| Roles | Actions | ||||
| Insider | 1.Must comply with (i) applicable laws and regulations on Insider Trading, (ii) this GOP and (iii) the Sanofi Code of Conduct. | ||||
2. Are bound by a duty to abstain that prohibits any transaction in Sanofi Securities so long as Inside Information is not public. 3. Cannot buy or sell derivatives involving Sanofi shares at any time, whether for speculative or long-term shareholding purposes. • This prohibition covers, inter alia, transactions on the Marché des Options Négociables de Paris (MONEP), warrants, buying or selling derivatives, forward purchases or sales. 4. Are aware that short selling is also prohibited at any time. 5. Owe to Sanofi a duty of confidentiality in respect of such Inside Information. Remark: Of particular note, under U.S. securities laws, a duty of trust or confidence is deemed to exist whenever a person receives or obtains Inside Information from his or her spouse, parent, child, or sibling. Therefore, trading by the spouse, parent, child or sibling on such information would be considered Insider Trading under U.S. regulations. 6. Cannot (i) recommend buying or selling Securities on the basis of Inside Information or (ii) engage in Tipping, at any time. | |||||
Sanofi Director and Sanofi Employee | 7. Must, when in doubt, assume that material information about Sanofi is non-public unless such information has been released to the public in a manner making it available to investors generally on a broad-based non-exclusionary basis. Remark: for example, Sanofi Directors and Sanofi Employees should assume that the information is not public unless it has been disclosed in an official press release distributed through a widely circulated news or wire service or in a public filing made with a regulatory agency (such as the AMF or the SEC) or in the financial press. The circulation of rumors, even if accurate and reported in the media, does not constitute effective public dissemination and does not change the potential status of such information as “Inside Information.” 8. May be subject to quarterly Blackout Periods. Remark: Sanofi applies quarterly Blackout Periods preceding the publication of financial results to reduce the risk of inadvertent Insider Trading by Insiders. Quarterly Blackout Periods will apply to certain Access Persons, who will be informed of this at least once a year and provided with a calendar of blackouts for the year once the dates for the publication of quarterly results are established. Access Persons are subject to quarterly Blackout Periods, during which no transactions by Access Persons relating to Sanofi Securities are permitted. 9. Are included in an ad hoc insider list at the discretion of Sanofi, if such Employee (i) has access to Inside Information about Sanofi or if (ii) such person is working on a specific file that may create a significant risk of inadvertent Insider Trading. Persons on such ad hoc insider lists may have additional restrictions on transacting in Sanofi Securities, including blackout periods in addition to those described above. Remark: If the name of a Sanofi Employee is included on an ad hoc insider list, such person will be informed of this by the manager of the relevant project in writing. | ||||
| Project manager and Global Project Head (GPH) | 10. Is responsible for the creation and update of any ad hoc insider list. 11. Informs any Sanofi Employee of his or her inclusion on an ad hoc insider list. | ||||
Sanofi Employee holding performance shares | 12. Is aware that performance shares are subject by law to transfer restrictions that apply to the shares at the expiry of the vesting period, even after the termination of the work contract. Blackout periods applicable to performance shares are published on the website of the bank holding the shares. | ||||
| Sanofi Employee | 13. May become an Insider if in possession of Inside Information. 14. Must take into account Insider Trading rules for any portfolio switching between units of investment funds exclusively invested in Sanofi shares and other types of plan assets. 15. May exercise vested options, for options granted under a stock option plan, at any time but may not sell ordinary shares or American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) acquired through exercising options, including cashless exercise of his/her options, while he/she is in possession of Inside Information about Sanofi. 16. Is responsible for compliance with this GOP because Insider Trading is based on individual knowledge and refraining from Insider Trading is a legal obligation under applicable securities law. 17. Is aware that violations of the rules described or referenced in this procedure may result in disciplinary measures by Sanofi, administrative measures by the AMF or SEC or criminal penalties under applicable securities law. 18. Must refer any difficulty in implementing or interpreting this GOP to the Legal Corporate and Finance Department of Sanofi (preventing_insider_trading@sanofi.com). | ||||
| Legal corporate and finance department | 19. Must approve in writing any modifications to this GOP. | ||||
| Applicability | Roles | Main Responsibility | ||||||
| GLOBAL | Sanofi Directors / Access Persons | Must protect Sanofi’s Inside Information and are subject to quarterly Blackout Periods. Such persons are aware that they are presumed Insiders due to their access to potential Inside Information. | ||||||
| Sanofi Legal Corporate and Finance Department | Is the point of contact in case of any question in implementing or interpreting the GOP and is responsible for approving any modification to the GOP. | |||||||
| GLOBAL and LOCAL | Insider | Must comply with applicable laws and regulations and the Sanofi Code of Conduct. Must abstain from: •unlawfully disclosing Inside Information to another person, unless in the normal course of the exercise of employment; •engaging or attempting to engage in insider trading; •engaging in any transactions of a speculative nature with Sanofi’s Securities; •Tipping; and •disseminating such information or spreading rumors by any other means which give or are likely to give false or misleading information about Sanofi. | ||||||
| Sanofi Employee | Must protect Sanofi's Inside Information and may be subject to quarterly Blackout Periods if determined to be an Access Person. Is aware that he/she can become an Insider when in possession of Inside Information. | |||||||
| Sanofi Employee holding performance shares | Cannot transact in performance shares before publication of annual and half-year results. | |||||||
| Project manager and Global Project Head (GPH) | Responsible for creating an ad hoc insider list and informing employees added on the list when an Inside Information is dealt with over the course of a project. | |||||||