Sopra Steria - 2018 Registration document

GENERAL MEETING Proposed resolutions

3. Proposed resolutions Resolutions falling within the powers of the Ordinary General Meeting Resolution 1 (Approval of the individual financial statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2018; approval of non-deductible expenses) The shareholders at the General Meeting, having reviewed the reports of the Board of Directors and the Statutory Auditors’ reports, approve the individual financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2018, as presented at the General Meeting, showing a profit of €124,706,054.62. The shareholders at the General Meeting also approve the transactions reflected in these financial statements and/or summarised in the aforementioned reports.

The shareholders at the General Meeting also approve the expenses incurred during the year that are not deductible for tax purposes, covered by Article 39-4 of the French General Tax Code, amounting to €594,950.40, and the corresponding tax charge of €198,316. Resolution 2 (Approval of the consolidated financial statements for the financial year ended 31 December 2018) The shareholders at the General Meeting, having reviewed the reports of the Board of Directors, including the report on Group management and the Statutory Auditors’ reports, approve the consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2018, which show a consolidated net profit (attributable to the Group) of €125,127,746, as well as the transactions reflected in these consolidated financial statements and/or summarised in the reports.

Resolution 3 (Appropriation of earnings and determination of the dividend) The shareholders at the General Meeting note that the profit available for distribution, determined as shown below, amounts to:

Profit for the period

€124,706,054.62

Transfer to the legal reserve

€0

Prior unappropriated retained earnings

€74,145.60

DISTRIBUTABLE PROFIT

€124,780,200.22

and resolve, after acknowledging the consolidated net profit attributable to owners of the parent amounting to €125,127,746, to appropriate this profit as follows:

Dividend

€38,013,246.85

Discretionary reserves

€86,766,953.37 €124,780,200.22

TOTAL

Since the legal reserve already stands at 10% of the share capital, no allocation to it is proposed. The dividend per share is €1.85, giving a total dividend of €38,013,246.85 based on the number of shares making up the share capital at 31 December 2018, namely 20,547,701 shares. In the

event of a change in the number of shares carrying dividend rights, the amount of the total dividend will be adjusted accordingly and the amount allocated to discretionary reserves will be determined on the

basis of the total dividend actually paid out. The dividend will be paid on 4 July 2019.

The following amounts were distributed as dividends in respect of the previous three financial years:

2015

2016

2017

Dividend paid

€1.70

€2.20

€2.40

Number of shares

20,324,093

20,517,903

20,516,807

Dividend* €34,550,958.10 €45,139,386.60 €49,240,336.80 * The dividend payment entitles individual shareholders resident in France for tax purposes to a 40% deduction on the gross amount of the dividend for the calculation of income tax (Article 158-3-2° of the French General Tax Code).

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SOPRA STERIA REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2018

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