Hermès - Registration Document 2016

Information on the Company and its share capital

Information on share capital and shareholders

7.2.2.4 Ownership of share capital and voting rights as at 31 December 2016 As at 31 December 2016 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

Others

Number

%

Number

%

Number

%

H51 SAS H2 SAS

55,516,570 6,876,102 6,292,289 68,684,961 8,771,914

52.6 108,515,867 6.5 13,072,204 6.0 7,852,306 65.1 129,440,377 8.3 8,771,914

62.7 108,515,867 7.6 13,072,204 4.5 11,932,306 74.8 133,520,377 5.1 8,771,914

62.7

7.6 6.9

Other members of the Hermès family group

77.2

Subtotal Hermès family group 2

Semyrhamis

5.1 0.1 5.2

Famille Arnault

183,557

0.2

183,557

0.1

183,557

8,955,471 26,849,320

8.5 8,955,471 25.4 34,582,054

5.2 8,955,471 20.0 30,502,054

Subtotal Arnault family group 3

17.6

Public 4

-

-

-

-

-

-

Mr Nicolas Puech 5 Treasury shares

1,079,660

1.0

–

0.0

–

0.00

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 253. (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) According to the declaration of 12 January 2017. (4) 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. (5) Unlike previous financial years, Mr Nicolas Puech did not indicate the number of shares he held in Hermès International. However, on 8 February 2017, he did declare that he had not crossed any thresholds. This statement implies that, as at 31 December 2016, 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 2016. 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 254.

HERMÈS FAMILY GROUP (% of share capital)

Partners of Émile Hermès SARL

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

7

Total Hermès

H2

Emile Hermès SARL

Direct equity interests

H51

family group 65.1%

52.6%

6.5%

6.0%

Active partner

Limited partners

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