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VIVENDI
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2012
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY – CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
SECTION 2 - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPANY
MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS
2.3. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS
2.3.1.
Share Ownership and Voting Rights
As of December 31, 2012, the company’s share capital amounted to
€7,281,793,288, divided into 1,323,962,416 shares.
The corresponding number of voting rights, considering that treasury
shares have no voting rights, amounted to 1,322,501,451 as of
December 31, 2012 and 1,322,501,451 as of February 28, 2013.
As of December 31, 2012, employees held 3.13% of the company’s share
capital.
To the Management Board’s knowledge, as of December 31, 2012, the
major shareholders who hold shares in registered form or sent a share
ownership notice to the company were as follows:
Owners
% of share capital
% of voting rights Number of shares
Number of voting
rights
Groupe Bolloré
5.00
5.01
66,234,684
66,234,684
BlackRock, Inc.
4.62
4.62
61,103,280
61,103,280
Groupe Société Générale
4.54
4.55
60,152,744
60,152,744
Amundi (Crédit Agricole AM/Société Générale AM)
4.22
4.23
55,933,342
55,933,342
CDC/ FSI (Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations)
3.52
3.53
46,636,819
46,636,819
Vivendi Group savings plan
3.13
3.13
41,377,407
41,377,407
NBIM (Norges Bank Investment Management)
1.89
1.89
25,028,160
25,028,160
Natixis Asset Management
1.87
1.87
24,793,655
24,793,655
Qatar Holding
1.59
1.59
21,009,122
21,009,122
Crédit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
1.56
1.56
20,646,339
20,646,339
The Baupost Group, LLC
1.38
1.38
18,225,000
18,225,000
UBS Investment Bank
1.30
1.30
17,253,929
17,253,929
CNP Assurances
0.97
0.97
12,836,828
12,836,828
DNCA Finance
0.93
0.93
12,331,532
12,331,532
BNP PARIBAS AM
0.90
0.90
11,899,845
11,899,845
HSBC Holding plc
0.47
0.47
6,185,998
6,185,998
Treasury shares
0.11
0.00
1,460,965
0
Other shareholders
62.47
62.54
820,852,767
820,852,767
TOTAL
100.00
100.00
1,323,962,416
1,322,501,451
2.3.2.
Pledge of Company Shares
As of December 31, 2012, 187,930 shares of the company held in
registered form by individual shareholders were pledged, representing
0.014% of the share capital of the company.
2.3.3.
Control of the Company – Shareholders’ Agreements
As of December 31, 2012, to the company’s knowledge, no shareholder
other than those listed in the table above held 5% or more of the
company’s share capital or voting rights, and there were no shareholders’
agreements, whether publicly disclosed or not, which related to Vivendi’s
securities.
2.3.4.
Notices Made to the Company Regarding the Crossing of Shareholding Thresholds
In 2012, the company received several notices in respect of the crossing
of statutory thresholds both upwards or downwards from Citigroup
Global Markets Ltd. (May), Natixis AM (May), Société Générale (April)
and upwards from Groupe Bolloré (October). The company also received
notices in respect of the crossing, upwards or downwards, of shareholding
thresholds as required pursuant to the company’s by-laws (0.5% or any
multiple of this percentage), including notices from Amundi, Alliance
Bernstein, BNP Paribas Asset Management, CNP Assurances, Crédit
Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, DNCA Finance, HSBC Holdings plc,
The Baupost Group, LLC and Qatar Holding, details of which are contained
in the table below.
