Qestions & Answers

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

The November issue of the Entreprendre magazine, which was sent to shareholders, was accompanied by a special commercial offer that was reserved exclusively for shareholders. 

This offer comprises wines and spirits of the Group offered at attractive prices and in certain cases exclusively on the French market.  These products are delivered to the address indicated by shareholders.

This offer is only available to shareholders residing in metropolitan France.
 
Moreover a special commercial offer is now dedicated to shareholders who are members of Club Premium.

 
How do I attend an Annual General Meeting?
All shareholders may take part in General Meetings, regardless of the number of shares they own.
You must apply for an admission card either by returning the form attached to the notice of convening, or by requesting an admission application from your financial intermediary (for holders of bearer shares).
Owners of registered shares are invited automatically. They will receive an admission card by post.

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What can I do if I don’t receive my admission pass in time?
If you have not received your admission pass to the Annual General Meeting on time, you may be able to attend nevertheless.  Pure or administered registered shareholders are only required to prove their identity at the shareholder’s reception.  Bearer shareholders will be admitted if they produce shareholding certificate for their shares that was duly completed by their financial intermediary, as well as a means of identification.

I cannot attend an Annual General Meeting. Can I be represented? Can I vote by correspondence?
If you are unable to attend an Annual General Meeting, you may :

- grant power to the Chairman. The Chairman will cast a vote, in your name, for the adoption of draft resolutions proposed or agreed upon by the Board of Directors and a vote against in the opposite case,
- vote by post, resolution by resolution,
- be represented by your spouse or by another shareholder,

Note: Requests for admission cards and postal voting forms will only be taken into account if received by Société Générale or Pernod Ricard Head Office at least three days before the date of the General Meeting.

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What are the advantages of pure registered shares?
- Benefit from free share holding and management services.
- Receive customised information on Pernod Ricard through documents such as the Annual Report and the shareholder magazine Entreprendre, which is directly sent to pure registered shareholders. 
- Be automatically called to Annual General Meetings: all of the necessary documents to participate are thus automatically addressed by ordinary mail, at least 15 days before the holding of the Meeting. To attend Meetings, the pure registered shareholder only has to prove his/her identity, with no requirement for certification of shares at the date of the Meeting.

Although I am currently not a shareholder, may I buy shares directly through the pure registered procedure?
Yes. Pernod Ricard has put into place with Société Générale a first pure registered purchase procedure.

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If you are undertaking a cash acquisition, you must first acquire a Pernod Ricard share the day before the detachment of the balance from its dividend. 

If you pace a buy order with deferred settlement (SRD) and the detachment of the dividend occurs before the liquidation of the order, the buyer in SRD, not having been delivered, is not the owner of the shares. Accordingly, the shareholder does not collect the dividend nor earn the tax credit. The shareholder, however receives a compensating amount equal to the net dividend.

How can I collect my cash dividend?
To collect your Pernod Ricard cash dividend (instalment or balance), the procedure is as follows:
- for pure registered shares, the dividend instalment and balance are settled at the correct coupon detachment date, either directly by cheque or by bank transfer.
-for bearer shares and administered registered shares, the dividend instalment and balance are settled in accordance with the practices of your bank or brokerage firm, which collect the necessary funds directly from Pernod Ricard, through Société Générale, which ensures the management of the shares.

What were the features of the last share capital increase?
On 26 July 2005, following the share capital increase approved at the Extra-ordinary General Meeting of 30 June 2005 and concerning the consideration for the remuneration of the contributions for Allied Domecq, the share capital was increased to € 272,700,465.20, divided into 87,967,892 fully paid shares of the same class.

On 31 August 2005, the share capital was increased to € 283,227,302.60, following the early conversion of 2,716,606 OCEANE bonds 2002/2008 and the creation of 3,395,754 Pernod Ricard shares. This share capital was divided 91,363,646 fully paid shares of the same class.

With effect from 9 September 2005, the share capital was increased to € 290,383,913.00, following the early conversion of 1,846,874 OCEANE bonds 2002/2008 and the creation on 20 September 2005 of 2,308,584 Pernod Ricard shares.
This share capital is divided into 93,672,230, fully paid shares of the same class.

 On 26 July 2006, the Board of Directors recorded a share capital increase following the exercise of stock subscription options; the share capital was thus increased to 291,590,460.90 euros, divided into 94,061,439 fully paid shares of the same class.

Pursuant to the authorisation granted by the Combined General Meeting of 10 November 2005, the Board of Directors decided on 7 November 2006 to increase the share capital of the company by incorporation of reserves and the distribution of bonus shares on the basis of one new share for every five shares held.
Following this decision, the share capital was increased to € 338,818,018.50 divided into 109,296,135 shares.