Universal Registration Document 2021

Note 19 Cash and cash equivalents

(in millions of euros)	December 31, 2021	December 31, 2020
Cash and bank balances	Cash and bank balancesDecember 31, 2021 1,523	Cash and bank balances December 31, 2020 1,816
Short-term liquid investments	Short-term liquid investmentsDecember 31, 2021 2,136	Short-term liquid investments December 31, 2020 1,884
Total	Total December 31, 20213,659	Total December 31, 2020 3,700

Short-term liquid investments included UCITS (French Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) funds classified by the AMF as short-term money market funds, subject to a very low risk of a change in value, and short-term deposits.

Note 20 Shareholders’ equity

/ Share capital of the parent company

(in shares)	December 31, 2021	December 31, 2020
Share capital at January 1	Share capital at January 1 December 31, 2021 247,769,038	Share capital at January 1 December 31, 2020 240,437,061
Capital increase	Capital increase December 31, 2021 5,693,371	Capital increase December 31, 2020 7,331,977
Shares comprising the share capital at the end of the period	Shares comprising the share capital at the end of the period December 31, 2021253,462 409	Shares comprising the share capital at the end of the period December 31, 2020 247,769,038
Treasury stock at the end of the period	Treasury stock at the end of the period December 31, 2021 (3,861,900)	Treasury stock at the end of the period December 31, 2020 (2,191,259)
Shares outstanding at the end of the period	Shares outstanding at the end of the period December 31, 2021249,600,509	Shares outstanding at the end of the period December 31, 2020 245,577,779

The share capital of Publicis Groupe SA increased by euro 2,277,348 during financial year 2021, corresponding to 5,693,371 shares with a par value of euro 0.40 each:

378,789 shares issued following the exercise of stock warrants by certain holders;
296,350 shares issued as part of free share plans;
5,018,232 shares issued following the exercise of options for dividend payment in shares by certain shareholders.

The share capital of Publicis Groupe SA amounted to euro 101,384,964 at December 31, 2021, divided into 253,462,409 shares with a par value of euro 0.40 each.