Sopra Steria - 2018 Registration document

SOPRA STERIA GROUP AND THE STOCK MARKET Control

7. Control

7.1. Breakdown of voting rights At 31 December 2018: p the group of shareholders acting in concert through the agreements stated above, within which Sopra GMT, the Group’s holding company, is the main shareholder, held 32.9% of theoretical voting rights; p the holdings managed on behalf of employees represented 8.3% of theoretical voting rights. The average percentage of voting rights on shares held by shareholders present or represented at the past two Sopra Steria Group General Meetings was approximately 80%.

7.3. Measures to govern the control exercised by Sopra GMT Various measures are in place to govern the effective control exercised by Sopra GMT: p the undertaking given by Sopra GMT under the shareholders’ agreement with Soderi not to exercise the double voting right attaching to its Sopra Steria Group shares to approve resolutions not adopted or authorised by the Board of Directors of Sopra Steria Group; p the separation of the functions of Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer; p the adoption of the AFEP-MEDEF code as the Company’s corporate governance code; p the presence on the Board of Directors of seven Independent Directors and two Directors representing the employees; p the terms of reference of the specialist committees, which are made up of a majority of Independent Directors (Audit Committee and Compensation Committee) or an equal number (Nomination, Ethics and Governance Committee) of Independent and non- Independent Directors; p periodic assessment by the Board of Directors of its ability to meet the shareholders’ expectations. Between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2018, Sopra Steria Group bought back 251,222 shares under the liquidity agreement at an average price of €151.91 and sold 237,422 shares at an average price of €152.17. At 31 December 2018, 19,300 shares were still held by the Company for the purposes of the liquidity agreement. Their unit cost is €95.00. 8.1.2. SHARES ALLOCATED FOR EMPLOYEES In 2018, the Company implemented a Group employee share ownership plan through the disposal of shares. At 31 December 2017, 7,214 shares were allocated in order to “allot or sell shares in the Company to employees and/or company officers of the Group, in order to cover share option plans and/or free share plans (or similar plans) for the benefit of Group employees and/or company officers as well as any allotments of shares in connection with a company or Group savings plan (or similar plan), in connection with company profit-sharing and/or any other forms of share allotment to the Group’s employees and/or company officers” .

7.2. Members of the Board of Directors

The group of shareholders acting in concert held six out of a total of fifteen seats on the Board of Directors at 31 December 2018 and at the date of this report: three Directors represent Sopra GMT, including the Chairman of the Board of Directors; and two other Directors are also members of Soderi’s Board of Directors. No other shareholders are specifically represented on the Board of Directors.

8. Share buyback programme

8.1. Implementation of the share buyback programme in 2018 This description of the implementation of the share buyback programme is given pursuant to Article L. 225-211 of the French Commercial Code. Through Resolution 11 of the Combined General Meeting of 12 June 2018, the shareholders renewed the authorisation granted to the Board of Directors to buy back the Company’s shares as set out in Article L. 225-209 of the French Commercial Code and the AMF’s General Regulation, for an 18-month period expiring 11 December 2019. During the year ended 31 December 2018, this share buyback programme was used as follows: 8.1.1. IMPLEMENTATION OF LIQUIDITY AGREEMENT At 31 December 2017, 5,500 shares were allocated to the liquidity agreement.

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SOPRA STERIA REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2018

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