DERICHEBOURG - Universal registration document 2019-2020
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Information on the Company and share capital Voting Rights
Voting Rights 5.8
The voting rights attached to shares are proportionalto the amount of capital that they represent. For an equal amount of the nominal value, each share of the capital carries the right to one vote. Nevertheless,a double voting right is attributed to all fully paid shares held in registered form for five years or more in the name of the same shareholder. As of September 30, 2020, the share capital comprised 159,397,489 shareswith a nominal value of €0.25 each, including
68,086,795 shareswith double voting rights. The number of voting
rights at September 30,2020 amountedto 227,484,284.
At September 30, 2020. Mr. Daniel Derichebourg’s family held, through CFER and Financière DBG, 41.29% of the share capital of Derichebourgand 57.83%of the voting rights.
2% threshold set in bylaws 5.9
Any physical person or legal entity acting alone or in concert who comes to own the number of shares or voting rights that exceeds the thresholds set forth in the regulations in effect must provide the information specified in the latter. The same information is required whenever the holder’s share of the capital or voting rights falls below the thresholdsset forth in the regulationsin effect. Article 10 of the bylaws stipulates that any physical person or legal entity acting alone or in concert that comes to possess a number of shares representing2% or more of the Company’s share capital must inform the Company of the number of shares held within 15 days whenever this percentageis exceeded. If the number or percentageof the voting rights held is not the same as the number or percentageof the shares held, the percentagereferred to above is calculatedin terms of voting rights. Failure to observe the provisions of the bylaws results in the followingsanction: shareholdersin breachof said provisionsmay be deprived of voting rights for shares in excess of the fraction not declared.
Article 10 of the bylaws stipulates that the Companymay at any time request from the organization responsible for the registration of securities the informationprovidedfor by law relating to the identity of the owners of securities which give an immediateor deferred right to vote at shareholders’ meetings. The Company also has the right to request, under the conditions laid down by the French Commercial Code, the identity of the beneficialowners of shares if it considers that certain shareholders,whose identities have been disclosed to it, hold the shares concernedfor the accountof third parties. The Companymay request any legal entity holdingmore than 2.5%of the share capital or voting rights to inform it of the identity of any persons holding directly or indirectlymore than one third of the share capital or voting rights of said legal entity. The followingthresholdcrossingswere recordedduring the fiscal year:
Date
Shareholder’s name
Threshold crossed
07-14-20
Amundi
Above the 2% share capital threshold with 1.4% of voting rights
Restrictions on voting rights and share transfers provided 5.10 for in the Company bylaws
None.
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