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REFERENCE DOCUMENT containing the Annual Financial Report Fiscal Year 2016 PROFILE The Lagardère group is a global leader in content publishing, production, broadcasting and distribution, whose powerful brands leverage its virtual and physical networks to attract and enjoy qualifi ed audiences. The Group’s business model relies on creating a lasting and exclusive relationship between the content it offers and its customers. It is structured around four business divisions: • Books and e-Books: Lagardère Publishing • Travel Essentials, Duty Free & Fashion, and Foodservice: Lagardère Travel Retail • Press, Audiovisual (Radio, Television, Audiovisual Production), Digital and Advertising Sales Brokerage: Lagardère Active • Sponsorship, Content, Consulting, Events, Athletes, Stadiums, Shows, Venues and Artists: Lagardère Sports and Entertainment 1945: at the end of World 1986: Hachette regains 26 March 2003: War II, Marcel Chassagny founds control of Europe 1. Arnaud Lagardère is appointed Matra (Mécanique Aviation Managing Partner of TRAction), a company focused 10 February 1988: Lagardère SCA. on the defence industry. Matra is privatised. 2004: the Group acquires 1963: Jean-Luc Lagardère 30 December 1992: a portion of Vivendi Universal becomes Chief Executive Publishing’s French and following the failure of French Offi cer of Matra, which Spanish assets. television channel La Cinq, has diversifi ed into aerospace Hachette is merged into Matra and automobiles. to form Matra-Hachette, 2007: the Group reorganises and Lagardère Groupe, a French around four major institutional 1974: Sylvain Floirat asks partnership limited by shares, brands: Lagardère Publishing, Jean-Luc Lagardère to head is created as the umbrella Lagardère Services (which the Europe 1 radio network. company for the entire became Lagardère Travel Retail ensemble. in 2015), Lagardère Active and Lagardère Sports (which 1977: Jean-Luc Lagardère became Lagardère Sports and is appointed Chairman 1996: Matra-Hachette Entertainment in 2015). and Chief Executive Offi cer is absorbed into Lagardère of Matra. Groupe, which changes its name to Lagardère SCA. 2011: the Group sells its international magazine 1980: Matra acquires operations. the Hachette group, 1999: Aerospatiale Matra specialised in book publishing is created following the merger (Grasset, Fayard, Stock, etc.), of Aerospatiale and Matra 2013: the Group divests magazines and newspapers Hautes Technologies. its remaining interest in EADS. (Elle, Le Journal du Dimanche, etc.) and distribution. 2000: the EADS consortium 2015-2016: Lagardère’s is formed following the merger acquisitions include production 1981: the French State of Aerospatiale Matra, CASA company Grupo Boomerang TV, acquires a 51% interest and DaimlerChrysler Aerospace. travel retail fi rm Paradies and in Matra (excluding Hachette). publisher Perseus Books. Europe 1 is sold to the French 14 March 2003: State via Sofi rad. Jean-Luc death of Jean-Luc Lagardère. Lagardère and Daniel Filipacchi are appointed Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hachette. REFERENCE DOCUMENT containing the Annual Financial Report Fiscal Year 2016 Lagardère SCA French partnership limited by shares (société en commandite par actions) with share capital of €799,913,044.60 divided into 131,133,286 shares with a par value of €6.10 each. Registered office: 4 rue de Presbourg - 75016 Paris - France Telephone: + 33 (0)1 40 69 16 00 Lagardère is registered with the Paris Trade and Companies Registry (Registre du commerce et des sociétés) under number 320 366 446 Corporate website: http://www.lagardere.com The original version of this Reference Document (Document de référence) in French was filed with the French financial markets authority (Autorité des Marchés Financiers – AMF) on 3 April 2017 in accordance with article 212-13 of the AMF’s General Regulations. It may be used in connection with a financial transaction if supplemented by an information notice approved by the AMF. This document has been prepared by the Company under the responsibility of the persons who signed the original French Document de référence. REFERENCE DOCUMENT / FISCAL YEAR 2016 CONTENTS 1 PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR 6.4 Presentation of the Lagardère SCA THE REFERENCE DOCUMENT parent company financial statements 171 AND STATUTORY AUDITORS AFR 5 6.5 Lagardère SCA parent company financial 1.1 Persons responsible for the information statements at 31 December 2016 174 contained in the Reference Document 6 6.6 Statutory Auditors’ report on 1.2 Statement by the persons responsible the Company’s financial statements 188 for the Reference Document 6 6.7 Statutory Auditors’ report on 1.3 Details of the Statutory Auditors 6 the consolidated financial statements 189 6.8 Statutory Auditors’ special report on regulated agreements and commitments 190 2 CONSOLIDATED KEY FIGURES FOR 2016 7 2.1 Consolidated key figures 8 7 ORGANISATION OF THE COMPANY 2.2 Per share data 8 AND THE GROUP – CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AFR 191 3 RISK FACTORS AFR 9 7.1 General presentation of French partnerships 3.1 Risks associated with the economic environment 10 limited by shares