OPEN ADAPTS ITS GOVERNANCE SYSTEM TO SUPPORT ITS STRATEGIC GOALS FOR 2020 Paris, 6 January 2017 - To implement its Strategic Plan for 2020 and support the associated growth, the Digital Service Company Open is changing its governance system by enlarging the Groupe Open Board of Directors, on the one hand, and strengthening the Open Executive Committee, on the other, following several in-house appointments. For what purpose? To provide an even better response to the need to transform its clients' business models and their impacts.

Frédéric Sebag and Guy Mamou-Mani, Co-Chairmen To watch the video, click here

The Groupe Open Board of Directors welcomes the arrival of Jessica Ifker-Delpirou, an Independent Director

This decision, which extends the range of skills on the Board of Directors, also improves the gender parity within this body, in accordance with its two Co- Chairmen's wishes.

Jessica Ifker-Delpirou, aged 40, is General Manager France of Made.com: "I'm delighted to be joining the Groupe Open Board of Directors and would like to thank the executive team for placing their trust in me. I am convinced by the Group's vision, which offers an innovative response in support of corporate digital transformation".

The other members of the Board of Directors: Guy Mamou-Mani and Frédéric Sebag, Co-Chairmen, Valérie Benvenuto, Managing Director, Operations & Finance, Laurent Sadoun (Deputy Managing Director) and Dominique Malige (Independent Director), former Director of Information Systems at Lafarge Group.

An Executive Committee strengthened by in-house promotions

The Open Executive Committee, initially consisting of Guy Mamou-Mani and Frédéric Sebag, Co- Chairmen, Valérie Benvenuto, Managing Director, Operations & Finance, and Nathalie Mrejen, Director of Marketing & Communications, has gained 5 new members, which raises the total number of Committee members to 9:

Philippe Kanony, aged 48, formerly Director of Application Services for Ile-de-France, now becomes Director of Application & Infrastructure Services; Hervé Claverie, aged 45, formerly Director of the South-Eastern Region, now becomes Director of Digital Agencies;

Laurent Desomer, aged 49, formerly Director of the Greater Northern Region, now becomes

Director of Human Resources; Alix Ait Said, aged 43, Director of Business Development, gains additional responsibilities: Public Sector and New Business, as well as Alliances & Strategic Partnerships; Benoît Thieulin, aged 46, Director of Innovation and CEO of La Netscouade;

Philippe Kanony

Hervé Claverie

Laurent Desomer

Alix Ait Said

Benoît Thieulin

These changes reflect Open's desire to adopt a more direct governance system to guarantee the operational roll-out of the company's strategy.

"The success of our positioning and the type of contracts we undertake with our clients now require us to develop the structures adopted by Open. This is exactly what we are doing by enlarging our Board of Directors and adapting our Executive Committee to include some of our managers, with new powers and new responsibilities", conclude Frédéric Sebag and Guy Mamou-Mani, Co-Chairmen of Open.

For further information about these appointments, please click: open-groupe.com/organisation2017

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About:

With 3,500 employees and turnover of €282 M in 2015, Open is a leading digital service provider. A key player in the Industrial and Digital Transformation of companies, Open is ranked as one of the foremost French Digital Service Companies and rolls out its digital service offering on three levels: extension of its field of business combining IT and digital technologies with an end-to-end offering; provision of an e-commerce platform for direct access to the services offered by Open; provision of a technological innovation platform shared with its clients and employees. Open adopts a resolutely future-oriented approach through the practical implementation of its corporate values: Relevance, Audacity, Ethics & Responsibility, Passion and Commitment

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