PSA_GROUP_REGISTRATION_DOCUMENT_2017

GROUPE PSA History and Highlights of the Company’s Business

HISTORY AND HIGHLIGHTS 1.1. OF THE COMPANY’S BUSINESS

Founded in 1896, Peugeot S.A. engaged in manufacturing and sales until 1965, when it was transformed into a holding company as part of a legal and financial restructuring of the Group. Its operating activities were taken over by a subsidiary, Automobiles Peugeot. In 1974, Peugeot S.A. acquired all of the outstanding shares of Citroën S.A. and then merged the two companies in 1976. In 1978, the Chrysler Corporation sold its European manufacturing and sales operations to Peugeot S.A. In 1980, the newly-acquired companies – which continued to do business under the Talbot brand – were transferred to Automobiles Peugeot. In 1979, Chrysler Financial Corporation’s European commercial financing subsidiaries were acquired, marking a turning point in the development of the Group’s finance business. Aciers et Outillages Peugeot merged with Cycles Peugeot in 1987 and was renamed Ecia. It then became Faurecia in 1998 following its friendly merger with automotive equipment manufacturer Bertrand Faure. In 2001, Faurecia acquired Sommer Allibert’s automotive equipment business. PSA Finance Holding, whose subsidiaries provide financing for Peugeot and Citroën vehicle sales, was transformed into a bank in 1995. Its current name is Banque PSA Finance. The Automotive Division was reorganised in late 1998 to align legal structures with the new functional organisation introduced that year. Automobiles Peugeot and Automobiles Citroën transferred all their motor vehicle development and manufacturing assets to Peugeot Citroën Automobiles and their capital equipment design and manufacturing operations to Process Conception Ingénierie. In 1992, a joint-venture with the Chinese group SAW (former name of Dongfeng Motor) was created, called Shenlong Automobile and dedicated to the production and sales in China of the Citroën brand. In 2000, the joint-venture with the Chinese group Dongfeng Motor Group (DFG) was extended to the brand Peugeot and changed its name to DPCA. In 2011, a new joint-venture was created in China with the Group Changan, called CAPSA, dedicated to the production and sales in China of the DS brand. In February 2012, Automobiles Citroën sold Citer, a group specialising in car rentals, to the Entreprise group. At the end of 2012, Groupe PSA sold 75% of the capital of GEFCO S.A., the Group’s parent company which specialises in Logistics, to JSC Russian Railways (RZD). Following the project to increase the investment of Groupe PSA and Renault in the capital of the subsidiaries Française de Mécanique (Douvrin, Nord-Pas de Calais) and Société de Transmissions

Automatiques (Ruitz, Nord-Pas de Calais), in December 2013 Groupe PSA took exclusive control of Française de Mécanique. At the end of March 2014, the Group strengthened its industrial and commercial partnership with Dongfeng Motor Group (DFG). Following the signing of a framework agreement on European partnership with the Santander Group in Brazil in July 2014 then in July 2015, all local partnerships between Banque PSA Finance (BPF) and the Santander Group started operations. For more details, please refer to Section 1.3.1.3. below. Moreover, to speed up the expansion of Peugeot Scooters, strengthen the brand and its products, and secure its future, Groupe PSA has entered on 19 January 2015 into a long-term strategic partnership with Mahindra & Mahindra Group (M&M). On 31 March 2015, the Group acquired Mister Auto, an e-commerce leader for spare parts for all automotive brands on the European market. On 21 June 2016, Groupe PSA and Iran Khodro signed the final joint venture agreement to produce latest-generation vehicles in Iran. On 29 July 2016, Faurecia sold its Automotive Exteriors business, comprising bumpers and front end modules, to Compagnie Plastic Omnium. On 6 October 2016, Groupe PSA and SAIPA, Citroën’s partner in Iran since 1966, signed a joint venture agreement to produce and market Citroën vehicles. In December 2016, Groupe PSA and Aramisauto, the leader in online sales of used vehicles (UV), entered into a capital and strategic alliance to accelerate the development of online sales of used vehicles and related services. On 25 January 2017, the Groupe PSA and the CK Birla Group signed joint venture agreements to produce and sell vehicles and components in India by 2020. On 6 March 2017, General Motors (GM) and Groupe PSA announced that they had entered into an agreement under the terms of which the General Motors subsidiary Opel Vauxhall (OV) and the European operations of General Motors Financial would join Groupe PSA. On 1 August 2017, Groupe PSA announced the closing of the acquisition of the Opel and Vauxhall subsidiaries of General Motors, for which the preliminary agreement had been signed on 6 March 2017. On 4 December 2017, Groupe PSA and Nidec Leroy-Somer Holding decided to work together in France in the field of electric traction motor. For this purpose, Nidec Leroy-Somer and Groupe PSA entered into a joint venture agreement.

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GROUPE PSA - 2017 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT