Universal Registration Document 2021

Chapter 5. Commentary of the financial year

/ Information on supplier payment terms referred to in article D. 441-6 of the French Commercial Code
  Invoices received and not settled on the reporting date that are past due 
  0 days 1 to 30 days 31 to 60 days 61 to 90 days 91 days or more Total (one day or more)
(A) Late payment tranches            
Number of invoices involved -         6
Total amount of invoices involved, inc. tax (in euros) - 19,139 - 77 1,064 20,280
Percentage of total amount of purchases, inc. tax for the year - 0.24% - 0.00% 0.01% 0.26%
(B) Invoices not included in (A) relating to bad debts and receivables or not recognized
Number of invoices not included 22
Total amount of invoices not included (in euros) 64,731
(C) Reference payment periods used (contractual or legal – article L. 441-6 or article L. 443-1 of the French Commercial Code)
Payment terms used to calculate late payments: Contractual payment terms, namely those indicated on our purchase orders, range from cash on delivery to 60 days, in line with statutory maximums.
Information on acquisitions and disposals by the Company of its own shares

Under the liquidity contract signed with Kepler Cheuvreux, the Company acquired 4,705,354 shares in 2021 at an average price of euro 52.42, and sold 4,720,312 shares at an average price of euro 52.60.

The trading fees and other expenses incurred by the Company during 2021 for transactions performed pursuant to the share buyback program, authorized by the 20th resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting on May 27, 2020, and then by the 20th resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting on May 26, 2021, amounted to euro 70,000.

/ Summary table of trading by the Company in Publicis Groupe SA shares in 2021:
  Deliveries of free share plans Deliveries of stock options Procurement (liquidity contract) Sales (liquidity contract)
At 12/31/2021

Amount

(in shares)

Amount

(in shares)

Amount

(in shares)

Average price

(in euros)

Amount

(in shares)

Average price

(in euros)

Under the 20th resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting of May 27, 2020 582,620 - 2,389,822 48.54 2,414,052 48.65
Under the 20th resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting of May 26, 2021 131,496 100,285 2,315,532 56.42 2,306,260 56.74
Total 714,116 100,285 4,705,354 52.42 4,720,312 52.60

At December 31, 2021, Publicis Groupe SA owned 3,861,900 shares with a par value of euro 0.40, representing 1.52% of its own share capital, for an overall cost price of euro 232,335,588 and an average price per share of euro 60.16.

These shares are broken down into 53,500 shares held under the liquidity contract and 3,808,400 shares allocated to free share plans or stock options.