Sopra Steria - 2019 Universal registration document

7 SHARE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE Employee share ownership

Employee share ownership 3.

At 31 December 2019, all the holdings managed on behalf of employees accounted for 6.6% of the share capital (1,360,083 shares) and 8.4% of voting rights. The holdings managed on behalf of corporate mutual funds (FCPEs) and share incentive plans (SIPs) in the United Kingdom made up 5.4% of the share capital (1,118,381 shares) and 7.5% of voting rights. They arose from: the 2016, 2017 and 2018 We share employee share ownership p plans, accounting for 453,138 shares; the 2014 merger with Groupe Steria and the tendering by the p FCPE Groupe Steriactions and Steriashares corporate mutual funds of all their Groupe Steria shares to the public exchange offer, accounting for 398,346 shares;

the Sopra Group free share allotment plan of 2012, accounting p for 140,059 shares; the SIPs in the United Kingdom, accounting for 126,838 shares. p The shares held by UK trusts, namely SSET and XEBT, for the benefit of employees in the UK and India, accounting for 1.2% of the share capital (241,702 shares) and 0.9% of the voting rights. In 2019, the shares held by these trusts were used to make matching contributions to the SIPs.

Voting rights 4.

At 31 December 2019, the total number of voting rights that could be exercised was 26,476,317 and the total number of theoretical voting rights was 26,503,024. In accordance with the decision made at the Combined General Meeting of 27 June 2014, double voting rights were introduced on 7 July

2014 for all fully paid-up shares held in registered form in the same shareholder’s name for at least two years. At 31 December 2019, 5,955,323 shares (representing 29% of the share capital) held double voting rights.

Threshold crossings 5.

In 2019, the following crossings of statutory shareholding thresholds were declared to the Autorité des Marchés Financiers:

Crossing of threshold(s) in voting rights

% voting rights held

Shareholder(s) having crossed the threshold(s) Fidelity (Canada) Asset Management ULC Fidelity (Canada) Asset Management ULC

Crossing of threshold(s) in capital

% of capital held

Number of voting rights

Date threshold(s) crossed

AMF Declaration

Number of shares

Type

04/01/2019

219C0046

5%

up 1,032,000 5.02% 1,032,000 3.95%

23/01/2019 05/02/2019 05/02/2019

219C0166 219C0225 219C0249

5% 5% 5%

down 1,025,800 4.99% 1,025,800 3.92%

FIL Limited

down

972,899 4.73% 972,899 3.71%

DNCA Finance

down 1,013,781 4.93% 1,013,781 3.87%

Article 30 of the Company’s Articles of Association states that the “Rights to shareholder information – Disclosure obligations” “All shareholders are entitled to obtain the documents necessary to enable them to make informed decisions regarding the management and operations of the Company.

The documentation required and its availability to shareholders is established by law and in regulations. Any shareholder who holds more than 3% or more than 4% of the Company’s capital shall inform the Company in the same manner and based on the same methods of calculation as required with respect to legal thresholds.”

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