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Major Shareholders
2.3.2.
Pledge of Company Shares
As of December 31, 2014, 34,766,431 shares, representing 2.572% of
the share capital of the Company, held in registered form by shareholders
were pledged.
2.3.3.
Control of the Company – Shareholders’ agreements
As of December 31, 2014, 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 2014, the Company received several notices in relation to the crossing
of statutory thresholds (upwards) from 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), whether by rising above or falling below
the threshold, including notices from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority,
Amundi, Aviva, Axa Investment Management, BlackRock Inc, The Baupost
Group, LLC., Citigroup Global Markets Ltd, Crédit Suisse Securities
(Europe) Limited, DNCA Finance, First Eagle Investment Management,
Mason Capital Management LLC, Natixis, Newton, PSAM, Qatar Holding,
RBS (The Royal Bank of Scotland Group), Schroders plc, Southeastern
Asset Management Inc and State Street Corporation (SSC).
2.3.5.
Changes in Share Ownership over the Last Three Years (as of December 31)
2014
2013
2012
Number of
shares
% of
share
capital
% of
voting
rights
Number of
shares
% of
share
capital
% of
voting
rights
Number of
shares
% of
share
capital
% of
voting
rights
Groupe Bolloré
69,448,825
5.14
5.14 67,577,281
5.04
5.04 66,234,684
5.00
5.01
BlackRock Inc.
66,612,364
4.93
4.93 66,974,092
5.00
5.00 61,103,280
4.62
4.62
CDC-BPI/DFE
46,636,819
3.45
3.45 46,636,819
3.48
3.48 46,636,819
3.52
3.53
Amundi
46,527,497
3.44
3.44 60,096,182
4.49
4.49 55,933,342
4.22
4.23
Vivendi employees
41,998,171
3.11
3.11 47,463,985
3.54
3.54 41,377,407
3.13
3.13
The Baupost Group, L.L.C.
40,247,146
2.98
2.98 26,818,707
2.00
2.00 18,225,000
1.38
1.38
State Street Corporation (SSC)
30,283,853
2.24
2.24
Southeastern Asset Management, Inc.
27,269,961
2.02
2.02
NBIM (Norges Bank Investment
Management)
26,754,689
1.98
1.98 26,754,689
2.00
2.00 25,028,160
1.89
1.89
Newton
20,935,571
1.55
1.55
Crédit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited
20,034,872
1.48
1.48
First Eagle Investment Management
14,645,991
1.08
1.08
DNCA Finance
14,608,431
1.08
1.08
Treasury shares
50,033
0.00
0.00
51,104
0.00
0.00
1,460,965
0.11
0.00
Other shareholders
885,546,415 65.52 65.52 997,237,072 74.45 74.45 1,007,962,759 76.13 76.21
Total
1,351,600,638
100
100 1,339,609,931
100
100 1,323,962,416
100
100
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