Universal Registration Document 2020

7. General information about the Company and its capital

Securities concerned/type of issueTerm of the authorisation and expiration Maximum nominal increase or reduction in capital (in millions of euros)Use of authorisations (in millions of euros)
Delegation of authority to the Board to increase the capital with maintenance of the shareholders’ preferential subscription right Capital increase, all securities

Delegation of authority to the Board to increase the capital with maintenance of the shareholders’ preferential subscription right

Capital increase, all securities

Term of the authorisation and expiration

26 months 7 July 2022

Delegation of authority to the Board to increase the capital with maintenance of the shareholders’ preferential subscription right

Capital increase, all securities

 Maximum nominal increase or reduction in capital

(in millions of euros)

365(1)

 

Delegation of authority to the Board to increase the capital with maintenance of the shareholders’ preferential subscription right

Capital increase, all securities

Use of authorisations

(in millions of euros)

none

Delegation of authority to the Board to increase the capital, by way of a public offering, with cancellation of the shareholders’ preferential subscription right Capital increase, all securities

Delegation of authority to the Board to increase the capital, by way of a public offering, with cancellation of the shareholders’ preferential subscription right

Capital increase, all securities

Term of the authorisation and expiration

26 months 7 July 2022

Delegation of authority to the Board to increase the capital, by way of a public offering, with cancellation of the shareholders’ preferential subscription right

Capital increase, all securities

 Maximum nominal increase or reduction in capital

(in millions of euros)

290(1)

 

Delegation of authority to the Board to increase the capital, by way of a public offering, with cancellation of the shareholders’ preferential subscription right

Capital increase, all securities

Use of authorisations

(in millions of euros)

none

Delegation of authority to the Board to make offers for private placements(2) with cancellation of the shareholders’ preferential subscription right Capital increase, all securities

Delegation of authority to the Board to make offers for private placements

(2)

with cancellation of the shareholders’ preferential subscription right

Capital increase, all securities

Term of the authorisation and expiration

26 months 7 July 2022

Delegation of authority to the Board to make offers for private placements

(2)

with cancellation of the shareholders’ preferential subscription right

Capital increase, all securities

 Maximum nominal increase or reduction in capital

(in millions of euros)

290(1)

 

 and 20% of the share capital per year

Delegation of authority to the Board to make offers for private placements

(2)

with cancellation of the shareholders’ preferential subscription right

Capital increase, all securities

Use of authorisations

(in millions of euros)

Issue of 219,579,139 OCEANE bonds

Authorisation for the Board to increase the number of securities to be issued in the event of a capital increase, with or without preferential subscription rights Capital increase, all securities

Authorisation for the Board to increase the number of securities to be issued in the event of a capital increase, with or without preferential subscription rights

Capital increase, all securities

Term of the authorisation and expiration

26 months7 July 2022

Authorisation for the Board to increase the number of securities to be issued in the event of a capital increase, with or without preferential subscription rights

Capital increase, all securities

 Maximum nominal increase or reduction in capital

(in millions of euros)

15% of the amount of the initial

issue(1)

Authorisation for the Board to increase the number of securities to be issued in the event of a capital increase, with or without preferential subscription rights

Capital increase, all securities

Use of authorisations

(in millions of euros)

none

Delegation of authority to the Board to increase the capital through the capitalisation of reserves, profits, premiums or otherwise

Delegation of authority to the Board to increase the capital through the capitalisation of reserves, profits, premiums or otherwise

Term of the authorisation and expiration

26 months 7 July 2022

Delegation of authority to the Board to increase the capital through the capitalisation of reserves, profits, premiums or otherwise

 Maximum nominal increase or reduction in capital

(in millions of euros)

1,000

Delegation of authority to the Board to increase the capital through the capitalisation of reserves, profits, premiums or otherwise

Use of authorisations

(in millions of euros)

none

Delegation of authority to the Board to increase the capital as consideration for a public exchange bid initiated by the Company

Delegation of authority to the Board to increase the capital as consideration for a public exchange bid initiated by the Company

