Board Committees

The company's Board of Directors is supported by four committees: the Strategy Committee, the Audit and Risk Committee, the Compensation, Nominations and Board Governance Committee and the Sustainability Committee.

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Committee operating rules

The organization, operation and powers of the four Committees comply with the provisions of the Afep-Medef Code. The missions of each Committee are more fully described in the Internal Regulation of the Board of Directors.

Strategic Committee

The Strategic Committee’s mission is to assist the Board of Directors in determining and regularly reviewing Soitec’s strategy to include the scope, business plans, budget and potential M&A mapping and opportunities. For that purpose, the Committee analyzes the markets, key success factors and the areas of growth of the Group, elucidate the strategic objectives of the Group and evaluate the merits and the consequences of the most important strategic decisions, based also on a review of the competitive environment.

The Strategic Committee currently includes fourteen Directors as follows:

NAME
TITLE
INDEPENDENT MEMBER
Frédéric Lissalde
Chair of the Board of Directors, Chair of the Committee
Pierre Barnabé
Chief Executive Officer
Wissème Allali
Employee Director
Françoise Chombar
Independent Director
Samuel Dalens
Permanent representative of Bpifrance Participations
Laurence Delpy
Permanent representative of Fonds Stratégique de Participations
Christophe Gégout
Independent Director
François Jacq
Permanent representative of CEA Investissement
Didier Landru
Employee Director
Satoshi Onishi
Non-Independent Director
Maude Portigliatti
Independent Director
Delphine Segura Vaylet
Independent Director
Kai Seikku
Non-Independent Director
Shuo Zhang
Independent Director

Strategic Committee key figures

89%

Attendance rate at FY'25 and meetings during FY'25

58%

Independent members (excluding the employee Directors)

4

Meetings during FY'25

Audit and Risks Committee

The Audit and Risks Committee is tasked with ensuring the accuracy and the reliability of the corporate and consolidated financial statements of the Company and the quality of the information provided.

The Audit and Risks Committee’s role covers all aspects of the accounting and financial information production process, from ensuring the effectiveness of internal control and risk management processes to conducting the legally-required audits of the Company’s annual financial statements (and, if required, having the consolidated financial statements audited by and verifying the independence of the statutory auditors).

The Audit and Risks Committee also ensures that the Company’s sustainability disclosures are complete, accurate and consistent with the information presented in the Company’s financial statements

The Committee reports regularly to the Board of Directors and informs the Board immediately of any issues encountered.

The Audit and Risks Committee currently includes five directors as follows:

NAME
TITLE
INDEPENDENT MEMBER
Christophe Gégout
Chair of the Committee
Frédéric Lissalde
Chair of the Board of Directors
Françoise Chombar
Independent Director
Samuel Dalens
Permanent representative of Bpifrance Participations
Shuo Zhang
Independent Director

Audit and risks Committee key figures

91%

Attendance rate at FY'25 and meetings during FY'25

80%

Independent members (excluding the employee Directors)

5

Meetings during FY'25

Compensation, Nominations and Board Governance Committee

The Compensation and Nominations Committee is provided with up-to-date information on Soitec executives’ compensation packages and is tasked with making compensation and benefits recommendations for Corporate Officers. It also sets a procedure for selecting new Directors, prepares recommendations for the succession of corporate officers and reviews organization and human capital plans.

The Compensation, Nominations and Board Governance Committee currently includes five directors as follows:

NAME
TITLE
INDEPENDENT MEMBER
Delphine Segura Vaylet
Chair of the Committee
Samuel Dalens
Permanent representative of Bpifrance Participations
Laurence Delpy
Permanent representative of Fonds Stratégique de Participations
Didier Landru
Employee Director
Shuo Zhang
Independent Director

Compensation, Nominations and Board Governance Committee key figures

100%

Attendance rate at FY'25 and meetings during FY'25

75%

Independent members (excluding the Employee Directors)

6

Meetings during FY'25

Sustainability Committee

The Sustainability Committee’s mission is to assist the Board of Directors in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities in relation to the identification and management of environmental, social and governance matters of Soitec Group: the environmental sustainability and climate change (including low carbon and climate change impacts, greenhouse gas emissions, air and water quality, ecological impacts), the social sustainability (including human rights, wellbeing, diversity and inclusion in the work place), and the governance (including business ethics). The Sustainability Committee oversees in particular the Group actions and strategies to take into account Corporate Sustainability in management of the Group’s objectives, business, strategy, and product policy in the short, medium, and long term, and to comply with applicable laws.

The Sustainability Committee is currently composed of five directors as follows:

NAME
TITLE
INDEPENDENT MEMBER
Laurence Delpy
Chair of the Committee, Permanent representative of Fonds Stratégique de Participations
Wissème Allali
Employee Director
Christophe Gégout
Independent Director
Delphine Segura Vaylet
Independent Director
Kai Seikku
Non-Independent Director

Sustainability Committee key figures

100%

Attendance rate at FY'25 and meetings during FY'25

75%

Independent members (excluding the Employee Directors)

4

Meetings during FY'25

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