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2016 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
HERMÈS INTERNATIONAL
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Information on the Company and its share capital
7
Information on share capital and shareholders
7.2.2.4
Ownership of share capital and voting rights as at 31 December 2016
As at 31 December 2016 and to the Company’s knowledge, the distribution of the share capital and voting rights of the Company was as follows:
Share capital
Voting rights
1
Allocation of net income
Others
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
H51 SAS
55,516,570
52.6 108,515,867
62.7 108,515,867
62.7
H2 SAS
6,876,102
6.5 13,072,204
7.6 13,072,204
7.6
Other members of the Hermès family group
6,292,289
6.0 7,852,306
4.5 11,932,306
6.9
Subtotal Hermès family group
2
68,684,961
65.1 129,440,377
74.8 133,520,377
77.2
Semyrhamis
8,771,914
8.3 8,771,914
5.1 8,771,914
5.1
Famille Arnault
183,557
0.2
183,557
0.1
183,557
0.1
Subtotal Arnault family group
3
8,955,471
8.5 8,955,471
5.2 8,955,471
5.2
Public
4
26,849,320
25.4 34,582,054
20.0 30,502,054
17.6
Mr Nicolas Puech
5
-
-
-
-
-
-
Treasury shares
1,079,660
1.0
–
0.0
–
0.00
Total
105,569,412
100.0 172,977,902
100.0 172,977,902
100.0
(1) Voting rights that can be exercised in the General Meeting. In accordance with Article 12 of the Articles of Association of the Company, the voting right is exercised
by the bare owner for all decisions made for all General Meetings, except for decisions concerning the allocation of net income, for which the voting right is
exercised by the usufructuary. The procedures for publication and distribution of voting rights are detailed on page 253.
(2) The Hermès family group is composed of the partners of Émile Hermès SARL, their spouses, children and grandchildren, their asset holdings, and direct and
indirect shareholders in Hermès International and Émile Hermès SARL.
(3) According to the declaration of 12 January 2017.
(4) These amounts correspond to all of the shares and voting rights in circulation, reduced by the number of shares and voting rights declared by the identified
shareholders as mentioned in this table.
(5) Unlike previous financial years, Mr Nicolas Puech did not indicate the number of shares he held in Hermès International. However, on 8 February 2017, he did
declare that he had not crossed any thresholds. This statement implies that, as at 31 December 2016, Mr Nicolas Puech held or was entitled to hold between 5%
and 10% of the share capital of Hermès International. Not having specific information on the size of Mr Nicolas Puech’s shareholding, its participation is integrated
under the “Public” heading in 2016.
These figures result for the registered shares on the register kept by the BP2S Securities service and for the bearer shares, from the declarations,
where applicable, of those in question.
Changes occurring after closure of the financial year are detailed on page 254.
Partners of
Émile Hermès SARL
Spouse, children and grandchildren of the partners of
Émile Hermès SARL and their family holding companies
HERMÈS FAMILY GROUP
(% of share capital)
Direct equity interests
Emile Hermès SARL
Active partner
H2
Limited partners
HERMÈS INTERNATIONAL
H51
52.6%
6.5%
6.0%
Total
Hermès
family
group
65.1%