HERMÈS - 2019 Universal Registration Document

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INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY AND ITS SHARE CAPITAL INFORMATION ON SHARE CAPITAL AND SHAREHOLDERS

OWNERSHIP OF SHARE CAPITAL AND VOTING

On 21 July 2017, the Hermès family group declared that it held 66.67% of the capital of Hermès International, of which 0.95% of the capital by assimilation (see AMF notice No. 217C1755 of 28 July 2017 and page 392). Changes occurring after closure of the financial year To the Company’s knowledge, there has been no significant change with regards to Hermès International shareholders between 31 December 2019 and the date on which this Universal registration document was filed with the AMF. Measures taken to prevent abusive control Refer to chapter 3 “Corporate governance” on page 191, and to the paragraph “Management of conflicts of interest” on page 241.

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RIGHTS AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2019

BREAKDOWN OF THE SHAREHOLDERS AT 31 DECEMBER 2019

Treasury shares 1,3%

Public 32,0%

Hermès family group 66,7%

TREASURY SHARES

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On 31 December 2019, Hermès International held 1,361,629 treasury shares, representing 1.3% of its share capital, acquired as part of the share buyback programme presented on page 392 et seq.

As at 31 December 2019 and to the Company’s knowledge, the distribution of the share capital and voting rights of the Company was as follows:

Voting rights 1

Share capital

Allocation of net income

Other

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

H51

57,233,054 7,012,602 6,167,629 70,413,285 33,794,498 1,361,629 105,569,412

54.2

112,738,020 13,888,704

63.8

112,738,020 13,888,704 12,042,403 138,669,127 38,077,765

63.8

H2

6.6 5.8

7.9 4.5

7.9 6.8

Other members of the Hermès family group

7,962,403

Sub-total Hermès family group 2

66.7 32.0

134,589,127 42,157,765

76.1 23.9

78.5 21.5

Public 3 4 5

Treasury shares

1.3

–

0.0

–

0.0

TOTAL 100.0 Voting rights that can be exercised in the General Meeting. In accordance with Article 12 of the Articles of Association of the Company, the voting right is exercised by (1) the bare owner for all decisions taken by all General Meetings, except for decisions concerning the allocation of net income, for which the voting right is exercised by the usufructuary. The procedures for publication and allocation of voting rights are detailed on page 388. The definition of the Hermès family group is on page 458. (2) These amounts correspond to all of the shares and voting rights in circulation, reduced by the number of shares and voting rights declared by the identified (3) shareholders as mentioned in this table. 100.0 176,746,892 100.0 176,746,892

Including the Arnault family group. Refer to the threshold-crossing declaration of 11 July 2017 on page 392. (4) Mr Nicolas Puech did not indicate the number of shares he held in Hermès International as of 31 December 2019. (5)

These figures result for the registered shares on the register kept by the BP2S Securities service and for the bearer shares, from the declarations, where applicable, of those in question. Changes occurring after closure of the financial year are detailed on page 393.

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