Elis : 2020 Universal Registration Document

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Universal

Registration

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including the Annual Financial Report

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Contents

1.

Presentation of the Group and its activities	03
1.1	Elis in 2020	04
1.2	Strategy	17
1.3	Our customers	25
1.4	Governance	37

2.

Corporate governance			41
2.1	Governance	42
2.2	Compensation of corporate offi cers	68
2.3	Participation of shareholders at general shareholders'
	meetings	96
2.4	Factors likely to have an impact in the event
	of a public offering	96
2.5	Summary table of the delegations of authority
	and powers granted to the Management Board	97
2.6	Supervisory Board's observations
	on the Management Board's report	98

3.

The Group's approach to CSR			101
3.1	The Group's approach to CSR	102
3.2	Employee-related risks	105
3.3	Environmental risks	112
3.4	Sustainable purchasing	119
3.5	Summary of environmental and social information	121
3.6	Cross-reference with the United Nations Global
	Compact	124
3.7	Report by one of the Statutory Auditors, appointed
	as an independent third party, on the consolidated
	disclosure of non-fi nancial performance presented
	in the Group's management report	125

4.

Risk factors, risk control, insurance policy,
and vigilance plan	129
4.1	Risk factors					130
4.2	Elis Group's internal control and risk management
4.3	system					142
Group insurance	146
4.4	Vigilance plan			147

General remarks: In this Universal Registra Document, unless otherwise stated, the terms "Company" and "Elis" refer to Elis, a joint-stock

corporation (société anonyme) headquartered at 5, boulevard Louis Loucheur, 92210 Saint-Cloud (France) and registered with the Nanterre Trade and Companies register under number 499 668 440.The term "Group" refers to the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as a whole.

Rounding: Certain figures (including figures expressed in thousands or millions) and percentages in this Universal Registration Document have been rounded. As a result, the sum of the rounded amounts may present immaterial differences compared to the total reported amounts.

5.

Comments on financial year 2020

151

Cross-reference tables

285

5.1	Highlights of fi nancial year 2020	AFR				152
5.2	Group results									152
AFR
5.3	Events after the reporting period				161
AFR
5.4	Recent developments	161
5.5	Outlook								161
AFR
5.6	Future investments	161
5.7	Research and development activities		161
AFR
5.8	Elis's results					162
AFR
5.9	Five-year fi nancial summary			162
AFR

5.10 Legal, fi nancial and tax information

about the Company

AFR

163

- Cross-reference table for
the universal registration document	285
- Cross-reference table with
the Management Board's
management report	287
- Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Standards	292
- GRI content index	294

6.

Financial statements for the year ended
December 31, 2020	167
6.1 Consolidated fi nancial statements			168
AFR

6.2 Statutory Auditors' report on the consolidated fi nancial statements for the year ended

	December 31, 2020	AFR					240
6.3	Elis parent company fi nancial statements				243
AFR
6.4	Statutory Auditors' report on the fi nancial statements		262
AFR

6.5 Statutory Auditors' special report on regulated

agreements

265

This is a translation into English of the Universal Registration Document (including the Annual Financial Report) of the Company issued in French and it is available on the website of the Issuer.

7.

Other information about the Company, its share capital and share ownership

1. Information about the Company
2. Share capital and share ownership AFR
3. Trading of shares
4. Investor relations
5. Provisional fi nancial communications calendar
6. Material agreements
7. Simplifi ed organizational chart of the Group and its main subsidiaries

8.

Additional information

1. Persons responsible AFR
2. Statutory Auditors
3. Cross-referencetables

This Universal Registration Document was filed on March 30,

267 2021 with the French Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des marchés financiers - AMF), in its capacity as competent

268authority under Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, without prior

268approval, in accordance with Article 9 of said Regulation.

277

The Universal Registration Document may be used for the

278purpose of a public offering of securities or the admission

278of securities to trading on a regulated market if it is

1. supplemented by a transaction note and, where applicable, a summary and any addenda made to the Universal Registration Document. All this material must be approved
2. by the AMF in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1129.

Pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, the following information is included in this Universal Registration Document by reference:

283	• the consolidated financial statements of the Elis Group
284	relating to the	2019 financial	year and the Statutory
Auditors' report	appearing in	sections 6.1 and 6.2 of

1. the 2019 Universal Registration Document, available on
2. the Company's website:https://fr.elis.com/sites/fr.elis. com/files/2020/04/14/Elis%20-%202019%20Universal%20Registration%20Document.pdf
3. • the consolidated financial statements of the Elis Group relating to the 2018 financial year and the Statutory Auditors' report appearing in sections 6.1 and 6.2 of the 2018 Universal Registration Document, available on the Company's website:https://fr.elis.com/sites/fr.elis.com/ files/2019/12/27/Elis%20-%202018%20Registration%20document.pdf

Information in the annual financial report is identified on the contents page by the symbol AFR

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Presentation of the Group and its activities

1.1 ELIS IN 2020	04
Elis, a global leader in bespoke solutions	05
Message from the Chairmen	06
An international presence	08
History and 2020 highlights	10
Key fi gures in 2020	14

1.2 STRATEGY	17
Business model	18
Focus on CSR	20
Focus on innovation	23

1.3 OUR CUSTOMERS	25
Focus on the customer experience	26
Hospitality	28
Industry	30
Healthcare and social welfare	32
Trade and Services	34

1.4 GOVERNANCE	37
Supervisory Board	38
Executive Committee	39

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