NEOPOST_REGISTRATION_DOCUMENT_2017

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Corporate social responsibility

Social, societal and environmental information

Breakdown by region 67% of employees are located in Europe, while 28% are in North America and 5% in Asia-Pacific.

Breakdown by region

North America Europe and other

Asia-Pacific

Total

As of 31 January 2018 (a)

1,616

3,888

294

5,798

As of 31 January 2017 (b)

1,806

3,667

304

5,777

Headcount per capita as of 31 January 2018. (a) Headcount per capita as of 31 January 2017. (b) Breakdown by age The Neopost group employee age pyramid is relatively balanced and remains stable with two almost identical age ranges, as in the previous year: 28.4% for employees aged 36

to 45 and 29.5% for those aged 46 to 55 years. The share of over-55s increased slightly to 17.8% of the total headcount.

Breakdown by age

31 January 2018 (a)

%

31 January 2017 (b)

%

Under 25

148

2.5

147

2.5

25 to 35

1,261

21.8

1,300

22.5

36 to 45

1,650

28.4

1,665

28.8

46 to 55

1,710

29.5

1,727

29.9

56 and over

1,029

17.8

938

16.3

Total number of employees

5,798 100.0

5,777 100.0

(a) Per capita headcount of companies included in the CSR reporting scope for the 2017 financial year. (b) Per capita headcount of companies included in the CSR reporting scope for the 2016 financial year.

Recruitments and departures The number of recruitments represents the number of people who joined the Group on permanent contracts during the financial year. The Group made 742 new hires in 2017. Departures represent the number of permanent contracts terminated with a Group company: due to resignation, lay-off, termination by mutual consent, retirement, death and end of probation period. The Group recorded 889 departures in 2017. Hires on permanent contracts represent 12.8% of the workforce of Group entities included in the CSR reporting scope as of 31 January 2018. Neopost USA is still the main contributor, with 25.9% of new hires in 2017. GMC Software Technology is a close second, with 24.1%, followed by Neopost Ltd with 9.2%.

Permanent employees

98,5% Of employees have a permanent contract

98.5% of employees have a permanent contract. The Group has relatively little exposure to precarious work situations and, as of 31 January 2018, employees on temporary employment contracts made up 3.19% of the Group’s entire workforce. In addition, 106 employees were recruited on fixed-term contracts and 57 employees left the Group after the end of their temporary contract.

Breakdown of recruitments by reason

31 January 2018 (b)

31 January 2017

Hires (a)

742

779

Departures (a)

889

930

Hires and departures within the internal mobility are not taken into account. (a)

72

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