Rothschild & Co

Report Publication Announcement • May 6, 2015

Paris, 6 May 2015 Release

Paris Orléans is PEA-PME eligible

Paris Orléans confirms being PEA-PME eligible, for which the eligibility criteria are specified in decree No. 2014-283 of 4 March 2014, namely having, on the one hand, less than 5,000 employees and, on the other hand, an annual turnover of less than 1,500 million euros or balance-sheet total of less than 2,000 million euros.

Consequently, Paris Orléans' shares (FR0000031684 / PAOR – compartment A) can be integrated within PEA-PME accounts, investment schemes dedicated to financing small, medium-size and midcap companies, which enjoy the same tax advantages as the traditional Equity Savings Plan (Plan d'Epargne en Actions or PEA).

Investor relations Press and Media

Marie-Laure Becquart marie-laure.becquart@rothschild.com Tél. : +33 (0)1 53 77 65 10 www.paris-orleans.com

France DGM Conseil - + 33 1 40 70 11 89 Michel Calzaroni m.calza@dgm-conseil.fr Olivier Labesse labesse@dgm-conseil.fr

United Kingdom Smithfield - + 44 20 7360 4900 John Kiely jkiely@smithfieldgroup.com Alex Simmons asimmons@smithfieldgroup.com

About Paris Orléans

Paris Orléans operates in the following areas:

• Global Financial Advisory provides advisory services for mergers and acquisitions, debt financing and restructuring, and equity capital markets;
• Wealth & Asset Management, and
• Merchant Banking which comprises third party private equity and private debt business and proprietary investments.

Paris Orléans SCA is a French partnership limited by shares (société en commandite par actions) with a share capital of €142,274,072. Paris trade and companies registry 302 519 228. Registered office: 23 bis avenue de Messine, 75008 Paris, France. Paris Orléans is listed on Euronext in Paris, Compartment A - ISIN Code: FR0000031684