] GRI The Group Management is organized around 2 principal bodies: the Executive Committee; ■ the Management Committee. ■ Placed under the authority of the Group’s Chief Executive Officer, the Executive Committee currently comprises 12 members consisting of Senior Executive Vice-Presidents and Executive Vice- Presidents in charge of Technicolor’s major businesses and of the principal corporate functions (Strategy, Finance, Human Resources, Communication). The Executive Committee meets to analyze and evaluate the financial performance (sales, operating income and cash flow) of the Group’s various businesses compared with the budget, strategic developments, and major events affecting the Group (sales contracts, partnerships, investments, etc.). The Management Committee includes the Executive Committee Members as well as leaders of Technicolor’s main functions and business operations. Its responsibilities are to ensure achievement of the Group’s objectives and to provide leadership across Technicolor. Depending on the topics, these Management Committee Meetings can be extended to some specific internal or external guests. Together, the 2 senior management bodies help ensure rapid, responsive decision-making as well as smooth, efficient implementation of such decisions. The Group holds quarterly Business Reviews for each business, during which the management reviews the performance of the business, the progress of the key programs in each business, key performance indicators, and any specific operational topic which requires management attention. These programs cover mainly key customer issues, new product introduction, operational performance, transformation programs, cost reduction, and HR-related programs. The Group established an Investment Committee in 2010 to drive prioritization and optimization of resource allocation across the Company’s organization. The Investment Committee is composed of the CEO, the CFO, Senior Executive Vice-Presidents, the HR Director and the Group General Counsel. The Investment Committee reviews all significant investment decisions, including material customer opportunities, capital expenditures, restructuring,

M&A and joint ventures, asset disposals, pension contributions, large procurement contracts, leases, and financing commitments. The Investment Committee ensures compliance with the Board Internal Regulations and debt agreement obligations and is a key part of the Group’s internal control procedures. In 2014, the Group established the Technicolor Innovation Council. Composed of Excom members, its mission is to review and approve innovation strategies, plans, and initiatives. Such innovation decisions include, without limitation, opex/capex expenditures/financial investments (including equity investments), mergers & acquisitions, restructurings, partnerships related to innovation and strategy execution. The Committee is a governance body and as such is required to ensure that innovation decisions comply with corporate documentation (bylaws, Internal Board Rules), internal control procedures, regulatory obligations, and generally, Group corporate policies. It also ensures that innovation decisions will not have an adverse effect on the Group’s contractual commitments and are consistent with the Group’s strategy, budget and Business Plan. Risk Management [G4-46] [G4-49] [G4-50] GRI The Group started evaluating its risks on a worldwide basis in 2005, with the Enterprise Risk Assessment (ERA) program. The risk management process evolved in 2010 to follow the strategic evolution of the Group. It is now under the Executive Committee responsibility using large support of the Management Committee and is called Technicolor Risk Management (TRM). The purpose of this annual four-step-process, supported by the Internal Audit Department, is to identify, assess, manage and monitor risks that may impact the Group’s ability to achieve its near and long-term objectives. Risk identification and assessment permit Technicolor to build the risk universe and prioritize the most important risks based on a ranking on impact and vulnerability; the prioritization of risks is performed by Executive Committee and Management Committee members. Consecutive to the prioritization step, the CEO appoints a risk owner for each of the top 10 risks, among members of the Executive Committee or a direct report. These risk owners assess further the risk assigned to them, monitor and mitigate them. Status reports on each top risk are presented to the Audit Committee.

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