Results of the 2025 Combined General Meeting of Lagardère SA

Lagardère SA gathered its shareholders to the Combined General Meeting at the Casino de Paris on Tuesday, 29 April 2025 at 9:00 a.m., chaired by Mr. Arnaud Lagardère, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

The shareholders, who represented a quorum of 93.30 %, adopted all the resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors, with an average approval rate of 99.81 %, and in particular those relating to:

• the approval of the 2024 annual and consolidated financial statements and the distribution of a dividend of €0.67 per share; the ex-dividend date is on 30 April 2025 and the dividend will be paid as of 5 May 2025;
• the approval of the remuneration components due to the corporate officers for the 2024 financial year and their 2025 remuneration policies;
• the appointments of Mrs. Valérie Hortefeux and Michèle Reiser as independent directors for a period of four years, replacing Mrs. Virginie Banet and Laura Carrere, whose terms of office were due to expire;
• the renewal as a director of Mrs. Valérie Bernis, Fatima Fikree, Véronique Morali, and Mr. Yannick Bolloré, Arnaud de Puyfontaine and Nicolas Sarkozy for periods ranging from two to four years;
• the renewal of the various financial authorizations granted to the Board of Directors;
• some updates to the company’s articles of association.

Following the General Meeting, the Board of Directors of Lagardère SA held a meeting with its new composition to reconstitute its two Committees, appointing Valérie Hortefeux, Michèle Reiser and Arnaud de Puyfontaine as members of the Audit Committee, Valérie Bernis and Michèle Reiser as members of the Nomination, Remuneration and CSR Committee, and Valérie Hortefeux as Chair of the Nomination, Remuneration and CSR Committee.

The Directors were delighted to welcome Valérie Hortefeux and Michèle Reiser, noting that their respective experience, expertise and knowledge of the Group’s businesses will be valuable assets to the Board. They also paid tribute to the remarkable contribution made to the Board’s work, with rigour and independence, by Virginie Banet and Laura Carrere, as well as the high quality of the relationships they maintained with their colleagues throughout their term of office.

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Created in 1992, Lagardère is an international group with operations in more than 45 countries worldwide. It employs over 33,000 people and generated revenue of €8,942 million in 2024.
The Group focuses on two main divisions: Lagardère Publishing (Books, Partworks, Board Games and Premium Stationery) and Lagardère Travel Retail (Travel Essentials, Duty Free & Fashion, Dining).
The Group’s business scope also comprises Lagardère News (Le Journal du Dimanche, Le JDNews, Le JDMag and the Elle brand licence), Lagardère Radio (Europe 1, Europe 2, RFM and advertising sales brokerage, controlled by Arnaud Lagardère but whose capital is wholly owned by the Group and consolidated in its financial statements), Lagardère Live Entertainment (venue management, production of concerts and shows, hosting and local promotional services) and Lagardère Paris Racing (sports club).
Lagardère shares are listed on Euronext Paris.
www.lagardere.com