Universal Registration Document 2021

Chapter 7. 2021 Annual financial statements

Note 6 Net Financial income (expense)

(in thousands of euros) 2021 2020
Dividends

Dividends

2021

100,420

Dividends

2020

105,784

Other income from investments

Other income from investments

2021

3,720

Other income from investments

2020

72,419

Investment income

Investment income

2021104,140

Investment income

2020

178,203
Other financial income

Other financial income

2021

2,016

Other financial income

2020

3,290

Foreign exchange gains

Foreign exchange gains

2021

84

Foreign exchange gains

2020

-

Interest and other financial income

Interest and other financial income

20212,100

Interest and other financial income

2020

3,290
Amortization of the 2024 swap balancing payment

Amortization of the 2024 swap balancing payment

2021

-

Amortization of the 2024 swap balancing payment

2020

2,060

Reversal of impairment for marketable securities

Reversal of impairment for marketable securities

2021

45

Reversal of impairment for marketable securities

2020

288

Reversal of other financial provisions

Reversal of other financial provisions

2021

-

Reversal of other financial provisions

2020

27

Reversal of financial provisions & expense transfers

Reversal of financial provisions & expense transfers

202145

Reversal of financial provisions & expense transfers

2020

2,375
Total financial income Total financial income2021106,285 Total financial income

2020

183,868
Bond-related amortization

Bond-related amortization

2021

(3,763)

Bond-related amortization

2020

(3,995)

Increases in provisions for foreign exchange losses

Increases in provisions for foreign exchange losses

2021

-

Increases in provisions for foreign exchange losses

2020

-

Increase in provisions for impairment of marketable securities

Increase in provisions for impairment of marketable securities

2021

(83)

Increase in provisions for impairment of marketable securities

2020

(45)

Increase in other financial provisions

Increase in other financial provisions

2021

(1)

Increase in other financial provisions

2020

(2)

Amortization and increases in provisions

Amortization and increases in provisions

2021(3,847)

Amortization and increases in provisions

2020

(4,042)
Bond-related expenses

Bond-related expenses

2021

(19,992)

Bond-related expenses

2020

(45,516)

Costs on unwinding of swaps

Costs on unwinding of swaps

2021

-

Costs on unwinding of swaps

2020

(16,462)

Charges on the drawdown of the euro 2 billion credit line

Charges on the drawdown of the euro 2 billion credit line

2021

-

Charges on the drawdown of the euro 2 billion credit line

2020

(8,818)

Other financial expenses

Other financial expenses

2021

(48,885)

Other financial expenses

2020

(53,508)

Foreign exchange losses

Foreign exchange losses

2021

(104)

Foreign exchange losses

2020

(5)

Interest and other financial expenses

Interest and other financial expenses

2021(68,981)

Interest and other financial expenses

2020

(124,309)
Total financial expenses Total financial expenses2021(72,828) Total financial expenses

2020

(128,351)
Financial income (expense) Financial income (expense)202133,457 Financial income (expense)

2020

55,517

Note 7 Exceptional items

There were no exceptional items in financial year 2021. This result was also zero in 2020.

Note 8 Income taxes

The income statement shows a tax income amount of euro 6,210,078. This amount mainly corresponds to the tax consolidation gain recognized as income in the financial statements of the tax group’s parent company, in accordance with the tax consolidation agreements signed with the member companies, totaling euro 6,131,378.

The Company, which is the parent company of the French tax group (comprising 20 entities including Publicis Groupe SA), recorded a tax loss of euro 56,158,896 in 2021.

Tax loss carryforwards of the French tax group, which can be carried forward without any time limit, amounted to euro 335,633,560 at December 31, 2021.