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Annual Report -
2013
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Vivendi
Information About The Company
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Major Shareholders
2.3.
Major Shareholders
2.3.1.
Share Ownership and Voting Rights
As of December 31, 2013, the Company’s share capital amounted to
€7,367,854,620.50, divided into 1,339,609,931 shares.
The corresponding number of voting rights, taking into consideration
that treasury shares have no voting rights, totaled 1,339,558,827 as of
December 31, 2013, and 1,339,558,827 as of February 28, 2014.
As of December 31, 2013, employees held 3.54% of the Company’s
share capital.
To the Management Board’s knowledge, as of December 31, 2013, the
major shareholders who held shares in registered form or had sent a
share ownership notice to the Company were as follows:
Groups
% of share capital
% of voting rights
Number
of shares
Number
of voting rights
Bolloré Group
5.04
5.04
67,577,281
67,577,281
BlackRock, Inc.
5.00
5.00
66,974,092
66,974,092
Société Générale Group
4.49
4.49
60,152,744
60,152,744
Amundi (Crédit Agricole AM/Société Générale AM)
4.49
4.49
60,096,182
60,096,182
Vivendi Employees
3.54
3.54
47,463,985
47,463,985
CDC/FSI (Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations)
3.48
3.48
46,636,819
46,636,819
The Baupost Group, L.L.C.
2.00
2.00
26,818,707
26,818,707
NBIM (Norges Bank Investment Management)
2.00
2.00
26,754,689
26,754,689
Qatar Holding
1.57
1.57
21,009,122
21,009,122
Natixis Asset Management
1.50
1.50
20,037,517
20,037,517
UBS Investment Bank
1.29
1.29
17,253,929
17,253,929
Rothschild - Asset Management
1.03
1.03
13,822,821
13,822,821
BNP PARIBAS AM
0.96
0.96
12,919,149
12,919,149
Treasury shares
0.00
0.00
51,104
0
Other shareholders
63.61
63.61
852,041,790
852,041,790
Total
100.00
100.00
1,339,609,931
1,339,558,827
2.3.2.
Pledge of Company Shares
As of December 31, 2013, 243,552 shares, representing 0.018% of
the share capital of the Company, held in registered form by individual
shareholders were pledged.
2.3.3.
Control of the Company – Shareholders’ Agreements
As of December 31, 2013, 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 in relation to the Crossing of Shareholding Thresholds
In 2013, the Company received several notices in relation to the crossing
of statutory thresholds from BlackRock, Inc. and the Bolloré Group. The
company also received notices, as required pursuant to the Company’s
by-laws, in relation to the crossing of shareholding thresholds (being
0.5% or any multiple of this percentage), both upwards or downwards,
including notices from Amundi, the Société Générale Group, The
Baupost Group, LLC., Natixis, NBIM (Norges Bank Investment
Management), Rothschild-Asset Management and BNP Paribas AM,
details of which are contained in the table below.
