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STATUTORY AUDITORS’ REPORTS
c)
Design mission contract with the RDAI firm
Person concerned
Mrs Sandrine Brekke, owner of more than a 10% interest in RDAI and
member of the Executive Management Board of Émile Hermès SARL,
Executive Chairman of Hermès International.
Nature, purpose and provisions
At its meetings of 20 March 2003 and 15 September 2004, the
Supervisory Board authorised an agreement and its amendment
between your Company and the architectural firm RDAI to undertake an
assignment to design Hermès stores.
This agreement has no effect in 2016.
d)
Trademark licence agreements
Persons concerned
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Hermès International, direct or indirect shareholder with an interest
of more than 10% in the licensed companies;
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for Comptoir Nouveau de la Parfumerie: Mr Matthieu Dumas,
Supervisory Board member of Hermès International and director of
Comptoir Nouveau de la Parfumerie;
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for Hermès Sellier: Éric de Seynes and Blaise Guerrand, Supervisory
Board members of Hermès International and members of the
Management Board of Hermès Sellier;
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for Hermès Horizons: Mr Axel Dumas, Executive Chairman and legal
representative of Hermès International and Executive Chairman of
Hermès Horizons;
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forLaMontreHermès:MrAxelDumas,ExecutiveChairmanofHermès
International and director of La Montre Hermès.
Nature, purpose and provisions
The trademark licence agreements and their amendments provide for the following royalties:
Company
Period
Royalties paid in respect of 2016
Hermès Sellier
10 years, from 1 January 2007
€97,376,905
Hermès Horizons
10 years, from 1 January 2008
€267,808
Comptoir Nouveau de la Parfumerie
10 years, from 1 January 2007
€12,185,749
La Montre Hermès
10 years, from 1 January 2006
€3,303,622
Faubourg Italia
10 years, from 18 February 2011
€152,053
e)
Deferred compensation commitments to a Corporate
Officer
Person concerned
Mr Axel Dumas, Executive Chairman of Hermès International.
Nature, purpose and provisions
On 4 June 2013, your Supervisory Board made the following commit-
ments with regard to the compensation for Mr Axel Dumas:
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the benefit of the supplemental defined-contribution pension plan
established for all of the personnel of the Group’s French companies;
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the benefit of the additional retirement plan set up in 1991 for the
benefit of the Company’s Senior Executives. As a fundamental condi-
tion of the pension regulations, in order to be eligible for the scheme,
beneficiaries must have reached the end of their professional career
with the Company, have at least ten years of seniority, and be eli-
gible to draw pension benefits under the basic French social secu-
rity regime. The annual pension resulting from this scheme, if all the
conditions of eligibility are fulfilled, would be calculated based on the
average compensation in respect of the last three years, andmay not
exceed eight times the annual Social Security ceiling;
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in the event that his appointment as Executive Chairman is termi-
nated, theCompany has also agreed to payMr Axel Dumas an amount
equal to twenty-four months of compensation (sum of statutory com-
pensation and supplemental compensation). This commitment had
been made subject to the realisation of the following performance
conditions, so that the conditions of his departure are in equilibrium
with the situation of the Company: achieving budget targets in at
least four out of the five previous years (with revenue and operating
income growth measured at constant rates), without deterioration in
the Hermès brand and corporate image.
The payment of this amount will be subject to termination resulting:
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either from a decision of the Executive Chairman by reason
of a change of control of the Company, the replacement of the
Executive Chairman of Émile Hermès SARL, or a change in the
Company’s strategy,
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or from a decision taken by the Company.
f)
Maintenance, for a Corporate Officer, of collective health
and welfare insurance in force in the Company for
employees and Corporate Officers
Person concerned
Mr Axel Dumas, Executive Chairman of Hermès International.
Nature, purpose and provisions
On19March2014, your Supervisory Boardauthorised the continuation,
for Mr Axel Dumas, of the collective benefits regarding health expenses
and pension in force in the Hermès Group companies.