PERNOD RICARD - Universal Registration Document 2019-2020

9. ABOUT THE COMPANY AND ITS SHARE CAPITAL Information about the share capital

In a letter received on 17 December 2019, BlackRock Inc., acting on behalf of the clients and funds it manages declared that on 16 December 2019, it had dropped below the threshold of 5% of the share capital of Pernod Ricard, holding, on behalf of said clients and funds, 13,131,213 Pernod Ricard shares representing the equivalent number of voting rights, i.e. 4.95% of the Company’s share capital and 4.17% of the voting rights. In a letter received on 19 December 2019, BlackRock Inc., acting on behalf of the clients and funds it manages, declared that on 18 December 2019, it had exceeded the threshold of 5% of the share capital of Pernod Ricard, holding, on behalf of said clients and funds, 13,338,282 Pernod Ricard shares representing the equivalent number of voting rights, i.e. 5.03% of the Company’s share capital and 4.23% of the voting rights. In a letter received on 20 December 2019, BlackRock Inc., acting on behalf of the clients and funds it manages declared that on 19 December 2019, it had dropped below the threshold of 5% of the share capital of Pernod Ricard, holding, on behalf of said clients and funds, 13,184,570 Pernod Ricard shares representing the equivalent number of voting rights, i.e. 4.97% of the Company’s share capital and 4.18% of the voting rights. In a letter received on 23 December 2019, BlackRock Inc., acting on behalf of the clients and funds it manages declared that on 20 December 2019, it had exceeded the threshold of 5% of the share capital of Pernod Ricard, holding, on behalf of said clients and funds, 13,374,267 Pernod Ricard shares representing the equivalent number of voting rights, i.e. 5.04% of the Company’s share capital and 4.24% of the voting rights. In a letter received on 31 December 2019, BlackRock Inc., acting on behalf of the clients and funds it manages declared that on 30 December 2019, it had dropped below the threshold of 5% of the share capital of Pernod Ricard, holding, on behalf of said clients and funds, 13,261,594 Pernod Ricard shares representing the equivalent number of voting rights, i.e. 4.996% of the Company’s share capital and 4.21% of the voting rights.

In a letter received on 2 January 2020, BlackRock Inc., acting on behalf of the clients and funds it manages declared that on 31 December 2019, it had exceeded the threshold of 5% of the share capital of Pernod Ricard, holding, on behalf of said clients and funds, 13,289,172 Pernod Ricard shares representing the equivalent number of voting rights, i.e. 5.01% of the Company’s share capital and 4.22% of the voting rights. In a letter received on 6 May 2020, BlackRock Inc., acting on behalf of the clients and funds it manages declared that on 5 May 2020, it had dropped below the threshold of 5% of the share capital of Pernod Ricard, holding, on behalf of said clients and funds, 13,146,251 Pernod Ricard shares representing the equivalent number of voting rights, i.e. 4.95% of the Company’s share capital and 4.16% of the voting rights. In a letter received on 8 May 2020, BlackRock Inc., acting on behalf of the clients and funds it manages declared that on 7 May 2020, it had exceeded the threshold of 5% of the share capital of Pernod Ricard, holding, on behalf of said clients and funds, 13,327,488 Pernod Ricard shares representing the equivalent number of voting rights, i.e. 5.02% of the Company’s share capital and 4.22% of the voting rights. In a letter received on 14 May 2020, BlackRock Inc., acting on behalf of the clients and funds it manages declared that on 13 May 2020, it had dropped below the threshold of 5% of the share capital of Pernod Ricard, holding, on behalf of said clients and funds, 12,969,213 Pernod Ricard shares representing the equivalent number of voting rights, i.e. 4.89% of the Company’s share capital and 4.10% of the voting rights. In a letter received on 21 May 2020, The Capital Group Companies, Inc. (333 South Hope Street, 55 th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071-1406, USA) declared that on 14 May 2020, it had dropped below the threshold of 5% of the voting rights of Pernod Ricard, holding 15,736,495 Pernod Ricard shares representing the equivalent number of voting rights, i.e. 5.93% of the Company’s share capital and 4.98% of the voting rights.

Additional information on the shareholders The number of Pernod Ricard shareholders who have registered securities is estimated at approximately 11,350.

Allocation of share capital (Company analysis using identifiable bearer shares at 31.03.2020 and nominative data)

(in %)

Paul Ricard concert party

16.4

Board + Management + Employees + Treasury shares

2.5

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert

7.5

US institutional investors

31.3

French institutional investors

8.4

British institutional investors

12.0

Other foreign institutional investors

17.8

Individual shareholders

4.1

TOTAL

100

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 “Allocation of share capital and voting rights on 30 June 2020”. 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 Company’s knowledge, there have not been any significant changes in the allocation of the Company’s share capital during the last

three financial years, other than those shown in the above table entitled “Allocation of share capital and voting rights on 30 June 2020”. 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).

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