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All Shareholders, regardless of the number of shares held, may participate in the Shareholders' Meeting. For this, you must provide evidence that you are a shareholder through registration of your shares in your name (or in the name of the bank or broker that manages your securities account) as of the second business day preceding the Meeting at 00:00, i.e. on Monday, Mayb27,

2024 at 00:00 (Paris time):

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• either in the Shareholders' register kept for the Company by its agent, Société Générale Securities Services, or;
• in a bearer share account held by the financial intermediary that manages your securities account.

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Shareholders wishing to use an admission card, vote by mail or be represented using the Single Form, will be able to choose one of the following three Single Form options:

• Vote by mail;
• Use an admission card;
• Give proxy to the Chair of the Shareholders' Meeting; or
• Give proxy to the spouse, civil union partner, another shareholder of the Company or any other natural or legal person.

Whichever option is chosen, the shareholder must date and sign the Single Form and return it as indicated below:

• for registered shareholders (pure and administered): return the Single Form, completed with the instructions to SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE SECURITIES SERVICES, using the preટpaid envelope attached to the notice of meeting brochure, so that it arrives no later than Friday, Mayb24, 2024;
• for bearer shareholders: return the Single Form, completed with instructions, to their accountટholding institution, which will forward it together with the certificate of participation issued by it the accountટholding institution to SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE SECURITIES SERVICES, so that these two documents are received no later than Friday, Mayb24, 2024.

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If the shareholder wishes to give proxy to his or her spouse, PACS partner, another Société BIC shareholder or any other natural or legal person, notification of the revocation of a previously appointed proxy and, where applicable, the appointment of a new proxy must be sent to SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE SECURITIES SERVICES, bno later than Friday,bMayb24, 2024, by mail indicating the last name of the Company, the date of the Meeting, the name, first name, address and account number for registered Shareholders or the bank references for bearer Shareholders, as well as the name, first last name and address of the proxy holder Bearer Shareholders must also ask their bank to send written confirmation to SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE SECURITIES SERVICES, Service Assemblées Générales, at the address below.

For all proxy forms without indication of a proxy name, the Chair of the Shareholders' Meeting will vote in favor of the adoption of the draft resolutions presented or approved by the Board of Directors and against all other draft resolutions.

Whatever the situation of the shareholder, the Single Form must not be sent directly to the Company under any circumstances.

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In accordance with the provisions of ArticlebR.b225ટ61 of the

French Commercial Code and the Company's bylaws, Shareholders can vote at this Shareholders' Meeting by electronic means of communication, via the VOTACCESS platform.

By connecting to the VOTACCESS platform, Shareholders will be able to (i)bvote by internet, (ii) request an admission card online or (iii)bgive power of attorney to the Chair of the Meeting or to any natural or legal person.

The VOTACCESS platform for the Shareholders' Meeting of Mayb16, 2023 will be open from Monday, May 13, 2024 at 9:00ba.m. (Paris time) until Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at 3:00bp.m. (Paris time).

In order to avoid any possible congestion of the VOTACCESS platform, Shareholders are advised not to wait until the day before the Shareholders' Meeting to send their instructions.

To access the VOTACCESS platform and transmit instructions, the shareholder must follow the instructions below:

• for registered Shareholders (pure and administered): access the VOTACCESS platform, dedicated to the Shareholders' Meeting, via the website https://sharinbox.societegenerale.com/fr/:
• • registered shareholders should connect to the website https://sharinbox.societegenerale.com/fr/using their usual login details, or their login email (if they have already activated their Sharinbox by SG Markets account), then follow the onટscreen procedure. The connection identifier is indicated on the Single Form sent with the notice of meeting brochure. Once connected, Shareholders should bclick on the "Reply" button on the "Shareholders' Meeting" insert on the home page band will be automatically directed to the VOTACCESS platform to vote by Internet or to give proxy to the Chair or to any other person or entity or to revoke any previously appointed proxy,
  • administered registered shareholders must connect to thehttps://sharinbox.societegenerale.com/fr/website using the connection ID indicated on the Single Form sent with the notice of meeting or in the letter sent to them before the VOTACCESS platform opens. Once on the home page, Shareholders should follow the instructions on the screen to access the VOTACCESS platform website and vote by

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internet or give proxy to the Chair or to any other person or entity or revoke any previously appointed proxy. If the Shareholder loses or forgets its password, a new one can be obtained via the authentication page on the site;

