THE PEOPLE OF THE GROUP

As of December 31, 2022, Comer Industries' total workforce is 3,808 people, including 565 outsourced workers hired to meet seasonal production needs.

The majority of the Company's workforce is concentrated in Italy and Germany (72%), where the Group's most important production plants are located (Reggiolo, Lohmar, and Sohland), the United States (10%) and China (9%), while the remaining share of the workforce (8%) is distributed among the production plants in India and Brazil and the service centers.

Distribution Of Employees By Employment Contract

The trend of employees hired with fixed-term contracts shows values in line with the distribution in 2020. On a like-for-like basis with respect to 2021, the increase already shown in previous reporting continues as a result of the need to pursue the flexibility that the macroeconomic environment requires (19% versus 16% in 2021). The gender distribution shows values aligned with previous years, confirming the typical characteristics of the industry and the work done.

Geographically, 15 the proportion of fixed-term contracts in China is related to the specific dynamics of new hires’ induction, which involves a preliminary fixed-term phase before confirmation.

15 - Data from previous years were restated in light of the new geographical breakdown.