CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY Breakdown of employees by gender At December 31, 2017, Rexelhad 6,169 female The Rexel Group is committed to ensuring the equal employees, or 22.8% of the total workforce (22.9% treatment of al l its male and female employees at December 31, 2016). at every stage of their professional l ives. In this Of the Rexel Group’s 6,169 female employees, 917 it is guided in particular by its Ethics Guide (see held managerial positions, thus accounting for 18.3% paragraph 4.3.6 “The Rexel Group’s commitment to of managers. This proportion was also 18.3% in 2016. ethics” in this Registration document). Breakdown of employees by gender at December 31, 2017 MANAGERS NON-MANAGERS WOMEN MEN WOMEN MEN Rexel Group 917 (18.3%)* 4,085 (81.7%)* 5,252 (23.8%)** 16,770 (76.2%)** North America 308 (22.6%)* 1,056 (77.4%)* 1,571 (22.9%)** 5,298 (77.1%)** Asia-Pacific 97 (16.8%)* 480 (83.2%)* 675 (31.2%)** 1,487 (68.8%)** Europe 512 (16.7%)* 2,549 (83.3%)* 3,006 (23.1%)** 9,985 (76.9%)** * As a % of managers. ** As a % of non-managers. 4.3.2 Employment and integration setting-up of tutorial systems, regular fol low-up interviews, technical, product or organization 4.3.2.1 New employees training, rotation between departments, dedicated In 2017 the Rexel Group hired a totalof 4,823 website, integration seminar, etc.). In 2016, the Rexel employees irrespective of contract type and status Group launched a specific on boarding module in compared to 3,826 hires for 2016. order to introduce the Company and its activities to new employees. New employees accounted for 17.8% of the Rexel Furthermore, among the 538 recruitments Group’s total workforce in 2017 (14.3% in 2016). in defined-term contracts,138 concerned Number and characteristics of recruitments apprenticeship recruitments (mainly in France and in Germany). 2017 Number of recruitments 4,823 4.3.2.2 Departures Of which: In 2017, 4,311 permanent employees left the Rexel • Permanent employees 4,285 Group (3,975 in 2016). • Fixed-term employees 538 The reasons for departure are laid out below. • Managers 526 • Non-managers 4,297 Reasons for the departure of permanent employees in 2017 As in previous fiscal years, most recruits were AS A PERCENTAGE permanent employees for non-managerial positions. NUMBER OF DEPARTURES Of al l new permanent employees, regardless of 16.3 % of all permanent gender or position: Number of departures 4,311 employees 5.1% were young graduates; Of which: • • Resignations 2,558 59.3% •22.2% were females; • Redundancies (economic 13.7% were senior employees; and layoffs) 268 6.2% • • Dismissals for other •0.5% declared a disability. reasons 613 14.2% The Rexel Group sets up numerous measures in the • Retirement or early various countries in order to improve the integration retirement 308 7.1% of new employees and reduce turnover in such • Cessation and/or sale of population (depending on the country: presentation activity 0 – of the Company, distribution of a welcome booklet, • Other reasons 564 13.1% REXEL 2017 – REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 166