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INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY AND ITS SHARE CAPITAL

INFORMATION ON SHARE CAPITAL AND SHAREHOLDERS

Crossing of thresholds

7.2.2.8

% share capital

% voting rights

Shares

Voting rights

Crossings of thresholds occurring after the closure of the 2017 financial year No crossing of a legal threshold was declared between the closure of the 2017 financial year, and 28 February 2018. Crossing of thresholds in FY 2017 In 2017, the following crossings of a legal threshold were declared: s AMF notice no. 217C1525 dated 11 July 2017 (the full text of which is available on the AMF website - www.amf-france.org) : • On4 July 2017, Semyrhamis (30avenueMontaigne, 75008Paris) declared that it had individually crossed below the thresholds of 5% of the capital and voting rights of Hermès International and individually held 1,790,981 shares in Hermès International, representing the same number of voting rights, namely 1.70% of the capital and 1.03% of the voting rights of this company; • On 4 July 2017, the Arnault family group declared that it had crossed below the thresholds of 5% of the capital and voting rights of Hermès International and held, directly and indirectly, through the intermediary of the companies that it controls, 1,974,538 shares in Hermès International, representing the same number of voting rights, namely 1.87% of the capital and 1.13% of the voting rights of this company, divided as follows:

Semyrhamis

1,790,981 1.70 1,790,981 1.03

LVMH

0 0

- -

0 0

- -

Christian Dior Famille Arnault TOTAL ARNAULT FAMILY GROUP

183,557 0.17 183,557 0.11

1,974,538 1.87 1,974,538 1.13

The crossing of these thresholds results from the delivery of shares in Hermès International held by Semyrhamis as part of the simplified public offering that it initiated targeting the shares of Christian Dior: s AMF notice no. 217C1755 dated 28 July 2017 (the full text of which is available on the AMF website - www.amf-france.org). On 21 July 2017, the Hermès family group declared that it crossed above the threshold of 2/3 of the capital of Hermès International and held 70,385,066 shares representing 130,403,428 voting rights in General Meetings concerning decisions on the allocation of net income and 134,256,835 voting rights concerning other decisions, representing 66.67% of the capital and, respectively 74.92% and 77.13% of the voting rights of this company, divided as follows:

Decisions concerning allocation of net income

Other decisions

Shares

% share capital

Voting rights

% voting rights

Voting rights

% voting rights

H51

56,209,021 6,876,102 6,292,154 1,007,789

53.24

109,244,318 13,072,204

62.76

109,244,318 13,072,204 11,940,313

62.76

H2

6.51 5.96 0.95

7.51 4.65

7.51 6.86

Other members Treasury shares TOTAL HERMÈS FAMILY GROUP

8,086,906

-

-

-

-

70,385,066

66.67

130,403,428

74.92

134,256,835

77.13

This crossing is the result of an acquisition of Hermès International shares on the market by the company H51. Crossing of thresholds during the past two financial years Crossing of thresholds in FY 2016 No crossing of a legal threshold was declared in 2016. Crossing of thresholds in FY 2015 In 2015, the following crossing of a legal threshold was declared: s AMF notice no. 215C0070 dated 13 January 2015 (the full text of which is available on the AMF website - www.amf-france.org). On 6 January 2015, the Arnault family group declared that it crossed below the threshold of 10% of the capital of Hermès International and held, directly and indirectly, through the intermediary of com- panies that it controls, 10,444,636 shares in Hermès International representing as many voting rights, namely 9.89% of the capital and 6.88% of the voting rights, distributed as follows:

% share capital

% voting rights

Shares

Voting rights

Semyrhamis

8,771,914 8.31 8,771,914 5.78 1,197,451 1.13 1,197,451 0.79 333,080 0.32 333,080 0.22 142,191 0.13 142,191 0.09

LVMH

Christian Dior Famille Arnault

TOTAL ARNAULT FAMILY GROUP 10,444,636 9.89 10,444,636 6.88

This downward crossing of the threshold results from the exceptional dis- tributions of Hermès International shares for the benefit of the sharehol- ders in the companies LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton (exceptio- nal distribution in kind) and Christian Dior (exceptional distribution in kind and interim dividend in kind), as the distribution transactions were implemented.

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