Universal Registration Document 2023

5. Commentary of the Financial Year - AFR

/ Information on supplier payment terms referred to in article D. 441‑6 of the French Commercial Code

unspecified Invoices received and not settled on the reporting date that are past due
unspecified 0 days 1 to 30 days 31 to 60 days 61 to 90 days 91 days or more Total (1 day or more)
(A) Late payment tranches
Number of invoices involved - unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified 24
Total amount of invoices involved, inc. tax  (in euros) - 433,866 3,652 - 3,156 440,674
Percentage of total amount of purchases, inc. tax for the year - 5.57% 0.05% - 0.04% 5.65%
(B) Invoices not included in (A) relating to bad debts and receivables or not recognized
Number of invoices not included unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified 9
Total amount of invoices not included (in euros) unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified unspecified 28,927
(C) Reference payment periods used (contractual or legal – article L. 441‑6 or article L. 443‑1 of the French Commercial Code)
Payment terms used to calculate late payments: Contractual deadlines, i.e. those listed on our purchase orders, range from cash to 60 days, in compliance with the maximum legal conditions.
Information on acquisitions and disposals by the Company of its own shares

The liquidity contract with EXANE has been in force since September 12, 2022.

Under the liquidity contract, the Company acquired 2,806,521 shares in 2023 at an average price of euro 72.24, and sold 2,843,116 shares at an average price of euro 71.89.

The trading fees and other expenses incurred by the Company during the 2023 financial year for transactions executed pursuant to the share buyback program, authorized by the 17th resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting on May 25, 2022, and then by the 18th resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting on May 31, 2023, amounted to euro 80,000.

 

/ Summary table of transactions by the Company in Publicis Groupe SA shares in 2023

unspecified Share buybacks (Excluding liquidity contract) Deliveries of free share plans Deliveries of stock options Purchases (liquidity contract) Sales (liquidity contract)
At 12/31/2023 Amount (in shares) Average price (in euros) Amount (in shares) Amount (in shares) Amount (in shares) Average price (in euros) Amount (in shares) Average price (in euros)

Under the 17th resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting of May 25, 2022

3,000,000 73.95 965,745 560,148 1,390,974 71.57 1,341,072 71.60

Under the 18th resolution of the General Shareholders’ Meeting of May 31, 2023

unspecified unspecified 19,940 - 1,415,547 72.89 1,502,044 73.12
Total 3,000,000 73.95 985,685 560,148 2,806,521 72.24 2,843,116 72.40

 

At December 31, 2023, Publicis Groupe SA owned 3,737,367 shares with a par value of euro 0.40, representing 1.47%% of its own share capital, for an overall cost price of euro 264,690,647 and an average price per share of euro 70.82.

These shares are broken down into 21,329 shares held under the liquidity contract and 3,716,038 shares allocated to free share plans or stock options.