The maximum share purchase price is set at euro 85, excluding purchase costs, it being noted that this price does not apply to share buybacks used to satisfy free share grants involving employees and/or corporate officers of the Company and of the Groupe or options exercised by the Company or Groupe.
This authorization for a period of 18 months canceled, for the unused portion and the remaining time period, and replaced, that previously granted by the 22nd resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting on May 29, 2019.
The description of the share buyback program was made available on the Publicis Groupe website.
Amount | Average purchase price (in euros) | |
Period from 01/01/2016 to 12/31/2016 | 1,539,706 | 61.41 |
Period from 01/01/2017 to 12/31/2017 | 6,060,021 | 64.33 |
Period from 01/01/2018 to 12/31/2018 | 1,176,616 | 55.25 |
Period from 01/01/2019 to 12/31/2019 | 915,880 | 45.35 |
Period from 01/01/2020 to 12/31/2020 | 4,064,184 | 31.53 |
In 2020, the Company delivered 1,074,183 existing shares under free share plans.
Under the liquidity contract signed with Kepler Cheuvreux, the Company acquired 4,064,184 shares in 2020 at an average price of euro 31.53, and sold 4,278,976 shares at an average price of euro 31.77.
The trading fees and other expenses incurred by the Company during 2020 for transactions performed pursuant to the share buyback program, authorized by the 22nd resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting on May 29, 2019, and then by the 20th resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting on May 27, 2020, amounted to euro 70,000.
At December 31, 2020 | Deliveries, | Purchases | Sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quantities | Quantities (in shares) | Average price (in euros) | Quantities (in shares) | Quantities | |
Under the 22nd resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting of 05/29/2019 | 291,786 | 450,783 | 35.63 | 334,033 | 35.91 |
Under the 20th resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting of 05/27/2020 | 782,397 | 3,613,401 | 31.02 | 3,944,943 | 31.42 |
Total | 1,074,183 | 4,064,184 | 31.53 | 4,278,976 | 31.77 |
At December 31, 2020, Publicis Groupe SA owned 2,191,259 shares with a par value of euro 0.40, representing 0.88% of its own share capital, for an overall cost price of euro 140,630,778 and an average price per share of euro 64.18. These shares are broken down into 68,458 shares held under the liquidity contract and 2,122,801 shares allocated to free share plans or stock options.
