PERNOD RICARD - Universal Registration Document 2019-2020

9. ABOUT THE COMPANY AND ITS SHARE CAPITAL Information about Pernod Ricard

Information about Pernod Ricard 9.1 Company name and trading name 9.1.1 Pernod Ricard Registered office and website 9.1.2 5, Cours Paul Ricard, 75008 Paris (France) Tel.: +33 (0)1 70 93 16 00 https://www.pernod-ricard.com Information available on the website is not included in the prospectus Legal form 9.1.3 Pernod Ricard is a French public limited company ( Société Anonyme – SA) governed by a Board of Directors. Applicable law 9.1.4 Pernod Ricard is a company subject to French law, governed by the French Commercial Code. Date of formation and duration 9.1.5 The Company was formed on 13 July 1939 for a period of 99 years. The Shareholders’ Meeting of 9 November 2012 extended the term of the Company by 99 years to 2111. Corporate purpose 9.1.6 The corporate purpose, as provided for in article 2 of the Company’s bylaws, is set forth below in its entirety: “The Company’s purpose is directly or indirectly:

in general, it being specified that the Company may conduct all these transactions on its own account or on behalf of third parties, either acting alone or through equity investment, partnerships or through companies with any third parties or other companies, and carry them out in any form whatsoever: contributions, mergers, subscriptions or purchases of securities or ownership rights, etc.; investments in any French or foreign industrial, commercial, — agricultural, property, financial or other companies, whether existing or to be formed; the acquisition, disposal and exchange of, and any transactions — involving shares, equity interests or partnership holdings, investment certificates, convertible or exchangeable bonds, equity warrants, bonds with equity warrants and generally, any securities or property rights whatsoever; any agricultural, farming, arboriculture, livestock, wine-growing — operations, etc., as well as any associated or derivative agricultural or industrial operations relating thereto; and generally, all industrial, commercial, financial, movable or real — property or securities operations related directly or indirectly to the above purposes or being capable of favouring their development.”

the manufacturing, purchase and sale of all wines, spirits and liqueurs, of — alcohol and food products, the use, conversion and trading in all forms of finished or semi-finished products, by-products and substitutes generated by the main operations carried out in the distilleries or other industrial establishments of the same type. The above operations may be carried out on a wholesale, semi-wholesale or retail basis and in all locations, in France or outside France. Storage, purchases and sales fall within the above list; the representation of any French or foreign entities, producing, — manufacturing or selling products of the same type; investments in any businesses or operations whatsoever, which may be — related to the production and the trading of similar products in any form whatsoever, and the creation of new companies, contributions, subscriptions, purchases of securities or ownership rights under any form, etc.; any operations connected with the hotel industry and the leisure — industry in general, particularly investment by the Company in any companies, existing or to be created, businesses or operations whatsoever, that may be related to the hotel or leisure industries

9.1.7 The Company is registered in the Paris Trade and Companies Register under number 582 041 943. Pernod Ricard’s business activity (NAF) code is 7010Z. It corresponds to: Head Office Operations. Pernod Ricard’s LEI is 52990097YFPX9J0H5D87.

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