Term of the authorisation and expiration

 26 months 7 July 2022

Delegation of authority to the Board to increase the capital as consideration for a public exchange bid initiated by the Company

 Maximum nominal increase or reduction in capital

(in millions of euros)

145(1)

 

Delegation of authority to the Board to increase the capital as consideration for a public exchange bid initiated by the Company

Use of authorisations

(in millions of euros)

none

Delegation of authority to the Board to increase the capital to remunerate in-kind contributions(3)

Delegation of authority to the Board to increase the capital to remunerate in-kind contributions

(3)

Term of the authorisation and expiration

26 months 7 July 2022

Delegation of authority to the Board to increase the capital to remunerate in-kind contributions

(3)

 Maximum nominal increase or reduction in capital

(in millions of euros)

10% of the Company’s capital up to a maximum of

95(1)

Delegation of authority to the Board to increase the capital to remunerate in-kind contributions

(3)

Use of authorisations

(in millions of euros)

none

Delegation of authority to the Board of Directors to increase the share capital in favour of members of savings plans with cancellation of preferential subscription rights in favour of the latter Issues reserved for the personnel

Delegation of authority to the Board of Directors to increase the share capital in favour of members of savings plans with cancellation of preferential subscription rights in favour of the latter

Issues reserved for the personnel

Term of the authorisation and expiration

26 months 7 July 2022

Delegation of authority to the Board of Directors to increase the share capital in favour of members of savings plans with cancellation of preferential subscription rights in favour of the latter

Issues reserved for the personnel

 Maximum nominal increase or reduction in capital

(in millions of euros)

15

Delegation of authority to the Board of Directors to increase the share capital in favour of members of savings plans with cancellation of preferential subscription rights in favour of the latter

Issues reserved for the personnel

Use of authorisations

(in millions of euros)

none

Delegation of authority to the Board to carry out increases of capital reserved for categories of beneficiaries, with cancellation of the shareholders’ preferential subscription right

Delegation of authority to the Board to carry out increases of capital reserved for categories of beneficiaries, with cancellation of the shareholders’ preferential subscription right

Term of the authorisation and expiration

18 months 7 November 2021

Delegation of authority to the Board to carry out increases of capital reserved for categories of beneficiaries, with cancellation of the shareholders’ preferential subscription right

 Maximum nominal increase or reduction in capital

(in millions of euros)

10

Delegation of authority to the Board to carry out increases of capital reserved for categories of beneficiaries, with cancellation of the shareholders’ preferential subscription right

Use of authorisations

(in millions of euros)

none

Authorisation for the Board to reduce the capital by cancelling treasury shares

Authorisation for the Board to reduce the capital by cancelling treasury shares

Term of the authorisation and expiration

18 months 7 November 2021

Authorisation for the Board to reduce the capital by cancelling treasury shares

 Maximum nominal increase or reduction in capital

(in millions of euros)

 10% of the capital by 24-month periods

Authorisation for the Board to reduce the capital by cancelling treasury shares

Use of authorisations

(in millions of euros)

Cancellation of 3,697,507 shares

(1) The nominal aggregate limit on the share capital increase of €365 million provided for in the twenty-second resolution submitted to the General Meeting of 7 May 2020, applies to all capital increases, with the exception of capital increases through capitalisation of reserves, premiums, profits or otherwise and capital increases that are reserved for savings plan members.

(2) Offers governed by Article L. 411-2 II of the French Monetary and Financial Code, in that they are exclusively intended for persons who provide investment portfolio management services on behalf of third parties or qualified investors or a restricted circle of investors acting on their own behalf.

(3) Article L. 225-147 of the French Commercial Code.

7.3.3 Capital authorised but not issued

The following table presents a summary of the delegations of authority and authorisations to increase or reduce the share capital that were in force on the filing date of thisUniversal Registration Document which the Board of Directors was granted by the Combined Shareholders’ Meeting of 6 May 2020, and the extent to which they have been used at 31 December 2020:

STATUS OF THE AUTHORISATIONS ADOPTED BY THE COMBINED GENERAL MEETING OF 7 MAY 2020