2020 Annual Financial Report

Chapitre 7 : 2020 Annual financial statements

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2020

2019

Grants at January 1

4,595,712

7,399,011

Grants during the year

1,849,923

2,747,940

Vesting

(1,348,507)

(1,045,787)

Grants lapsed

(925,366)

(4,505,452)

Grants at December 31

4,171,762

4,595,712

24.1.4     Contractual guarantees given

Joint and several guarantee of the debts of Publicis Groupe Holdings and Publicis Holdings;

  • Guarantee given to Gare et Connections on behalf of Médiagare, relating to the provision of advertising space in the amount of euro 8,267,000;
  • Counter-guarantee given to CACIB for the first demand guarantee given by the latter on behalf of Metrobus to RATP in the amount of euro 33,500,000;
  • Guarantees given to multiple banks on behalf of MMS USA Investments Inc. and MMS Ireland to finance the acquisition of Epsilon for a total of USD 4,435,000,000 for maturities between 2022 and 2031;
  • Guarantee given to OPG Bastille on behalf of Resources France and MMS France Holdings for euro 104,000,000 for the “Parisquare” building in the Bastille district.

Commitments given as part of the hedging of foreign currency loans granted to certain subsidiaries:

Forward
Amount in currency
(in thousands of units)

USD 774

Type of contract

Seller’s hedge

Currency

USD/EUR

Maturity date

01/05/2021

Forward rate

1.223020

Equivalent (in thousands of euros)

633

Market value at December 31, 2020 (in thousands of euros)

631

24.2  Off-balance-sheet commitments received
  • Multi-currency syndicated credit lines for euro 2 billion maturing in July 2024:
    This line was not used at December 31, 2020.
  • Confirmed bilateral credit lines for euro 660 million:These lines were not used at December 31, 2020.