Universal Registration Document 2021

Chapter 7. 2021 Annual financial statements

/ Movements in Publicis Groupe free share plans over the last two financial years
  2021 2020
Grants at January 1 Grants at January 120214,171,762 Grants at January 1

2020

4,595,712
Grants during the year

Grants during the year

2021

1,978,790

Grants during the year

2020

1,849,923

Vesting

Vesting

2021

(1,010,466)

Vesting

2020

(1,348,507)

Grants lapsed

Grants lapsed

2021

(913,195)

Grants lapsed

2020

(925,366)

Grants at December 31 Grants at December 3120214,226,891 Grants at December 31

2020

4,171,762
20.1.3 Contractual guarantees given
  • Joint and several guarantee of the debts of Publicis Groupe Holdings and Publicis Holdings; 
  • Counter-guarantee given to CIC for the first demand guarantee given by the latter on behalf of Metrobus to RATP in the amount of euro 26,800,000;
  • Guarantees given to multiple banks on behalf of MMS USA Investments Inc. and MMS  Ireland to finance the acquisition of Epsilon for a total of USD 4,435,000,000 for maturities between 2022 and 2031;
  • Guarantee given to OPG Bastille on behalf of Resources France and MMS France Holdings for euro 104,000,000 for the “Parisquare” building in the Bastille district.
20.2 Off-balance-sheet commitments received
  • Multi-currency syndicated loan credit facility of euro 2 billion maturing in July 2024. This facility was undrawn at December 31, 2021. 
  • Confirmed bilateral credit facilities of euro 344 million. These facilities were undrawn at December 31, 2021.

Note 21 Subsequent events

None

Note 22 Fees of the statutory auditors

The fees paid by the Groupe for each of the statutory auditors of Publicis Groupe SA for the 2021 and 2020 financial years were:

  Ernst & Young Mazars Total
  Amount (excl. taxes) Amount (excl. taxes) Amount (excl. taxes)
(in thousands of euros) 2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020
Statutory auditors            
Publicis Groupe SA (parent company) 684 774 419 357 1,103 1,131
Account certification 684 674 419 357 1,103 1,031
Other services - 100 - - - 100