Sopra Steria - 2019 Universal registration document

7 SHARE OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE

Information required by Act 2006-387 of 31 March 2006 relating to public takeover offers

Information required by Act 2006-387 13. of 31 March 2006 relating to public takeover offers

the regulations applicable to the appointment and replacement 7 of the members of the Board of Directors are set forth in Article 14 of the Articles of Association. The regulations relating to the amendment of the Company’s Articles of Association are contained within Article 33 of the Articles of Association, which states that “only shareholders voting at an Extraordinary General Meeting shall be authorised to amend any and all provisions of the Articles of Association”; the powers of the Board of Directors are described in Article 17 8 of the Articles of Association. “The Board of Directors determines the overall business strategy of the Company and supervises its implementation. Subject to the powers expressly conferred by law to shareholders’ meetings and within the limits of the corporate objects, the Board of Directors may consider any matter relating to the proper operation of the Company and shall resolve matters that concern the Company by its decisions.”; In addition, the Board of Directors was granted authority by the Combined General Meetings of 12 June 2018 (under Resolutions 13 to 23) and 12 June 2019 (under Resolutions 12 and 13); agreements concluded by the Company that might be amended 9 or cease to apply in the event of a change of control the Company mainly concern the syndicated loan agreement signed in July 2014, amended in July 2016 and in December 2019, and the Euro PP bond issued by Sopra Steria Group in July 2019; there are no agreements providing for indemnities payable to 10 members of the Board of Directors or employees if they resign or are dismissed without just cause or if their position is terminated due to a takeover bid.

Pursuant to Article L. 225-100-3 of the French Commercial Code, the elements mentioned in this article are detailed below: the Company’s ownership structure is presented in Chapter 7, 1 Section 2 of the Universal Registration Document (page 259); there are no restrictions in the Articles of Association: 2. on the exercise of voting rights; Fully paid-up shares held in • registered form for at least two years have double voting rights (Article 29 of the Articles of Association), on transfers of shares: Shares are freely tradable, other than as • specified by applicable laws or regulations (Article 11 of the Articles of Association). The Company has not been informed of any clauses of agreements pursuant to Article L. 233-11 of the French Commercial Code other than those set out in Section 6 of this chapter (page 261); any direct or indirect interests in the capital of the Company of 3 which the latter has been informed pursuant to Articles L. 233-7 and L. 233-12 of the French Commercial Code are presented in Section 2 of this Universal Registration Document (page 259); there are no holders of securities conferring special controlling 4 rights; there is no control mechanism provided under an employee 5 share ownership scheme; agreements between shareholders of which the Company is 6 aware and which may give rise to restrictions on share transfers and voting rights are presented in Chapter 7, Sections 2 and 6 of this Universal Registration Document, pages 259 and 261, respectively;

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