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The Rexel Academy is also a train- ing management tool that enables the creation of personalized train- ing programs according to geo- graphic location, management level or skill level. Today, the Rexel Academy is still under construction. The structure is finished and the contents are being organized. A certain amount of sales content already exists at Platt University in the US, values and strategy modules at Rexel Headquarters, and more technical product-related training sessions provided by suppliers. Involving managers and informing employees will be key steps in the roll-out. The training sessions will be available to all employees, thus contributing to strengthening the Group s culture. The Rexel Academy will not replace the traditional training programs already in place at Rexel and its subsidiaries, but will instead pre- cede and complete them.

ANNUAL INTERVIEWS All employees should be able to enjoy the career advancement op- portunities that become available to them and engage in direct dis- cussions with their managers con- cerning skill evaluation and mobili- ty management. Rexel has adopted a proactive policy to extend the practice of annual performance in- terviews to all of its employees. In 2014, 61.9% of the personnel were given performance reviews.

17,495 +1.4%

VS. 2013

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES

TRAINED IN 2014

Expanding managerial skills

Elixir is a training program designed to help managers understand and apply all of the functional aspects of a Rexel subsidiary. It takes the form of a two-day simulation exercise carried out in teams and incorporating all of the parameters involved in the yearly management of a company: sales, marketing, merchandising, pricing, human resources, finance, etc. Elixir was launched in 2012 in nine countries and is aimed at a total of more than 3,000 managers. In 2014, the content was adapted to the Group s evolving business model. A digital version is being developed to make the tool as accessible as possible.

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