HERMES_REGISTRATION_DOCUMENT_2017

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

SUPERVISORY BOARD’S REPORT ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

ÉMILE HERMÈS SARL

Expertise and professional experience

Émile Hermès SARL Émile Hermès SARL is a société à responsabilité limitée à capital variable (private limited company with variable capital) whose partners are the direct descendants of Émile-Maurice Hermès and his wife. Émile Hermès SARL has an Executive Management Board chaired by Henri-Louis Bauer (appointed Executive Chairman on 1 July 2012), himself a direct descendant of Émile-Maurice Hermès. Émile Hermès SARL’s main purpose is to be the Active Partner of Hermès International. Its workings are described on pages 292 et seq. Émile Hermès SARL has been the Active Partner of Hermès International since 27 December 1990. Émile Hermès SARL was appointed an Executive Chairman on that date and held that office until 31 December 1994. On 1 April 2006, it was reappointed as Executive Chairman of Hermès International for an open-ended term. It does not now hold nor has it in the past held any offices in any other company. Offices and positions held during 2017

represented by its Executive Chairman, Henri-Louis Bauer Active Partner and Executive Chairman of Hermès International Date first appointed: 1 April 2006 Term of current office: Unspecified Address: c/o Hermès International, 24, rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, 75008 Paris

Shares held: 33,236 wholly- owned registered shares at 31 December 2017

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s Hermès International ▲ ● ( France ) Active Partner and Executive Co-Chairman Other offices and positions held during the previous four financial years and ending before 1 January 2017

None

s

Henri-Louis Bauer Direct descendant of Émile-Maurice Hermès

Offices and positions held during 2017

s Émile Hermès SARL ( France ) Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Executive Management Board

H51 ( France ) Director

s

Sabarots ( France ) Executive Chairman Samain B2 ( France ) Executive Chairman

s

Aucleris 2 ( France ) Executive Chairman

s

s

s Fondation d’entreprise Hermès ( France ) Director

H2 ( France ) Director

s

Other offices and positions held during the previous four financial years and ending before 1 January 2017

Aucleris (France) Executive Chairman (until 27/12/2015)

s

▲ Hermès Group entity ● Listed company ✱ Office taken into account when calculating multiple offices

Active partner Émile Hermès SARL (Refer to the paragraph above)

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