Appointments at Groupe Beneteau

The Ordinary General Meeting of BENETEAU SA met on June 17, 2022 to approve the financial statements and set the annual dividend. This was set at €0.30 per share and will be paid on June 24, 2022.

It also appointed Mrs. Marie-Hélène Dick as an independent director, replacing Mr. Jérôme de Metz whose term of office expired. Mrs. Dick is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Virbac.

Finally, it renewed the terms of office as directors of Mrs Catherine Pourre and BPIFRANCE INVESTISSEMENT SAS.

The newly appointed Board of Directors met after the Combined General Meeting and elected Yves Lyon-Caen as Chairman. Louis Claude Roux will continue to act as Vice-Chairman of the Board.

The Board of Directors decided to appoint Bruno Thivoyon as Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Beneteau and Gianguido Girotti as Group's Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Executive Officer of the Boat Division.

Bruno Thivoyon

Bruno Thivoyon is appointed Chief Executive Officer of Groupe Beneteau. He joined the Group in January 2020 as Group CFO. Bruno Thivoyon began his career in 1998 at Valeo, after completing a dual degree in engineering (Industrial Systems Engineering) and IAE. For 22 years, he held several positions in finance at Valeo, first at headquarters and then in various operating entities, and was also Director of a listed Japanese subsidiary of Valeo.

Gianguido Girotti

Already Group's Deputy CEO, Gianguido Girotti is appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Boat Division. Gianguido conceived and implemented the House of Brands strategy (the first pillar of the Let's Go Beyond! plan) which repositioned both the brands and the product offering while developing distribution strategies. A naval architect with a degree from the University of Southampton (UK), Gianguido Girotti joined the BENETEAU brand in May 2015 and then led it from 2017 to 2019 before taking over as Director of Brand and Product Strategy for the Boat Division in 2019.

Yves Lyon-Caen

Yves Lyon-Caen is elected Chairman of the Board of Directors. Yves Lyon-Caen, who has a law degree and graduated from Sciences Po and Ecole Nationale d'Administration, worked for the French Ministry of Economy and Finance, then served as Chief of Staff for Prime Minister Michel Rocard, before moving to the banking sector as Chairman and CEO of Crédit National. At the end of 2000, he joined Groupe Beneteau as General Manager of the investment holding company BERI 21, then served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board from 2005 to 2019. From 2014 to 2022, he chaired the French Nautical Industries Federation (FIN).

Marie-Hélène Dick

Marie-Hélène Dick-Madelpuech is elected independent director of Groupe Beneteau. A veterinary doctor, Marie Hélène Dick-Madelpuech joined Institut Pasteur in 1989, then after completing her MBA at HEC, she moved to the pharmaceutical firm Ardeval. In 1992, after her father passed away, she decided with her family to take over the family business Virbac, which he had founded 20 years earlier. Virbac has been listed on the stock market since 1985 and is the world's sixth largest pharmaceutical group focused on animal health. Marie Hélène Dick has chaired its Board of Directors for the past 20 years. She is also Chairwoman of Panpharma, a pharmaceutical laboratory that she took over with

her husband and is specialized in essential medicines for hospitals.

ABOUT GROUPE BENETEAU

A global market leader, Groupe Beneteau, thanks to its Boat Division's 11 brands, offers nearly 180 recreational boat models serving its customers' diverse navigational needs and uses, from sailing to motorboating, monohulls and catamarans.

Through its Boating Solutions division, the Group is also present in the charter, boat club, marina, digital and financing sectors.

Leading the European leisure homes market, the three brands from the Group's Housing division offer a comprehensive range of leisure homes, lodges and pods that combine eco-design with high standards of quality, comfort and practicality.

With its international industrial capabilities and global sales network, the Group employs 7,600 people, primarily in France, the US, Poland, Italy, Portugal and China.

CONTACTS – GROUPE BENETEAU

CONTACT INVESTISSEURS ET PRESSE

Mirna CIENIEWICZ [email protected] Tel +33 / (0)2 51 26 88 50

CONTACT ACTIONNAIRES

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