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15 Executives Compensation andBenefits of Directors and Senior 131 Director’s fees 15.1 131 Executive Compensation 15.2 132 Directors Stock-Options and Performance 15.3 Shares Plans granted to Executive 137 Fringe benefits of the Executive 15.4 Directors – AMF Table 11 142 recommendations of the AFEP-MEDEF Code Compliance of the total Executive 15.5 Director Compensation with the 143 Amount of Provisions Made or 15.6 Benefits Subsidiaries for the Payment of Pensions, Retirement Plans or Other Recorded by the Company or by its 143 16 and management bodies Practices of administrative 144 administrative and management bodies Terms of office of members of the 16.1 144 or any one of its subsidiaries administrative and management bodies and the company between members of the Information on service contracts 16.2 145 Internal Regulations of the Board 16.3 of Directors 145 Directors Committees of the Board of 16.4 147 Statement Relating to Corporate 16.5 Governance 150 Internal Control 16.6 151 17 Employees 156 Human Ressources management 17.1 156 held by members of the Board of Directors and senior management Shareholdings and stock 17.2 subscription or purchase options 156 Employee Shareholding Plans and 17.3 Long-Term Incentive Plans 157 incentive schemes Profit sharing agreements and 17.4 161 18 Principal shareholders 162 Shareholding structure as at 18.1 December 31, 2016 162 Shareholding structure as at 18.2 December 31, 2015 and 2014 163 Registration Document filing date Shareholding structure as at 18.3 163 Threshold crossings 18.4 163 Shareholders’ Voting Rights 18.5 164 Control Structure 18.6 164 Treasury stock and Liquidity 18.7 contract 164 Agreements Likely to Lead to a 18.8 Change in Control 164 19 RelatedPartyTransactions 165 transactions Agreements entered into in 19.1 connection with the reorganization 165 Other related party transactions 19.2 168 approve the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2016 commitments with third parties – Shareholders’ meeting held to Statutory auditors’ special report on 19.3 regulated agreements and 170 20 Financial Condition and Results concerning the Group’s Assets and Liabilities, Financial Information 171 Statements Group Consolidated Financial 20.1 172 statements Parent company summary financial 20.2 217 Date of Latest Financial Information 20.3 233 Information Interim Financial and Other 20.4 233 Dividend Policy 20.5 234 Legal Proceedings 20.6 234 Commercial Position Material Change in Financial or 20.7 235 21 Additional Information 236 Share Capital and other information 21.1 subject to shareholder’s approval 236 Constitutive Documents and 21.2 Bylaws 252 22 Material Contracts 256 23 and interest declarations Information fromthird parties, expert certifications 257 24 documents Publicly available 258 Shareholder Documentation 24.1 258 Contacts 24.2 258 Financial calendar 24.3 258 25 Investments Information on Equity 259 A Annex 260 Annex I Glossary 261 Annex II Corporate Governance and Internal Control Report of the Chairman of the Board of Directors on 265 Annex III responsibility report Corporate and social 268 Annex IV Financial Report Cross reference table for the 351