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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS

NOTE 30

The expense recognised in 2017 in respect of free share allocation plans totalled €74.8million, comparedwith €60.6million at end-2016. The shares outstanding changed as follows during the financial year:

2017

2016

in shares

Outstanding as at 1st January

1,188,160

826,950 806,060 (416,480)

Issued

Exercised Cancelled Forfeited

(112,700)

-

(19,040)

(28,370)

Outstanding as at 31 December

1,056,420

1,188,160

of which exercisable

-

-

s

The information relative to the bonus share allocation plans is provided on page 162 (Table 11).

INFORMATION ON FEES

NOTE 31

During the 2017 financial year, the fees paid to the Statutory Auditors and to members of their networks were as follows:

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Didier Kling & Associés

2017

Breakdown

2016 Breakdown

2017

Breakdown

2016 Breakdown

In millions of euros

5

Certification of financial statements

s o/w Hermès International (parent company)

0.3 1.7

10% 65%

0.3 1.6

12% 74%

0.2 0.3

40% 60%

0.2 0.3

35% 65%

s o/w Fully consolidated subsidiaries

Sub-total

1.9

75% 1.9

87% 0.5

100% 0.5

100%

Services other than certification of financial statements 2 s o/w Hermès International (parent company)

0.2 0.4

8%

0.1 0.2

3%

- -

- -

- -

-

s o/w Fully consolidated subsidiaries

17%

11% 13%

Sub-total TOTAL 1

0.6 2.5

25% 0.3

-

-

-

-

100%

2.2

100%

0.5

100%

0.5

100%

(1) Including fees of Auditors of the company and French subsidiaries’ financial statements: - to Pricewaterhouse Coopers, €0.7m in respect of certification of the financial statements and €0.2m for other services (€0.7m and €0m in 2016); - to Didier Kling et Asssociés, €0.5m in respect of certification of the financial statements (€0.5m in 2016). (2) Services other than certification of the financial statements mainly include technical consultations for our foreign subsidiaries relating to compliance with local and international tax regulations, as well as various compliance certification and assessments.

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