CAPGEMINI_REGISTRATION_DOCUMENT_2017

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

4.3 Comments on the Capgemini{SE financial{statements

Share capital and ownership structure 4.3.4 At December{31, 2017, the share capital amounted to €1,347,869,936 (compared with €1,372,514,120 at December{31, 2016), divided into 168,483,742{fully paid-up shares with a par value of €8{each. Share capital transactions during{2017 were as follows: cancellation of 2,414,685{treasury shares purchased under the X multi-year share buyback program, decided by the Board of Directors on February{15, 2017; reduction in the number of shares on the concurrent X completion on December{18, 2017 of a share capital increase under the 4 th {international share ownership plan (ESOP{2017) involving the issue of 3,600,000{shares and the cancellation of 4,265,838{treasury shares purchased under the share buyback agreement aimed at neutralizing the dilution related to the ESOP{2017 and the multi-year share buyback program. Pursuant to Article{L.233-13 of the French Commercial Code ( Code de commerce ), the Board of Directors informs shareholders that, based on notifications received, two{shareholders held more than 5% of the Company’s share capital and voting rights at the year-end:

Société{Générale, which disclosed it held 5.79% of the Company’s share capital and voting rights at December{27, 2017 in the last legal threshold crossing disclosure received in{2017, comprising 945,886{shares and voting rights held directly and 8,805,937{shares and voting rights deemed held by “equivalence”{ (1) ; BlackRock{Inc., a US{company acting on behalf of clients and X managed funds, which disclosed it held 5.10% of the Company’s share capital and voting rights at December{19, 2017 on behalf of said clients and managed funds in the last legal threshold crossing disclosure received in{2017. As far as the Company is aware, no other shareholder holds directly or indirectly, alone or in concert, over 5% of the share capital or voting rights. Finally, shares held by members of the Board of Directors represent 0.19% of the Company’s share capital at December{31, 2017.

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Following the repeal of the so-called “trading” exception due to the enactment into French law of the revised Transparency Directive{2013/50/EU by (1) Order{no.{2015-1576 of December{3, 2015, service providers must include in their threshold crossing disclosures certain agreements or financial instruments deemed to have an economic effect similar to the ownership of shares, irrespective of whether they are settled in shares or cash (e.g. forward purchases with physical settlement).

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