and of Lagardère SCA 192 3.2 Risks associated with the business activity 11 7.2 General Partners, Managing Partners and members of the Supervisory Board 193 3.3 Legal risks 12 7.3 Remuneration and benefits 204 3.4 Financial or market risks 15 7.4 Organisation, operation and control 3.5 Operational risks 15 of the Company and the Group 233 7.5 Transactions with related parties 4 GENERAL INFORMATION (executive corporate officers and ABOUT LAGARDÈRE SCA 19 members of the Supervisory Board) 253 4.1 General information about the issuer 20 4.2 History 20 8 OTHER INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY 255 4.3 Organisation chart – principal 8.1 Share capital AFR 256 subsidiaries – relations between 8.2 Principal provisions of the Company’s the parent company and subsidiaries 22 Articles of Association AFR 264 4.4 Major investments 23 8.3 Major contracts AFR 270 8.4 Real estate property 271 5 INFORMATION ON THE BUSINESS ACTIVITIES OF THE COMPANY AND THE GROUP AFR 25 9 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 5.1 Business activities and strategy 26 AND OUTLOOK AFR 273 5.2 The Group’s principal activities and 9.1 Recent developments (since 1 January 2017) 274 main markets – operations during 2016: Lagardère Media 27 9.2 Outlook 275 5.3 Corporate social responsibility 9.3 Earnings forecast 275 and corporate citizenship – Ethics 47 10 DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY 277 6 NET ASSETS, FINANCIAL POSITION AND RESULTS AFR 87 11 CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE FOR THE REFERENCE DOCUMENT 279 6.1 Per share data, dividend policy and share performance 88 6.2 Presentation of the financial position and consolidated financial statements of Lagardère SCA 90 6.3 Lagardère SCA consolidated financial statements at 31 December 2016 95 Items appearing in the Annual Financial Report are cross‑referenced with the following symbol AFR 2 2016 Reference Document The Annual Financial Report prepared in accordance with article L.451-1-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code (Code monétaire et financier) and article 222-3 of the General Regulations of the French financial markets authority (Autorité des Marchés Financiers – AMF) comprises the information, documents and reports listed below, which are presented in the chapters, sections and pages indicated of the accompanying Reference Document. Statement by the persons responsible for the information (Statement by the persons responsible for the Annual Financial Report and Reference Document) Chapter 1 5 Parent company financial statements for 2016 Chapter 6.5 174 Consolidated financial statements for 2016 Chapter 6.3 95 Management report t Business activities of the Company and the Group Chapter 5 25 Chapter 8.3 270 Chapter 9 273 t Results and financial position Chapter 6 88 t Main risks Chapter 3 9 t Corporate social responsibility and corporate citizenship Chapter 5.3 47 t Organisation of the Company and the Group, corporate governance Chapter 7 191 t Information about the share capital, shareholders, share buyback programmes and principal provisions of the Articles of Association Chapter 8.1 256 Chapter 8.2 264 t Related party agreements Chapter 6.3 155 Statutory Auditors’ report on the Company’s financial statements Chapter 6.6 188 Statutory Auditors’ report on the consolidated financial statements Chapter 6.7 189 t Fees paid to the Statutory Auditors Chapter 6.3 156 t Report of the Chairman of the Supervisory Board Chapter 7.4.2 243 t Statutory Auditors’ report on the report prepared by the Chairman of the Supervisory Board Chapter 7.4.3 252 2016 Reference Document 3 This page is left intentionally blank. 4 2016 Reference Document CHAPTER 1 - Persons responsible for the Reference Document and Statutory Auditors 1 1 2 PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REFERENCE DOCUMENT AND STATUTORY AUDITORS 3 4 1.1 PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED AFR IN THE REFERENCE DOCUMENT 6 5 Managing Partners 6 1.2 STATEMENT BY THE PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REFERENCE DOCUMENT AFR 6 Statement by the Managing Partners 6 6 Items appearing in the Annual Financial Report are cross‑referenced 1.3 DETAILS OF THE STATUTORY with the following symbol AFR AUDITORS AFR 6 7 8 9 10 11 2016 Reference Document 5 CHAPTER 1 - Persons responsible for the Reference Document and Statutory Auditors 1.1 PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE REFERENCE DOCUMENT AFR MANAGING PARTNERS ϐ Arnaud Lagardère, – Pierre Leroy, Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer; ϐ Arjil Commanditée‑Arco, represented by: – Thierry Funck‑Brentano, Chief Operating Officer. – Arnaud Lagardère, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; 1.2 STATEMENT BY THE PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REFERENCE DOCUMENT AFR STATEMENT BY THE MANAGING PARTNERS We hereby declare, having taken all reasonable care to ensure that financial position of the Company and all the entities included in such is the case, that the information set out in this Reference the consolidation, together with a description of the main risks and Document is, to the best of our knowledge, in accordance with the uncertainties to which they are exposed.