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INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY AND ITS SHARE CAPITAL

INFORMATION ON SHARE CAPITAL AND SHAREHOLDERS

As at 31 December 2017 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 SAS H2 SAS

56,440,149 6,876,102 6,294,654 69,610,905 34,542,805

53.5 109,548,948 6.5 13712204 6.0 7,872,995 66.0 131,134,147 32.7 41,843,755

63.3 109,548,948 7.9 13,712,204 4.6 11,952,995 75.8 135,214,147 24.2 37,763,755

63.3

7.9 6.9

Other members of the Hermès family group

Subtotal Hermès family group 2

78.2 21.8

Public 3 4

–

–

– –

–

– –

–

Nicolas Puech 5 Treasury shares

1,415,702

1.3

0.0

0.0

TOTAL

105,569,412

100.0 172,977,902

100.0 172,977,902

100.0

(1) 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 the bare owner for all decisions made for 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 distribution of voting rights are detailed on page 294. (2) The Hermès family group is composed of the partners of Émile Hermès SARL, their spouses, children and grandchildren, their asset holdings, and direct and indirect shareholders in Hermès International and Émile Hermès SARL. (3) 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 shareholders as mentioned in this table. (4) Including the Arnault family group, refer to the threshold-crossing declaration of 11 July 2017 on page 298. (5) Mr Nicolas Puech did not indicate the number of shares he held in Hermès International. However, on 10 February 2018, he did declare that he had not crossed any thresholds. This statement implies that, as at 31 December 2017, Mr Nicolas Puech held or was entitled to hold between 5% and 10% of the share capital of Hermès International. Not having specific information on the size of Mr Nicolas Puech’s shareholding, its participation is integrated under the “Public” heading in 2017. 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 295.

HERMÈS FAMILY GROUP (% of share capital)

Partners of Émile Hermès SARL

Spouse, children and grandchildren of the partners of Émile Hermès and their family holding companies

Total Hermès family group 66,0 %

d

H2 d

d

EMILE HERMES Sarl

Direct equity interests

H51

53.5%

6.5%

6.0%

d

d

d

d

Active partner

Shareholders (Limited partners)

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