ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF BOARD MEMBERS 94% Board of Directors GOVERNANCE IN LINE WITH THE MOST DEMANDING REQUIREMENTS To ensure the effectiveness and transparency of the work of its Board of Directors, Bureau Veritas aligns its governance practices with the AFEP- MEDEF Code. This is the corporate governance code of reference for publicly traded companies. Bureau Veritas applies principles that ensure 98% an optimal balance of power between the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee. This includes separation of the Chairman and Audit & Risk Chief Executive functions, a Board made up Committee of independent directors, and three specialized Committees that also ensure the presence of independent directors. Every year, the Board of Directors evaluates the alignment of its practices with the AFEP-MEDEF Code. As part of its ongoing improvement efforts, the Group pays particular attention to the annual recommendations on governance and executive compensation made by the French high Committee on corporate governance (HCGE) and the French 100% stock market regulator (AMF). The information published in Chapter 3 of our Universal Registration Document on this subject closely follows the Nomination & recommendations of both the AFEP-MEDEF code Compensation Committee and the AMF. For more information, see Chapter 3 of the Universal Registration Document on corporate governance. 100% Strategy Committee BUREAU VERITAS43