An Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting may amend the Articles of Incorporation, in all their provisions, regardless of what they are, as authorized by law. It may, in particular and without the following list being construed in a limited way, decide to modify the share capital by: increasing or reducing the share capital, consolidating shares or dividing shares into shares with a lower par value.
As of December 31, 2024, to the best of Publicis’ knowledge, no shareholder held, directly or indirectly, individually or jointly, 5% or more of its share capital (a “Major Shareholder”) except those disclosed below. Publicis’ Articles of Incorporation state that all its shareholders have the same proportional voting rights with respect to the shares they hold, except that shares owned by the same shareholder in registered form for at least two years carry double voting rights. The Company has not issued any preferred shares or any securities without voting rights.
As of December 31, 2024 | Shares held | % of the share capital(1) | Voting rights | % of voting rights(2) |
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A/ Shareholders holding more than 5% of the share capital | A/ Shareholders holding more than 5% of the share capital Shares held
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A/ Shareholders holding more than 5% of the share capital % of the share capital (1)
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A/ Shareholders holding more than 5% of the share capital Voting rights
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A/ Shareholders holding more than 5% of the share capital % of voting rights (2)
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The Capital Group Companies(3) | The Capital Group Companies (3)Shares held 38,153,960 |
The Capital Group Companies (3)% of the share capital (1)15.00% |
The Capital Group Companies (3)Voting rights 38,153,960 |
The Capital Group Companies (3)% of voting rights (2)13.87% |
Élisabeth Badinter and family holding companies(4) | Élisabeth Badinter and family holding companies (4)Shares held 16,700,967 |
Élisabeth Badinter and family holding companies (4)% of the share capital (1)6.57% |
Élisabeth Badinter and family holding companies (4)Voting rights 33,401,934 |
Élisabeth Badinter and family holding companies (4)% of voting rights (2)12.14% |
BlackRock(3) | BlackRock (3)Shares held 13,766,353 |
BlackRock (3)% of the share capital (1)5.41% |
BlackRock (3)Voting rights 13,766,353 |
BlackRock (3)% of voting rights (2)4.99% |
B/ Treasury shares(5) | B/ Treasury shares(5) Shares held 3,572,113 |
B/ Treasury shares(5) % of the share capital (1)1.40% |
B/ Treasury shares(5) Voting rights – |
B/ Treasury shares(5) % of voting rights (2)–% |
C/ Public (registered and bearer shares) | C/ Public (registered and bearer shares) Shares held 182,118,467 |
C/ Public (registered and bearer shares) % of the share capital (1)71.62% |
C/ Public (registered and bearer shares) Voting rights 189,761,079 |
C/ Public (registered and bearer shares) % of voting rights (2)69.00% |
Total | Total Shares held 254,311,860 |
Total % of the share capital (1)100.00% |
Total Voting rights 275,083,326 |
Total % of voting rights (2)100.00% |
The percentage of share capital held by individual shareholders, according to the latest comprehensive census available as of November 30, 2024, was 3.3%.