HERMÈS - 2018 Registration document

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Information on the Company and its share capital

Information on share capital and shareholders

Crossing of thresholds

7.2.2.8

% share capital

% voting rights

Shares

Voting rights

Crossings of thresholds occurring after the closure of the 2018 financial year No crossing of a legal threshold was declared between the closure of the 2018 financial year, and 28 February 2019. Crossing of thresholds in FY 2018 No crossing of a legal threshold was declared in 2018. Crossing of thresholds during the past two financial years Crossing of thresholds in FY 2017 In 2017, the following crossings of a legal threshold were declared: s s AMF notice No. 217C1525 dated 11 July 2017 (the full text of which is available on the AMF website – www.amf-france.org): • • on 4 July 2017, Semyrhamis (30 avenueMontaigne, 75008 Paris) declared that it had individually crossed below the thresholds of 5% of the capital and voting rights of Hermès International and individually held 1,790,981 shares in Hermès International, representing the same number of voting rights, namely 1.70% of the capital and 1.03% of the voting rights of this company; • • on 4 July 2017, the Arnault family group declared that it had crossed below the thresholds of 5% of the capital and voting rights of Hermès International and held, directly and indirectly, through the intermediary of the companies that it controls, 1,974,538 shares in Hermès International, representing the same number of voting rights, namely 1.87% of the capital and 1.13% of the voting rights of this company, divided as follows:

Semyrhamis

1,790,981 1.70 1,790,981 1.03

LVMH

0 0

- -

0 0

- -

Christian Dior Famille Arnault TOTAL ARNAULT FAMILY GROUP

183,557 0.17 183,557 0.11

1,974,538 1.87 1,974,538 1.13

The crossing of these thresholds results from the delivery of shares in Hermès International held by Semyrhamis as part of the simplified public offering that it initiated targeting the shares of Christian Dior: s s AMF notice No. 217C1755 dated 28 July 2017 (the full text of which is available on the AMF website – www.amf-france.org) . On 21 July 2017, the Hermès family group declared that it crossed above the threshold of 2/3 of the capital of Hermès International and held 70,385,066 shares representing 130,403,428 voting rights in General Meetings concerning decisions on the allocation of net income and 134,256,835 voting rights concerning other decisions, representing 66.67% of the capital and, respectively 74.92% and 77.13% of the voting rights of this company, divided as follows:

Decisions concerning allocation of net income

Other decisions

Shares % share capital

Voting rights

% voting rights

Voting rights

% voting rights

H51

56,209,021 6,876,102 6,292,154 1,007,789 70,385,066

53.24

109,244,318 13,072,204

62.76 109,244,318 7.51 13,072,204 4.65 11,940,313

62.76

H2

6.51 5.96 0.95

7.51 6.86

Other members Treasury shares

8,086,906

-

-

-

-

TOTAL HERMÈS FAMILY GROUP

66.67

130,403,428

74.92 134,256,835

77.13

This crossing is the result of an acquisition of Hermès International shares on the market by the company H51. Crossing of thresholds in FY 2016 No crossing of a legal threshold was declared in 2016. Pledging of shares Duly registered shares are not encumbered by any material pledges. 7.2.2.9

Share buyback programmes

7.2.2.10

Use in 2018 of authorisations to buy back shares granted by the General Meeting TheCombinedGeneralMeetingsof6June2017and5June2018appro- ved share buyback programmes authorising the ExecutiveManagement, on the basis of Articles L. 225-209 et seq . of the French Commercial Code, to purchase, on or off themarket, a number of shares representing up to 10% of the Company’s share capital as of the date of purchase in order to allot them to the objectives permitted by European regula- tions (cancellation of shares within the limit of 10% of the share capital per 24-month period, covering the commitment to deliver shares, i.e. in connection with issuances of securities granting access to capital or grants of existing stock or stock options, allocation to employees) or to one or moremarket practices currently or later accepted by the Financial

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2018 REGISTRATION DOCUMENT HERMÈS INTERNATIONAL