PERNOD-RICARD - URD 2020-21

____ 9. ABOUT THE COMPANY AND ITS SHARE CAPITAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHARE CAPITAL

By letter received on 22 February 2021, the concert composed of Société Paul Ricard SA (1) , Le Delos Invest I SA (2) , Le Delos Invest II SA (2) , Le Delos Invest III SAS (2) , Le Garlaban SNC (2) and Rigivar SL (3) , Mses Danièle Ricard and Veronica Vargas and Messrs Rafaël Gonzalez-Gallarza, César Giron, François-Xavier Diaz, Paul-Charles Ricard and Alexandre Ricard declared that on 16 February 2021 they had dropped below the threshold of 15% of the share capital of Pernod Ricard, holding, on 19 February 2021 (4) , 36,804,818 Pernod Ricard shares representing 65,033,499 voting rights, i.e. 14.05% of the Company’s share capital and 20.69% of the voting rights (5) . This threshold crossing is the result of the early settlement, on 16 February 2021, of a forward financial contract entered into on 10 April 2009 between Le Delos Invest III and Nomura International Plc (as modified by its various amendments), which was settled in full by offsetting without transfer of Pernod Ricard shares, given the full ownership of the shares by way of guarantee to Nomura International Plc at the time the contract was signed.

By letter received on 26 March 2021, the US company Massachusetts Financial Services (MFS) Company (111 Huntington Avenue, Boston MA 02199, USA), acting on behalf of the clients and funds it manages, declared that on 23 March 2021, it had, directly and indirectly, through companies that it controls, dropped below the threshold of 5% of the voting rights of Pernod Ricard, holding 15,698,042 Pernod Ricard shares representing the same number of voting rights, i.e. 5.99% of the share capital and 4.995% of the voting rights of this company. By letter received on 17 July 2020, The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (333 South Hope Street, 55 th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071-1406, USA) declared that on 14 July 2020, it had dropped below the threshold of 5% of the share capital of Pernod Ricard and held 13,254,986 Pernod Ricard shares representing the same number of voting rights, i.e. 4.99% of the share capital and 4.18% of the voting rights of this company.

Additional information on the shareholders The number of Pernod Ricard shareholders with registered securities is estimated at approximately 11,270.

Breakdown of share capital (Company analysis using identifiable bearer shares (1) at 06.04.2021 and nominative data)

(in %)

Paul Ricard concert party

14.1

Board + Management + Employees + Treasury shares

2.0

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert

7.6

US institutional investors

31.6

French institutional investors

9.1

British institutional investors

11.7

Other foreign institutional investors

19.7

Individual shareholders

4.1

TOTAL

100

Identifiable bearer shares. (1)

Equity investments and stock options Detailed information is provided under Section 2 “Corporate governance” of this universal registration document, in relation to the following: corporate officers’ equity investments in the Company’s share capital; transactions involving Pernod Ricard shares made by corporate officers in the financial year; stock options exercised by Executive Directors during FY21; subscription or purchase options to the Group’s top ten employees other than corporate officers and options exercised by the Group’s top ten employees other than corporate officers during FY21.

To Pernod Ricard’s knowledge, all the shareholders who directly or indirectly, alone or in concert, hold more than 5% of the share capital or voting rights are included in the above table entitled “Breakdown of share capital and voting rights on 30 June 2021”. There is no individual or corporate body that exercises direct or indirect control over Pernod Ricard’s share capital, whether individually, jointly or in concert. To the best of the Company’s knowledge, there have not been any significant changes in the breakdown of the Company’s share capital during the last three financial years, other than those shown in the above table entitled “Breakdown of share capital and voting rights on 30 June 2021”. Pernod Ricard is the only company of the Group listed on a stock exchange (Euronext Paris). However, the Group Pernod Ricard now controls Corby Spirit and Wine Limited, holding 45.76% of its share capital and 51.61% of the voting rights. Corby Spirit and Wine Limited is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (Canada).

Controlled by members of the Ricard family. (1) Le Delos Invest I SA, Le Delos Invest II SA, Le Delos Invest III SAS and Le Garlaban SNC are controlled by Société Paul Ricard SA, which is itself controlled at (2) the highest level by members of the Ricard family. Company incorporated under Spanish law and controlled by Ms Myrna Giron Ricard and some of her children. (3) Following the acquisition on 19 February 2021 by Le Delos Invest III SAS of 1,720,000 Pernod Ricard shares off-market. (4) Based on a share capital of 261,876,560 shares representing 314,275,147 voting rights, pursuant to the second paragraph of article 223-11 of the General (5) Regulation.

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