• for bearer shareholders: check whether or not their accountટholding institution has subscribed to the VOTACCESS platform. Access to the VOTACCESS platform via the website of the shareholder's accountટholding institution may be subject to specific conditions of use defined by this institution. Consequently, bearer Shareholders interested in this service are invited to contact their accountટholding institution in order to find out about these conditions of use:
• • if the shareholder's accountટholding institution has joined the VOTACCESS platform, the shareholder must log on to the internet portal of his accountટholding institution with his usual access codes, click on the icon that appears on the line corresponding to his BIC shares and follow the instructions on the screen in order to transmit his instructions (vote on the resolutions, power of attorney to the Chair or power of attorney to any natural person or legal entity, or revocation of any previously designated proxy),
  • if the shareholder's accountટholding institution has not subscribed to the VOTACCESS platform, the shareholder must send instructions to his accountટholding institution in accordance with the procedures described in paragraphb2.2. above (see section Use of the Single Form). Bearer Shareholders whose accountટholding institution has not joined the VOTACCESS platform and who wish to revoke a previously appointed proxy, must send an eટmail to the following address: assemblees.generales@sgss.socgen.com, including the name of the Company, the surname, first name, address and full bank details of the principal and the surname, first name and address of the proxy. They must also ask their accountટholding institution to send written confirmation to SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE SECURITIES SERVICES, Service Assemblées Générales, 32, rue du Champ du Tir - CS 30812, 44308 Nantes cedexb3, no later than Friday, Mayb24, 2024. Only notifications of appointment or revocation of powers of attorney may be sent to the aboveટmentioned eટmail address; any other request or notification relating to another subject matter will not be taken into account and/or processed.

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The information and documents provided for in ArticlebR.b22ટ10ટ23 of the French Commercial Code will be published on the Company's website https://fr.bic.com/fr(Investors/Shareholders and General Meetings/2024 General Meeting section), no later than the twentyટfirst day prior to the Meeting.

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Shareholders may request, within the legal and regulatory time limits, communication of the documents provided for in ArticlesbR.b225ટ81 and R.b225ટ83 of the French Commercial Code and consultation of the other documents that must be

made available to Shareholders within the framework of this 2 Shareholders' Meeting at the Company's registered office, by

email (preferably) to investors.info@bicworld.com, or by request addressed to the Company's registered office at 12ટ22, Boulevard Victor Hugo, 92110bCLICHY.

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In accordance with ArticlesbL.b225ટ105 and R.b225ટ71 to R.b225ટ73 of the French Commercial Code, Shareholders who meet the conditions prescribed by law may request the inclusion of draft resolutions or items on the agenda of the Meeting by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt addressed to the Chair of the Board of Directors or by electronic mail to the following address: investors.info@bicworld.comso as to be received by Saturday May 4, 2024 at midnight (Paris time) at the latest. Requests must be accompanied by a certificate of account registration proving the fraction of the capital held, as referred to in ArticlebR.b225ટ71 of the French Commercial Code.

Consideration of the item or resolution is subject to the submission by the applicants of a new certificate proving the registration of the shares in the same accounts on Monday Mayb27, 2024 at midnight (Paris time) at the latest.

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The request for registration of draft resolutions shall be accompanied by the text of the draft resolutions, which may be accompanied by a brief explanatory statement. Reasons must be given for the request to include an item on the agenda of the Meeting.

The draft resolutions submitted by Shareholders Meeting the legal requirements, as well as the items added to the agenda of the Meeting at the request of the aboveટmentioned Shareholders, will be published without delay on the Company's website: https://corporate.bic.com/enટus(heading Investors/ Shareholders and General Meetings/General Meeting 2024). For each item on the agenda, the Company may publish comments made by the Board of Directors.

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Shareholders may submit written questions to the Company at the following email address: investors.info@bicworld.comor by registered letter with return receipt addressed to the Chair of the Board of Directors at the Company's registered office. In accordance with the provisions ArticlebR.b225ટ84 of the French Commercial Code, written questions will be validly taken into

account if they are received at the Company's registered office before the end of the fourth business day preceding the Shareholders' Meeting, i.e., Thursday Mayb23, 2024. In order to be taken into account, they must be accompanied by a certificate of account registration.

SOCIETE BIC

12-22 Boulevard Victor Hugo

92110 CLICHY

€ 552 008 443 RCS NANTERRE

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le 29 mai 2024 à 09h00 au CloudBusinessiness Center

le 29 mai 2024 à 09h00 au Cloud Center 10 bis Rue du 4 septembre, 75002 Paris

10 bis Rue du 4 septembre, 75002 Paris

COMBINED SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING

COMBINEDof May SHAREHOLDERS'29, 2024 at 9:00 a.m at CloudMEETINGBusiness Center 10 bis Rue du 4 septembre, 75002 Paris

of May 29, 2024 at 9:00 a.m at Cloud Business Center

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CADRE RÉSERVÉ À LA SOCIÉTÉ - FOR COMPANY'S USE ONLY

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Nombre de voix - Number of voting rights

Si des amendements ou des résolutions nouvelles étaient présentés en assemblée, je vote NON sauf si je signale un autre choix e n noircissant la case correspondante :

In case amendments or new resolutions are proposed during the meeting, I vote NO unless I indicate another choice by shading the corresponding box:

- Je donne pouvoir au Président de l'assemblée générale. / I appoint the Chairman of the general meeting………………………………………….………......

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