435 Life Is On | Schneider Electric www.se.com Chapter 7 – Information on the Company and its capital Shareholder Information 7. 7.1.2 Employee shareholding 7.1. 2 .1 Pr o f i t - s h a r i n g p l a n s Most of the Group’s French companies have profit-sharing and other profit-based incentive plans. The amounts paid by the Group’s French entities over the last five years were: 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 Profit-based incentive plans and profit-sharing plans (in millions of euros) 57.0 5 7. 0 59.3 66.9 71.7 In 2021, 60% of the total from incentives and profit-sharing was invested in the Schneider Electric shareholder fund and 13% was received by employees in cash. 7.1.2.2 The “Schneider Electric” employee shareholding The Worldwide Employee Share Ownership Plan (WESOP) is one of the Group’s recurring key annual reward programs, offering employees across the world an opportunity to become owners of the Company, at preferred conditions. Through the WESOP, Schneider Electric shares Company value creation with employees, thus aligning both Company and employees’ interests. In countries where regulations permit, Schneider Electric offers its employees the opportunity to invest during share capital increases reserved for its employees. In 2021 the Group reintroduced WESOP in 40 countries, after cancelling 2020 operation due to the COVID-19 crisis. Success has been confirmed for this 25th campaign achieving 59% subscription rate; a higher rate than in 2019 at 50%. On December 31, 2021, Group employees were holding a total of 20.3 million Schneider Electric SE shares either directly, through the corporate mutual funds (FCPE), or through Performance Share plans, representing 3.6% of the share capital and 6.3% of the voting rights, taking into account double voting rights. Voting rights attached to shares held by corporate mutual funds are exercised by the supervisory boards of these corporate mutual funds. The Group’s employee shareholders are spread across over 50 countries, as follows: 23% in France, 13% in China, 15% in India, 10% in the United States, and 39% elsewhere. Approximately 60% of all employees are shareholders of the Group. This chapter includes elements of the Board of Directors’ Corporate Governance Report. The table of section 7.2.3 (Pending delegations relating to share capital increase and decrease), sections 7.4.1 (Annual Shareholders’ Meetings), 7.4.2 (Voting rights), 7.4.8 (Publication of information of Article L. 22-10-11 of the French Commercial Code), and Chapter 4 constitute the Board of Directors’ Corporate Governance Report prepared in accordance with Article L. 225-37 of the French Commercial Code. They are indicated with a special mention. 7.1 Shareholding 7.1.1 Ownership structure Major Shareholders at 12/31/21 (1) Western Europe North America Asia Pacific Rest of World Employee holdings Treasury shares Other (mainly individual shareholders) Sun Life BlackRock, Inc. Employees Treasury shares Public (1) Charts lists ownership stakes to the best of the Company’s knowledge. Three-year summary of changes in capital (2) At December 31, 2021, the share capital of Schneider Electric was €2,276,133,768, divided into 569,033,442 common shares, to which 595,320,658 theoretical voting rights are attached. The following table presents, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, changes in the distribution of the Company’s share capital and voting rights over the last three years. Dec. 31, 2021 Dec. 31, 2020 Dec. 31, 2019 Capital % Number of shares Voting rights % Number of voting rights Capital % Voting rights % Capital % Voting rights % Sun Life Financial, Inc. (3) 7.0 39,681,766 6.8 39,681,766 8.3 7. 9 8.5 8 .1 BlackRock, Inc. 6.3 35,703,751 6 .1 35,703,751 6.4 7.7 6.2 6.0 Employees (4) 3.6 20,321,627 6.3 36,557,595 3.7 6 .1 3.7 6.3 Treasury shares 2.2 12,456,882 – – 2.3 – 5.3 – Public 80.9 460,869,416 80.8 470,920,335 79.3 78.3 76.2 79.6 TOTAL 100.0 569,033,442 100.0 582,863,776 (5) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 (2) Table lists ownership stakes that have breached 5% ownership voting rights threshold in the previous three years, to the best of the Company’s knowledge. (3) These shares are mainly held by funds managed by MFS Investment Management which is part of Sun Life Financial, Inc. (4) The total number of shares held by employees include: – 8,392,000 shares held by the FCPE Actionnariat (France), corresponding to 1.5% of capital and 2.9% of voting rights, – 5,102,400 shares held by the FCPE Actionnariat Mondial (International), corresponding to 0.9% of capital and 1.6% of voting rights, and – 6,827,227 shares held directly by employees, corresponding to 1.2% of capital and 1.8% of voting rights. (5) Number of voting rights excluding shares deprived of voting rights. Disclosure thresholds To the best of the Company’s knowledge, no shareholders other than Sun Life Financial, Inc. and BlackRock Inc., both listed above, hold, either directly or indirectly, more than 5% of Schneider Electric’s capital or voting rights. Changes in holdings (for stake equal to or greater than 5%) To the best of the Company’s knowledge, no additional shareholders have made a change in holding during 2021 that crosses 5% threshold for either capital or voting rights. Control of the Company At December 31, 2021, to the best of its knowledge, the Company was not controlled and has not been subject to any agreement binding on one or more shareholders or any other individual or legal entity, acting alone or in concert, concerning the direct or indirect holding of its capital or its control, or for which the implementation thereof might subsequently involve a change in the Company’s control. Shareholder pacts or agreements involving Schneider Electric shares The Company has no knowledge of shareholder pacts or agreements, nor of shareholders acting in concert with regard to the shares comprising its share capital.