Following on from the appointment of Benoit Bazin as Chairman and CEO in June 2024, the Board of Directors unanimously decided at its meeting on November 28, 2024 to submit several resolutions relating to its governance to the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on June 5, 2025.

The Board will submit the renewal of Benoit Bazin's term of office as Director, it being specified that, in this case, the Board will reappoint Benoit Bazin as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Saint-Gobain, and will maintain Jean-Francois Cirelli's role as Lead Director and Vice-Chairman of the Board, in accordance with the Articles of Association.

It will also propose the appointment of three new independent directors, in view of the expiry of three terms of office: Maya Hari, of Singaporean nationality, Chief Executive Officer of Terrascope, Antoine de Saint-Affrique, of French nationality, Chief Executive Officer of Danone, and Hans Sohlström, of Finnish nationality, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Stora Enso.

In the event of a positive vote, the proportion of independent directors will rise from 82% to 93% (excluding employee directors and those representing employee shareholders in accordance with the Afep-Medef Code), i.e. 100% excluding the Chairman and CEO.

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