2019 Annual financial report

Chapter 8. Company information and capital structure

Summary table of purchases under various buyback programs since 2015

Amount

Average purchase price
(in euros)

Period from 01/01/2015 to 12/31/2015

Period from 01/01/2015 to 12/31/2015

Amount

7,732,424

Period from 01/01/2015 to 12/31/2015

Average purchase price
(in euros)

72.45

Period from 01/01/2016 to 12/31/2016

Period from 01/01/2016 to 12/31/2016

Amount

1,539,706

Period from 01/01/2016 to 12/31/2016

Average purchase price
(in euros)

61.41

Period from 01/01/2017 to 12/31/2017

Period from 01/01/2017 to 12/31/2017

Amount

6,060,021

Period from 01/01/2017 to 12/31/2017

Average purchase price
(in euros)

64.33

Period from 01/01/2018 to 12/31/2018

Period from 01/01/2018 to 12/31/2018

Amount

1,176,616

Period from 01/01/2018 to 12/31/2018

Average purchase price
(in euros)

55.25

Period from 01/01/2019 to 12/31/2019

Period from 01/01/2019 to 12/31/2019

Amount

915,880

Period from 01/01/2019 to 12/31/2019

Average purchase price
(in euros)

45.35


In 2019, the Company delivered 526,509 existing shares under free share plans.

Under the liquidity contract signed with Kepler Cheuvreux, the Company acquired 915,880 shares in 2019 at an average price of euro 45.35, and sold 918,630 shares at an average price of euro 47.20.

The trading fees and other expenses incurred by the Company during 2019 for transactions performed pursuant to the share buyback program authorized by the 19th  resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting on May 30, 2018, and then by the 22nd resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting on May 29, 2019, amounted to euro 70,000.

Summary table of trading by the Company in Publicis Groupe SA shares in 2019:

Deliveries (free share plans) Purchases (liquidity contract) Sales (liquidity contract)

At December 31, 2019

Quantities (in shares)

Quantities (in shares)

Average price (in euros)

Quantities (in shares)

Average price (in euros)

Under the 19th resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting of 05/30/2018

Under the 19th resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting of 05/30/2018

Deliveries (free share plans)

175,564

Under the 19th resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting of 05/30/2018

Purchases (liquidity contract)

307,358

Under the 19th resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting of 05/30/2018

Sales (liquidity contract)

49.12

425,858

51.29

Under the 22nd resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting of 05/29/2019

Under the 22nd resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting of 05/29/2019

Deliveries (free share plans)

350,945

Under the 22nd resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting of 05/29/2019

Purchases (liquidity contract)

608,522

Under the 22nd resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting of 05/29/2019

Sales (liquidity contract)

43.44

492,772

43.65

Total

Total

Deliveries (free share plans)

526,509

Total

Purchases (liquidity contract)

915,880

Total

Sales (liquidity contract)

45.35

918,630

47.20

At December 31, 2019, Publicis Groupe SA owned 3,480,234 shares (1.45%) of its own share capital, at a total cost of euro 220,217,833 and an average price per share of euro 63.28.