Assystem - 2018 Register document

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY AND ITS SHARE CAPITAL

INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY’S SHARE CAPITAL

Légales (JAL), and it issues the periodic and annual information required for listed companies (regulatory information) via GlobeNewswire. The financial information issued by the Company is supplemented by press releases for the financial community and, more generally, the public, on subjects of significant importance for understanding the Company’s strategy. The Company also holds periodic meetings for financial analysts and journalists to explain, in an interactive way, the Group’s goals, services and results. The annual report, presented and filed as a Registration Document with the AMF, as well as the interim financial report, are widely distributed within the financial community. All of the Company’s shares represent share capital. At 31 December 2018, the Company’s share capital amounted to €15,668,216, divided into 15,668,216 shares with a par value of €1 each. The breakdown of Assystem’s share capital and voting rights at 31 December 2018 is shown in the table below, which sets out the number of theoretical voting rights and the number of actual voting rights exercisable at General Meetings excluding shares that do not have voting rights, such as treasury shares. 6.2.2 ASSYSTEM’S SHARE CAPITAL

● 10 April to 25 April (inclusive); ● 15 July to 30 July (inclusive); ● 6 August to 5 September (inclusive); ● 15 October to 30 October (inclusive).

Insiders may only carry out trades in the Company’s shares as from the trading session following the publication of the press release concerned and provided that the insider carrying out the trade does not hold any other inside information. Access to information All shareholders have access to full, transparent and clear information, which is tailored to their specific needs and provides an objective assessment of Assystem’s growth strategy and results. This financial communication policy aims to ensure that all shareholders have information in compliance with usual business practices. The Company publishes a wide variety of documents, including those issued for regulatory information purposes, covering the Company’s business and strategy and financial information. These documents – which include the Registration Document, the interim financial report, quarterly revenue releases, the Company’s Articles of Association and the Board of Directors’ Rules of Procedure – are available on the Group’s website at www.assystem.com, in French and English. Assystem publishes notifications in the Bulletin des Annonces Légales Obligatoires (BALO) (French legal gazette) and the Journal d'Annonces

AT 31 DECEMBER 2018

% of share capital

Exercisable voting rights

Theoretical voting rights

Shares

%

%

HDL Development

9,611,013

61.34 19,222,026

77.32 19,222,026

75.30

HDL

54,468

0.35

54,468

0.22

54,468

0.21

Free float

5,335,399

34.05 5,583,172

22.46 5,583,172

21.87

Treasury shares

667,336

4.26

0

0

667,336

2.61 100

Total

15,668,216

100 25,859,666

100 25,527,002

industrial development strategy over the long term, which corresponds to the duration of the business cycles in the markets where it has a distinct competitive edge (particularly the nuclear market), and (ii) its commitment to continue to implement a responsible human resources policy. At 31 March 2019, HDL Development held 9,611,013 Assystem shares, representing 61.34% of the Company’s share capital and 77.32% of its voting rights.

A table showing the changes in the Company’s share capital over the last three years is provided in Section 6.2.12 below. At the date this Registration Document was filed, the Company was controlled by HDL Development (1) , which has been the Company’s stable and long-term controlling shareholder since it launched a takeover bid in the first quarter of 2014. The Company’s shareholding structure helps guarantee its independence and ensure its sustainability, both in terms of (i) its ability to pursue its

(1) HDL Development is controlled on a 70.47% basis by HDL (of which 41.73% directly and 28.74% through CEFID, H2DA and EEC). In turn, HDL is wholly controlled by Dominique Louis, Chairman & CEO of Assystem, who also directly owns 0.39% of the capital of HDL Development. The remaining 29.14% of HDL’s capital is held as follows: 22.85% by Tikehau Capital SCA, 3.27% by the Tikehau Preferred Capital mutual fund and 3.02% by managers and former managers of the Group.

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