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4 - CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND COMPENSATION Corporate governance

Directors’ duties Members of the Board of Directors are bound by a general duty of confidentiality with respect to the deliberations of the Board and its committees, and any information that is confidential in nature or presented by its Chairman as such. The Board Internal Regulations stipulate that each Director is required to inform the Lead Independent Director or, in the absence of a Lead Independent Director, the Chairman, of any situation that is likely to create a conflict of interest with the Company or any of the Group’s companies. If necessary, the Lead Independent Director shall ask for an assessment from the Nominations and Governance Committee. Directors’ training Members of the Board of Directors beneficiate from regular business sessions that are organized with all Board Members and business unit managers in order to update them on the Company’s activities and to inform them on the organization and functioning of each business unit as well as on its strategy and future development. As an example, there has been 3 business sessions in 2017, focusing at an equal level on each business unit of the group: Production Services, DVD Services and Connected Home. Board of Directors’ activities in 2017 4.1.2.3 [G4-34] [G4-42] [G4-43] [G4-44] [G4-47] [G4-50] GRI

In addition, each new member of the Board of Directors beneficiates from an induction session in corporate governance, with the handing in of the Technicolor Vademecum. This document allows each new Director to be up to date with: the Company’s life and especially Board and committees’ ■ composition, Board Members contacts, Board schedule for the year ahead; all Corporate documents such as the By-Laws, the Internal Board ■ Regulations or the Insider Trading Policy; corporate governance documentation such as the AFEP-MEDEF ■ corporate governance Code for Listed Companies to which the Company refers or an explanation of their duties and responsibilities; the group Directors & Officers Insurance Policy. ■ This Vademecum, when updated, is also handed in to any other Director. In addition, on taking up his post on the Board of Directors, Mr. Debois received training from an external service provider specializing in corporate governance and finance. This training focused on the financial aspects of Company’s management.

Attendance rates to Board meetings held in 2017 Name

Attendance rate

Mr. Bruce Hack Mr. Frédéric Rose

100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Bpifrance Participations Ms. Birgit Conix Mr. Yann Debois Ms. Ana Garcia Fau Ms. Melinda J. Mount Ms. Laura Quatela Mr. Hilton Romanski

86% 86%

Mr. Nicolas Grelier (left the Board in July 2017) Mr. Hugues Lepic (left the Board in July 2017) Mr. Didier Lombard (left the Board in April 2017)

100%

25% 75%

AVERAGE

89%

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