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Paris , 12 May 2021 11.00 am 06K HERMÈS PARIS REPORT ON THE COMBINED GENERAL MEETING OF 4 MAY 2021 Due to the exceptional situation related to the Covid - 19 pandemic - in accordance with the regulations and governmental instructions Hermès International's Combined General Meeting was held on Tuesday 4 May 2021 at 9:30 a.m. in closed session ¹ , without the physical presence of its shareholders , at the company's offices in Pantin . Shareholders had the opportunity to follow this General Meeting in its entirety via a live video webcast on the company's website : https://finance.hermes.com/en/general-meetings . The webcast of the General Meeting is available at the same address , in an e - accessible version . A dedicated e - mail address has also been set up in advance of the General Meeting to make it easier for the shareholders to send their written questions . The answers provided by the Executive Management to the written questions received are available on the above - mentioned website ( https://finance.hermes.com/en/general-meetings ) . The General Meeting was held in compliance with the prevailing health and safety conditions relating to the fight against the Covid - 19 pandemic . Given the exceptional situation generated by the pandemic , and in accordance with the relevant legal and regulatory provisions , the shareholders were encouraged to vote remotely or to give proxy to the Chairman and their votes were stopped the day before the meeting , i.e. on Monday , May 3 , 2021 , at 3 pm . The Combined General Meeting was chaired by Mr Éric de SEYNES , Chairman of the Supervisory Board . The following persons sat next to him on stage : Axel DUMAS , Executive Chairman , Henri - Louis BAUER , Chairman of the Management Board of the company Émile Hermès SARL , Executive Chairman and Active Partner , Éric du HALGOUËT , Executive Vice - President Finance . Julie GUERRAND , representing H51 , and Renaud MOMMÉJA , representing H2 , shareholders representing the largest number of votes and present in the room , acted as scrutineers . Olivier AUBERTY , from the firm PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS AUDIT , represented the College of Statutory Auditors . Nathalie BESOMBES , General Counsel corporate law and stock exchange regulations , acted as secretary of the meeting . Stéphanie SCHAMBOURG , Bailiff , was present . The quorums required by law in ordinary and extraordinary meetings were met , i.e. 87.04 % for all resolutions . 1 Management decision taken in accordance with the conditions set out in Ordinance n ° 2020-321 of 25 March 2020 extended and amended by Ordinance n ° 2020-1497 of 2 December 2020 , Decree n ° 2020-418 of 10 April 2020 extended and amended by Decree n ° 2020-1614 of 18 December 2020 and Decree nº2021-255 of 9 March 2021 .