CARREFOUR - Registration document - 2015 annual financial report

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Information about the Company and the capital
Shareholders
Shareholders 7.3
Principal shareholders 7.3.1
At December 31, 2015, the share capital was €1,846,176,985 (one report as of December 2015, the number of listed shareholders
thousand and eight hundred forty-six million, one hundred exceeds 250,000 (slightly more than 2,200 of which are registered
seventy-six thousand, nine hundred eighty-five euros). It is divided shareholders).
into 738,470,794 shares of €2.50 each. The number of voting rights at December 31, 2015 was 838,675,830.
The Company is authorised to identify bearer shares. On the basis of After deducting the voting rights that cannot be exercised from this
extrapolations carried out using the identifiable bearer securities figure, the total number of voting rights is 830,748,127.
CAPITAL (AT DECEMBER 31, 2015)
Number Number
Number of ordinary of extraordinary
Shareholders of shares As a % voting rights As a % voting rights As a %
Blue Partners (1) 38,611,538 5.23% 64,564,811 7.70% 64,564,811 7.70%
Cervinia Europe 38,046,501 5.15% 71,870,406 8.57% 71,870,406 8.57%
Groupe Arnault 2,656,752 0.36% 2,656,752 0.32% 2,656,752 0.32%
Bunt (2) 25,388,570 3.44% 25,388,570 3.03% 25,388,570 3.03%
Sub total 104,703,361 14.18% 164,480,539 19.61% 164,480,539 19.61%
Galfa 74,282,174 10.06% 74,282,174 8.86% 74,282,174 8.86%
Stanhore Trading
International SRL 34,497,549 4.67% 34,497,549 4.11% 34,497,549 4.11%
Energy Jet SRL 1,461,957 0.20% 1,461,957 0.17% 1,461,957 0.17%
Fundo De Acoes
Maldivas 1,321,508 0.18% 1,321,508 0.16% 1,321,508 0.16%
Sub total 37,281,014 5.05% 37,281,014 4.45% 37,281,014 4.45%
Employee 7,406,057 1.00% 14,745,233 1.76% 14,745,233 1.76%
Shares owned 7,927,703 1.07%
Public 506,870,485 68.64% 547,886,870 65.33% 547,886,870 65.33%
TOTAL 738,470,794 100.00% 838,675,830 100.00% 838,675,830 100.00%
Held through assimilation of 4,135,736 Carrefour shares lent by Blue Partners with right of recall at its sole initiative by virtue of article L. 233-9 I, 6° of the (1)
French commercial code.
Of which 24,999,996 shares held through assimilation of Carrefour shares that can be acquired under a call option. (2)
At December 31, 2015, Blue Partners and Cervinia Europe owned 61,274,178 shares granting double voting rights.
On February 4, 2016, the simplified joint-stock company Galfa ( 27 Zonamerica, Montevideo, Uruguay), Energy Jet SRL (Ruta 8 Km 17,
rue de la Chaussee d'Antin, 75009 Paris) notify the French financial 500 Oficina 002A, Edificio Beta 3, Zonamerica, Montevideo, Uruguay)
markets authority (Autorité des marchés financiers) that it had and Fundo de Investimento em Acoes Madivas – Investimento no
increased, February 2, 2016, following the acquisition of a call option Exterior (Praia de Botafogo, 501, 5° Andar (Parte) that it had
on 10 million Carrefour shares, the threshold of 10% of the voting increased, March 30, 2016 , the threshold of 5 % of the voting rights of
rights of the Company and hold 85,012,174 shares representing as the Company and hold 59 413 630 CARREFOUR’s shares representing
many voting rights, representing 11.51% of the capital and 10:14% of as many voting rights, representing 8.05% of the capital and 7.09% of
voting rights in the Company. Galfa also had made a statement of voting rights in the Company.
intent stating the objectives it intends to pursue vis-à-vis the Company Stanhore Trading Internacional SRL had increased individually the
for the next six months. threshold of 5 % of the capital and the voting rights of the Company.
On April 13, 2016, the simplified joint-stock company Galfa ( 27 rue Stanhore Trading Internacional S.R.L. has declared that its acquisition,
de la Chaussee d'Antin, 75009 Paris ) notify to the Company that it had dated March 30, 2016 of 22 154 124 Carrefour' shares has been
increased, April 11, 2016, the threshold of 11 %, 12%, 13% et 14% of financed by a structured financing with a bank (with 7 July 2021 as
the voting rights of the Company. final maturity date) and, in this context, has pledged 30,754,124
On March 30, 2016, the concert parties composed of Stanhore Trading Carrefour's shares to the benefit of the bank.
Internacional SRL (Ruta 8 Km 17, 500 Oficina 002A, Edificio Beta 3,
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