7 General Information on the Company <strong>and</strong> its share capital information concerning <strong>SEB</strong> S.A Elements which could aff ect a hypothetical takeover bid In compliance with Article L. 225-100-3 of the French Commercial Code, elements which could affect a hypothetical takeover bid are stated below: CAPITAL STRUCTURE OF THE COMPANY See following page: “Breakdown of share capital <strong>and</strong> voting rights on 31/12/<strong>2011</strong>.” SHAREHOLDER AGREEMENTS OF WHICH THE COMPANY IS AWARE See page 162: “Shareholder agreements – concerted voting block”. POWERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN THE EVENT OF A TAKEOVER BID The General Meeting of 17 May <strong>2011</strong> authorised the Board of Directors to implement a share buyback programme in the event of a takeover bid, subject to legal <strong>and</strong> regulatory provisions. 160 GROUPE <strong>SEB</strong> Financial Report <strong>and</strong> Registration Document <strong>2011</strong>
Financial Report <strong>and</strong> Registration Document <strong>2011</strong> 7 Information on the Company <strong>and</strong> its share capital General information on share capital 7.2. GENERAL INFORMATION ON SHARE CAPITAL Breakdown of share capital <strong>and</strong> voting rights on 31 December <strong>2011</strong> Share capital Votes OGM EGM OGM EGM FÉDÉRACTIVE 10,152,018 20.33% 0 19,587,877 27.50% 0 FÉDÉRACTIVE Associates 1,629,203 3.26% 11,781,221 23.58% 3,126,090 4.39% 22,713,967 31.89% SUB-TOTAL 11,781,221 23.59% 11,781,221 23.58% 22,713,967 31.89% 22,713,967 31.89% VENELLE INVESTISSEMENT 7,461,243 14.94% 17,902 0.04% 14,889,963 20.91% 17,905 0.03% VENELLE INVESTISSEMENT Associates 2,070,646 4.14% 9,990,849 20.00% 3,869,591 5.43% 19,695,373 27.65% SUB-TOTAL (a) 9,531,889 19.08% 10,008,751 20.04% 18,759,554 26.34% 19,713,278 27.68% FOUNDER GROUP 21,313,110 42.67% 21,789,972 43.62% 41,473,521 58.23% 42,427,245 59.57% FFP Invest 2,521,522 5.05% 2,521,522 5.05% 2,521,522 3.54% 2,521,522 3.54% Employees 1,543,562 3.09% 1,543,562 3.09% 2,819,720 3.96% 2,819,720 3.96% French investors (a) 9,512,003 19.04% 9,035,141 18.09% 10,788,224 15.15% 9,834,500 13.81% Foreign shareholders 9,011,560 18.04% 9,011,725 18.04% 9,093,052 12.77% 9,093,382 12.77% Individual shareholders 3,718,272 7.44% 3,718,107 7.44% 4,533,432 6.35% 4,533,102 6.35% Treasury shares 2,331,797 4.67% 2,331,797 4.67% TOTAL 49,951,826 SHARES 71,229,471 VOTING RIGHTS (a) The usufruct of 476,862 <strong>SEB</strong> shares representing 953,724 voting rights, of which bare ownership belongs to the associates of VENELLE INVESTISSEMENT, is held by the Fondation de France (462,000 shares, 924,000 voting rights) <strong>and</strong> by the Association Canoniale (14,862 shares, 29,724 voting rights). It is also stated that before each <strong>SEB</strong> General Meeting until 12 May 2013, the Fondation de France has undertaken to assign power of proxy of its voting rights to the associates of VENELLE INVESTISSEMENT for a total of 577,500 shares (including the 462,000 previously stated) <strong>and</strong> 1,155,000 voting rights. The term “Founder Group” used in the table above refers to a group of natural persons who are either direct descendants of the Lescure family or related to the family through marriage. The natural person members of the Founder Group hold <strong>SEB</strong> shares either: � in full ownership; � or in bare ownership where the corresponding usufruct has essentially been temporarily assigned to their respective holding company i.e.: � FÉDÉRACTIVE: a controlling holding company, which principally represents the equity interests of the founding family, for natural person shareholders who are associates of FÉDÉRACTIVE, � VENELLE INVESTISSEMENT: a family controlling holding company for natural person shareholders who are associates of VENELLE INVESTISSEMENT. As a reminder, voting rights attached to stripped shares belong to the bare holder for decisions concerning the Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) <strong>and</strong> to the usufruct holder for those concerning the Ordinary General Meeting (OGM). The voting rights indicated in the table above, a total of 71,229,471, are “effective” voting rights. This number excludes shares without voting rights, such as treasury stock held by <strong>SEB</strong> S.A. The total number of “theoretical” voting rights is 73,561,268. This number includes, under the terms of Article 223–11 of the AMF general regulations, all shares with voting rights attached, as well as non-voting shares (for instance, shares held by <strong>SEB</strong> S.A. or treasury stock). On the basis of this total number of “theoretical” voting rights <strong>and</strong> for illustrative purposes: � the FÉDÉRACTIVE sub-total amounts to 30.88% of the OGM <strong>and</strong> EGM voting rights; � the VENELLE INVESTISSEMENT sub-total amounts to 25.50% of the OGM voting rights <strong>and</strong> 26.80% of the EGM voting rights; � as a whole, the Founder Group sub-total amounts to 56.38% of the OGM voting rights <strong>and</strong> 57.68% of the EGM voting rights. Registered nominal shares held by the same person for at least fi ve years give entitlement to double voting rights. GROUPE <strong>SEB</strong> 7 161