| SHAREHOLDERS (NUMBER/%) | AUGUST 31, 2022 | AUGUST 31, 2021 | AUGUST 31, 2020 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHARES HELD | THEORETICAL VOTING RIGHTS(1) | EXERCISABLE VOTING RIGHTS(1) | SHARES HELD | THEORETICAL VOTING RIGHTS | EXERCISABLE VOTING RIGHTS | SHARES HELD | THEORETICAL VOTING RIGHTS | EXERCISABLE VOTING RIGHTS | |
| Bellon SA | 63,040,363 42.8% |
125,290,848 57.3% |
125,290,848 57.5% |
63 040 363 42.8% |
123,940,848 56.9% |
123,940,848 57.2% |
63,040,363 42.8% |
123,940,848 56.8% |
123,940,848 57.1% |
| Artisan Partners(2)(4) | 10,634,821 7.2% |
10,634,821 4.9% |
10,634,821 4.9% |
8,454,581 5.7% |
8,454,581 3.9% |
8,454,581 3.9% |
6,903,241 4.7% |
6,311,063 2.9% |
6,311,063 2.9% |
| First Eagle Investment Management(2)(4) | 7,451,360 5.1% |
7,451,360 3.4% |
7,451,360 3.4% |
7,329,082 5.0% |
7,329,082 3.4% |
7,329,082 3.4% |
6,491,901 4.4% |
6,491,901 3.0% |
6,491,901 3.0% |
| Caisse des Dépôts(4) | 3,544,934 2.4% |
5,014,407 2.3% |
5,014,407 2.3% |
6,013,276 4.1% |
7,657,320 3.5% |
7,657,320 3.5% |
4,392,104 3.0% |
4,808,209 2.2% |
4,808,209 2.2% |
| BlackRock Inc.(4) | 4,581,547 3.1% |
4,581,547 2.1% |
4,581,547 2.1% |
4,484,325 3.0% |
4,484,325 2.1% |
4,484,325 2.1% |
4,356,910 3.0% |
4,356,910 2.0% |
4,356,910 2.0% |
| Employees(3) | 2,469,593 1.7% |
4,117,244 1.9% |
4,117,244 1.9% |
2,336,233 1.6% |
3,809,916 1.8% |
3,809,916 1.8% |
1,560,021 1.0% |
2,715,225 1.2% |
2,715,225 1.3% |
| Treasury Shares | 841,102 0.6% |
841,102 0.4% |
— —% |
1,166,593 0.8% |
1,166,593 0.5% |
— —% |
1,442,351 1.0% |
1,442,351 0.7% |
— —% |
| Public | 54,891,167 37.2% |
60,813,905 27.8% |
60,813,905 27.9% |
54,630,434 37.0% |
60,830,019 27.9% |
60,830,019 28.1% |
59,267,996 39.9% |
68,278,596 31.2% |
68,278,596 31.5% |
| TOTAL | 147,454,887 100% |
218,745,234 100% |
217,904,132 100% |
147,454,887 100% |
217,672,684 100% |
216,506,091 100% |
147,454,887 100% |
218,345,103 100% |
216,902,752 100% |
As at August 31, 2022, the members of the Board of Directors together directly held less than 0.5% of the Company’s share capital.
During Fiscal 2022, the equity stake of Bellon SA, the family holding company, remained stable at 42.8% of the share capital, with a total number of shares held of 63,040,363 as at August 31, 2022.
The Pierre and Danielle Bellon family controls 72.6% of the family holding company Bellon SA, which in turn holds 42.8% of the share capital of Sodexo and 57.5% of the exercisable voting rights as of August 31, 2022. Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Bellon and their children entered into an agreement in June 2015 to prevent their direct descendants from freely disposing of their Bellon SA shares for 50 years. Bellon SA’s only asset is its holding in Sodexo; Bellon SA has no intention of selling this holding to a third party.
