Universal Registration Document 2021

Chapter 7. 2021 Annual financial statements

Note 15 Provisions for liabilities and charges

(In thousands of euros) Amount at January 1,2021 2021 increase 2021 reversal (provision used) 2021 reversal (unused provision) Amount at December 31,2021
Provision for risks on treasury shares and free share grants not yet vested (1) Provision for risks on treasury shares and free share grants not yet vested (1)

Amount

at January

1,2021

14,365

Provision for risks on treasury shares and free share grants not yet vested (1)

2021 increase

-

Provision for risks on treasury shares and free share grants not yet vested (1)

2021 reversal

(provision used)

(1,017)

Provision for risks on treasury shares and free share grants not yet vested (1)

2021 reversal

(unused provision)

-

Provision for risks on treasury shares and free share grants not yet vested (1)Amount at December 31,2021

13,348

Other provisions for risks Other provisions for risks

Amount

at January

1,2021

2,285

Other provisions for risks

2021 increase

167

Other provisions for risks

2021 reversal

(provision used)

(66)

Other provisions for risks

2021 reversal

(unused provision)

-

Other provisions for risksAmount at December 31,2021

2,386

Total Total

Amount

at January

1,2021

16,650
Total

2021 increase

167
Total

2021 reversal

(provision used)
(1,083)
Total

2021 reversal

(unused provision)
-
TotalAmount at December 31,202115,734

(1) This provision is made on the one hand to cover the loss resulting from the difference between the subscription price and the cost price of the treasury shares when they have been allocated to the share purchase plans for Groupe employees, and on the other hand to cover the future loss on existing shares under free share plans.

It should also be noted that provisions and their reversals relating to costs borne by Publicis Groupe SA in relation to these plans are presented in the income statement under personnel costs in accordance with Notice no. 2008-17 from the French National Accounting Council.

Note 16 Bonds

Category of bond

Number of shares December 31, 2021
(in thousands of euros)
December 31, 2020
(in thousands of euros)
Eurobond 2021 - 1.125 % Eurobond 2021 - 1.125 %

Number of shares

7,000

Eurobond 2021 - 1.125 %December 31, 2021
(in thousands of euros)

-

Eurobond 2021 - 1.125 %

December 31, 2020


(in thousands of euros)

700,000

Eurobond 2024 - 1.625 % Eurobond 2024 - 1.625 %

Number of shares

6,000

Eurobond 2024 - 1.625 %December 31, 2021
(in thousands of euros)

600,000

Eurobond 2024 - 1.625 %

December 31, 2020


(in thousands of euros)

600,000

Eurobond 2023 - 0.5 % Eurobond 2023 - 0.5 %

Number of shares

5,000

Eurobond 2023 - 0.5 %December 31, 2021
(in thousands of euros)

500,000

Eurobond 2023 - 0.5 %

December 31, 2020


(in thousands of euros)

500,000

Total excluding accrued interest1

Total excluding accrued interest1

Number of shares

 

Total excluding accrued interest1

December 31, 2021
(in thousands of euros)
1,100,000

Total excluding accrued interest1

December 31, 2020


(in thousands of euros)
1,800,000
Accrued interest Accrued interest

Number of shares

 

Accrued interestDecember 31, 2021
(in thousands of euros)

832

Accrued interest

December 31, 2020


(in thousands of euros)

1,177

Balance sheet total

Balance sheet total

Number of shares

 

Balance sheet total

December 31, 2021
(in thousands of euros)
1,100,832

Balance sheet total

December 31, 2020


(in thousands of euros)
1,801,177
Eurobond 2021 – 1.125% and 2024 – 1.625%

This loan, issued on December 16, 2014 for euro 1.3 billion, as part of the financing for the acquisition of Sapient, which took place in February 2015, included two tranches:

  • Eurobond 2021 -1.125%: This euro 700 million tranche with a seven-year maturity and a fixed rate of 1.125% was redeemed in full at par upon maturity on December 16, 2021.
  • Eurobond 2024 – 1.625%: This euro 600 million tranche has a ten-year maturity and a fixed rate of 1.625%. It is fully redeemable at par upon maturity on December 16, 2024.

The two tranches were subject to cross-currency swaps that were unwound in December 2020, resulting in the payment of a balance of euro 16,462,000 at that date.

Eurobond 2023 – 0.5%

On November 3, 2016, Publicis Groupe SA issued a fixed-rate bond for euro 500 million, maturing in November 2023 (7 years), with a 0.5% annual coupon.