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The Covid-19 pandemic marked the year 2020 and continues to disrupt everyone s daily life. During this crisis, our priority has been to ensure the safety of our staff members.

They have shown flawless mobilization for the Group and its customers. And they put all their expertise to transport the essential medical equipment. I would like to express my pride to all our staff

members and salute their exceptional commitment.

The crisis we are going through has also strengthened a conviction that is already deep and rooted in our values: that other economic exchanges, more responsible and respectful of people

and the planet, are needed. This conviction is reflected in our strategy and is built around three inseparable pillars: Acting For People, Acting For Planet and Acting For Responsible Trade.

It inspires each of our actions.

In terms of environment, our objective is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. To this end, we have made concrete commitments, choosing to act now by implementing all available solutions.

2020 witnessed the entry into the fleet of the very first 23,000 TEU containership powered by liquefied natural gas. A world premiere which constitutes a major step. By 2022, this pioneering fleet will consist

of 32 LNG-powered vessels. At the same time, our Research & Development engineers are already working on other modes of propulsion, such as hydrogen.

In order to accelerate this energy transition, we must mobilize the entire value chain. We have initiated an international coalition made up of 14 committed companies. We are working together on seven

ambitious projects which will materialize in the next few months and which will mark a decisive phase in the construction of new sustainable mobility.

I also wished that the CMA CGM Group customers could be associated to these efforts. We have built a specific program for them, ACT +, which enables them to reduce their environmental footprint and offset their carbon emissions. The year 2020 has finally reinforced our desire to develop

solidarity initiatives all over the world with the most weakened communities by the crisis. Our corporate Foundation, which has been working on these themes for more than 15 years, has made this its main

mission and has been provided with additional resources.

The challenge is huge, but we are ready to meet it. I know that I can count on the unconditional mobilization of the Group s staff members and on the trust of our customers and partners to build

an ever more balanced globalization that respects people and the planet.

I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY PRIDE TO ALL OUR STAFF MEMBERS AND SALUTE THEIR EXCEPTIONAL COMMITMENT.

RODOLPHE SAADÉ Chairman and CEO of the CMA CGM Group