CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY the number of training hours (excluding safety Lastly, employees undergoing training (excluding training) increased from 312,440 at December 31, safety training) received an average of 18 hours of 2016 to 365,673 hours at December 31, 2017. In training in 2017. 2017, 186,968 hours were spent on online training compared to 142,941 in 2016. Total number of training hours (excluding safety training) 2017 2016 TOTAL NUMBER TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES TOTAL NUMBER TRAINED OF TRAINING HOURS TRAINED OF TRAINING HOURS Rexel Group 20,226 365,673 17,986 312,440 Europe 9,372 114,569 8,244 117,167 North America 8,233 201,184 7,805 170,884 Asia-Pacific 2,621 49,920 1,937 24,389 The training offered to employees is thus adapted In 2017, 22.1% of trained employees were women, to their position, ski l ls, career prospects, local 77.9% of trained employees were men. 4 requirements, and personal and collective objectives. Performance reviews In 2017, Rexel employees took part in numerous training programs deal ing with various aspects For several years, the Rexel Group has implemented of their jobs such as products, management, a strong policy in order to standardize the practice sales, marketing skil ls, logistics, administration, IT, of an annual and formalized performance for all of personal development, e-commerce and project its employees. management. In 2017, most Group entities arranged an annual In addition to these regular sessions, numerous session of individual performance interviews in training initiatives are implemented to support which 77% of employees took part. the Group’s strategy and the development of employees towards more services and new 2017 2016 technologies in pursuit of energy efficiency. In 2017, training initiatives dealt among other things with Number of employees multi-energy solutions, online sales, automation, who received a performance review 20,818 20,450 home automation, KNX, customer service and Rexel values. % of employees reviewed in relation to the total Training by position held workforce 77% 76.6% In 2017, 21.5% of the 20,226 employees having received training were managers and 78.5% held Mobility and promotions non-managerial positions. In 2017, 2,743 permanent employees benefited from a mobility measure, i.e. 10.4% of permanent Training by employee gender employees. 8,000 7,556 Among the 2,743 employees who benefited from 6,354 a mobility measure in 2017, 1,074 were promoted 6,000 (vertical mobility) or 4.1% of permanent employees 4,000 in the Rexel Group. 30.4% of such employees having 1,816 1,879 1,854 been promoted were non-managers promoted to a 2,000 managerial position. 767 0 Europe North America Asia-Pacific Among the 2,743 employees having benefited No. of women trained in the year from a mobility measure in 2017, 1,669 employees (excl. safety training) benefited from a horizontal mobility measure, i.e., No. of men trained in the year approximately 6.3% of the permanent employees of (excl. safety training) the Rexel Group. REXEL 2017 – REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 171