On July 6, 2021, Publicis Groupe SA paid out the dividend voted by the Combined Shareholders’ Meeting of May 26, 2021, with each shareholder having the option between cash and shares, which resulted in a capital increase of euro 2,007,292.80 through the creation of 5,018,232 new shares with a par value of euro 0.40.
During the 2021 financial year, 296,350 new shares with a par value of euro 0.40 were created as a result of a free share plan, the “LTIP 2018” plan, representing an overall capital increase of euro 118,540.
378,789 new shares with a par value of euro 0.40 were also created as a result of warrant exercises, representing a total capital increase of euro 151,515.60.
As of December 31, 2021, the share capital totaled euro 101,384,963.60, divided into 253,462,409 fully paid-up shares with a par value of euro 0.40, of which 13,325,943 shares carried double voting rights.
