Connection makers

Editorial by Jacques de Heere Responsible governance Global presence on 4 continents Rising to the challenges of electromobility and ultra-connectivity CONNECTION MAKERS TELECOM NETWORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURES Accelerating our deployment in European markets BUILDING, CITY AND TRANSPORT Supporting the digital and energy transition in the buildings and transport sectors Extra-financial performance ACOME, COnnection Makers for 90 years

Values Commitment Excellence Respect Solidarity The SCOP status (cooperative and participatory company) of the parent company imparts its cooperative values to the Group as a whole. These are the foundations of our joint, shared vision. Corporate purpose As a responsible industrial player of reference, our mission is to propose sustainable solutions for network development. We strive to ensure the company’s durability by supporting fundamental cooperative values.

ACOME is a French industrial group, specialising in highly technical cables and components for data / telecommunication networks and the automotive industry. The Group, which will be celebrating its 90th anniversary in 2022, is present on four continents. employees (average pro rata headcount on 31 December 2021) Male: 77% Female: 23% Investment planned between 2021 and 2025, €12.2M of which was made in 2021 Group EBITDA factories and sales offices in 7 countries GLOBAL PRESENCE (average pro rata headcount on 31/12/2021) EMEA including France 73%

“The Group’s activity has returned to its 2019 level (before the health crisis).” BREAKDOWN OF TURNOVER IN FRANCE AND ABROAD To be an innovative international group and a reference in networks for the automotive, telecommunication and building industries. BREAKDOWN OF TURNOVER CONSOLIDATED FOR EACH ACTIVITY €552M turnover including 52% international +30 % vs 2020 Railway and telecommunication networks and infrastructures Communication networks in buildings

With its jointly-developed strategic plan, ACOME 2025, launched in 2021, the Group is preparing for the multiple transitions in progress on its markets and leveraging the resilience demonstrated throughout its 90 years of operations. A technological flagship of the French cable industry has developed over the course of these 90 years What is your vision for 2022, given the current geopolitical context that will inevitably affect economic activities in Europe? J.d.H. : Raw material shortages and rising energy costs are already clearly visible, in addition to a geopolitical situation whose consequences...

several years already and we do not depend upon external shareholders. That is what it means to be a SCOP, and that is perhaps what makes us more confident in the future. During our 90-year history, we have come through many other periods of uncertainty. We come from Normandy. We know how to navigate through storms. So, investing is second nature for ACOME? J.d.H. : I know of no industries that remain successful without structured investment programmes. To protect French industry, constant innovation is essential, and we must fight to win new contracts and to maintain efficient industrial tools....

3 questions for Jean-Yves Goblot, Director of Strategy, Programs and Projects, on the first year of implementation of the ACOME 2025 strategic plan. ACOME 2025, a plan for sustainable innovation and performance What were the main actions carried out in 2021? Jean-Yves GOBLOT: ACOME has a long-term vision and our strategic plan for 2025 was drawn up with a form of continuity. A strategic plan does not mean a break. Some projects started during the previous plan, such as the transformation of our industrial information system, which is being continued under this plan. Innovation has deep roots...

ACOME is structuring its roadmap to reduce the carbon footprint of its activities by 2050 by adopting an overall vision of its own emissions (industrial and service activities) and those of its products – and therefore of its customers too. In 2021, data consolidation enabled detailed analysis of the greenhouse gas emissions at the scale of the Group for Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3, starting with the items with the biggest impact: raw material purchases and business travel. To demonstrate how its cables contribute to the carbon neutrality efforts of its customers, ACOME is improving its product...

The “multi-factory” site in Romagny, industrial 5G laboratory rojects to revise the information and industrial management system lie at the heart of our activities and their industrial and commercial coordination. Objective: to continue to digitise our industrial IS, which is upgrading to the SAP4Hana platform. Migration is scheduled for the second quarter of 2022, according to the project time-line. This new environment will enable the creation of innovative services and bolster customer relations. For example, it will facilitate the interface with customer information systems and improve information...

Responsible governance Jean-Michel ABRAHAM, ACOME is France’s leading cooperative and participatory company (SCOP). Its directors are all partner-employees, elected for four-year terms. This cooperative governance guarantees the company’s long-term strategy. Manufacturing Line Manager telecoms networks and infrastructures Frédéric BRIAND, General manager of ACOME Wuhan and Director of the Asia Pacific region Anne-Sophie DECOURRIÈRE, Director of the Building, City and Transport Business Unit Christian EMOND, Logistics Technician, Automotive Industry A COMMITTED BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Board of...

Global presence on 4 continents One industrial site in France (Romagny, Manche), industrial and commercial development in 7 countries in EMEA, China and Brazil, to be as close as possible to its key customers. Head office ~60 employees. MORTAIN/ ROMAGNY (1941, MANCHE) 6 factories on a 43 hectare site, employing around one thousand employees. The industrial home of the Group, one of the largest integrated industrial sites in Europe in the cabling industry. LANNION (2015, CÔTES-D’ARMOR) Industrial site of Idea Optical, French specialist in the design and manufacture of optical connectors and switching...