PERNOD RICARD - 2018-2019 Universal registration document

9.

ABOUT THE COMPANY AND ITS SHARE CAPITAL Information about the share capital

Allocation of share capital and voting rights on 30 June 2019 9.2.6

Position on 30.06.2019

Position on 30.06.2018

Position on 30.06.2017

%of share capital

%of voting rights*

%of share capital

%of voting rights*

%of share capital

%of voting rights*

Number of shares

Number of shares

Number of shares

Shareholders

Société Paul Ricard  (1)

41,158,221 1,477,603

15.51

21.35

37,686,104 14.20 20.11

37,686,104 14.20 19.76

Mr Rafaël Gonzalez-Gallarza  (2)

0.56 0.27 0.99 9.96 9.06

0.94

1,477,603

0.56 0.26

0.92 0.30

1,477,603

0.56

0.93

Directors and Management of Pernod Ricard

712,183

0.31

679,446

638,753

0.24 0.29

Shares held by Pernod Ricard employees

2,629,860

1.41

2,673,627

1.01

1.39

2,827,965

1.06

1.42 8.75

Capital Group Companies (USA)  (3)

26,432,808 24,035,625 19,891,870

8.40

26,432,808 24,035,625

9.96 9.06

8.50 26,939,624 10.15

MFS Investment Management (USA)  (4) Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (Belgium)  (5) BlackRock Investment Management Limited (UK)  (6) WCM Investment Management, LLC (USA)  (7) Norges Bank Investement Management (Norway)  (8)

6.71

6.79 11.28

26,051,805

9.82

7.31

7.49

11.79

19,891,870 7.49

19,891,870 7.49 10.95

12,129,522

4.57

3.86

- -

- -

- -

- -

- -

- -

4,150,575

1.56

1.32

3,993,532 3,958,979 3,952,932 3,774,501

1.50

1.27 1.26 1.26 1.20 1.02 0.75 0.53 0.49 0.49

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-

-

-

-

-

La Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations  (9)

1.49 1.49

3,958,979

1.49

1.29

3,958,979 2,632,635

1.49

1.29

Amundi Asset Management  (10)

3,116,657

1.17

1.00

0.99

0.85

Citigroup Global Markets Limited (UK)  (11)

1.42

-

-

-

- - - - - -

- - - - - -

- - - - - -

Invesco (UK)  (12)

3,198,833

1.21

2,343,566

0.88

0.75

La Française Investment Solutions  (13) Elliott Capital Advisors, LP (USA)  (14)

2,349,046 1,668,270

0.89 0.63 0.59 0.58

- - - -

- - - -

- - - -

OppenheimerFunds Inc. (USA)  (15)

1,554,692

Credit Suisse Group (UK)  (16)

1,551,978

UBS AG (UK)  (17)

1,418,005 1,327,405

0.53

0.45

2,649,652

1.00 0.85

3,988,830 1.50 1.30

AllianzGlobal Investor GmbH (Germany)  (18)

0.50 0.42

-

-

-

-

-

-

Harris Associates LP (USA)  (19)

-

-

-

2,574,800 0.97

0.83

3,935,800 1.48

1.28

Oppenheimer International Growth Fund (USA)  (20) Legal &General Investment Management (UK)  (21)

-

-

-

2,433,882

0.92

0.78

-

-

-

- - - - - - -

- - - - - - -

- - - - - - -

1,616,580 0.61

0.41

1,662,742

0.63

0.54 0.89

Lyxor Asset Management  (22)

- - - - - -

- - - - - -

- - - - - -

2,752,725

1.03

CNP Assurances  (23)

2,653,032 1,371,234 1,327,272 1,326,075 1,319,092

1.00 0.86

Royal Bank of Canada (Canada)  (24) BNP Paribas Investment Partners  (25) Banque Nationale Suisse (Switzerland)  (26)

0.52

0.45

0.50 0.44 0.50 0.43 0.50 0.44

BNP Paribas Asset Management  (27)

Treasury shares: Shares held by affiliates —

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Own shares —

1,596,503

0.60

0

1,195,168

0.45

0

1,376,368

0.52

0

Others and public

102,458,649

38.60 34.78

132,655,225

49.98 44.79 121,603,084 45.82

41.82

TOTAL

265,421,592 100.00 100.00 265,421,592 100.00 100.00 265,421,592 100.00 100.00

On the basis of declarations regarding shareholdings exceeding the legal and statutory threshold of 0.5% of the share capital. Although there is only one class of share, shares held for 10 years in registered form are entitled to double voting rights. Calculated on the basis of a total of 314,615,287 “theoretical” voting rights * (including suspended voting rights). Société Paul Ricard is wholly owned by the Ricard family. The declaration also covers a total of 169,868 shares held by Le Garlaban; 1,352,650 shares held by Le Delos Invest I; 3,191,928 shares held by (1) Le Delos Invest II; and 8,392,096 shares held by Le Delos Invest III. These four companies are controlled by Société Paul Ricard, under article L. 233-3 of the French Commercial Code. Full ownership of Pernod Ricard shares held by Le Delos Invest III was transferred by way of a performance guarantee for its bonds in respect of a futures contract agreed on 10 April 2009. Mr Rafaël Gonzalez-Gallarza signed a shareholders’ agreement with Société Paul Ricard, as detailed below. (2)

Declaration of 18 May 2018. (3) Declaration of 2 March 2018. (4) Declaration of 22 June 2017. (5) Declaration of 4 June 2019. (6) Declaration of 3 June 2019. (7) Declaration of 1 October 2018. (8) Declaration of 25 September 2014. (9)

Declaration of 20 November 2018. (10) Declaration of 1 July 2019. (11) Declaration of 29 May 2019. (12) Declaration of 8 July 2019. (13) We have also been informed by Elliott Capital Advisors L.P. of (14) the holding at 3 December 2018 by the various Elliot funds of 4,991,639 derivative instruments (cash settled equity swaps).

Declaration of 19 November 2018. (15) Declaration of 14 February 2019. (16) Declaration of 12 June 2019. (17) Declaration of 5 June 2019. (18) Declaration of 20March 2018. (19) Declaration of 10 October 2017. (20) Declaration of 18 December 2017. (21)

Declaration of 27 June 2017. (22) Declaration of 23 March 2017. (23) Declaration of 28 March 2017. (24) Declaration of 22 May 2017. (25) Declaration of 31 January 2017. (26) Declaration of 6 June 2017. (27)

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