Mercialys Recognized Once Again for the Quality of Its Financial and Sustainability Reporting, Winning the Award for the Year’s Best Registration Document on the SBF 120

Regulatory News:

After winning the Grand Prix de la Transparence “All Categories” Award in 2018, Mercialys (Paris:MERY) has been recognized once again in 2019 for the quality of its financial and sustainability reporting. In the 10^th Grands Prix de la Transparence Awards held yesterday, Mercialys received the award for the year’s Best Registration Document.

Since 2009, the Grands Prix de la Transparence Awards have assessed the quality of regulatory reporting by SBF 120 companies each year, based on a public methodology covering four key resources: Registration Document, Code of Ethics, Website and General Meeting Brochure. 201 objective and demanding rating criteria are analyzed each year, making it possible to identify the companies with the best transparency practices from this leading index on the Paris stock exchange.

These awards are overseen by an independent scientific committee made up of organizations and associations from the Paris market representing users of financial and sustainability information:

- French Asset Management Association (AFG)
- French Association of Individual Shareholders (APAI)
- Euronext
- French Federation of Individual Investors and Investment Clubs (F2IC)
- French Federation of Employee Shareholder Associations (FAS)
- Institute of Law, Ethics and Property (IDEP)
- French Institute of Directors (IFA)
- Paris Europlace
- French Association of Financial Analysts (SFAF)

The French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) also takes part in the awards ceremony, which brings together large numbers of executives, directors and investor relations officers from SBF 120 companies each year.

In addition to the award for Best Registration Document, Mercialys was also nominated in 2019 in the categories for the year’s Best Website and Best General Meeting Brochure, with these nominations recognizing the top 3 companies from the SBF 120 in each of these areas.

After: 1/ maintaining its two EPRA* Gold Awards for the strength of its financial and sustainability reporting, 2/ its latest progress in the GRESB** and the renewal of its Green Star status, and 3/ the SBTi’s*** certification of its strategy to reduce its carbon emissions, Mercialys is positioned more than ever as a leading company for CSR in France, committed to sustainable development and respecting all its stakeholders.