Louis Hachette S A : Results of the Combined General Meeting 2025 of Louis Hachette Group

Paris, 30 April 2025

COMBINED GENERAL MEETING OF LOUIS HACHETTE GROUP

The shareholders approved all the resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors with an average rate of 97.33 %

Louis Hachette Group gathered its shareholders to the Combined General Meeting at the Casino de Paris, on Tuesday, 29 April 2025 at 3:30 p.m, chaired by Mr. Jean-Christophe Thiery, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

The shareholders, who represented a quorum of 54.17%, adopted all the resolutions proposed by the Board of Directors, with an average approval rate of 97.33 %, and in particular those relating to:

• the approval of the annual and consolidated financial statements for 2024 and the distribution of

  a dividend of €0.06 per share, ex-dividend date May 6, 2025 and payable from May 8, 2025.

• the appointment of Arnaud Lagardère as Director for a four-year term.

Arnaud Lagardère has also been appointed Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors.

The results of the votes on the nine resolutions adopted by the General Meeting of Shareholders are detailed below:

	Ordinary Meeting	Votes in favour (%)	Votes against (%)
Resolution n° 1	Approval of the Company's financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024.	98.80	1.20
Resolution n° 2	Approval of the consolidated financial	98.80	1.20
	statements for the year ended 31 December
	2024.
Resolution n° 3	Allocation of the Company's profit and	99.75	0.25
	dividend payment.
Resolution n° 4	Approval of the special report of the auditors	99.98	0.02
	on regulated agreements.
Resolution n° 5	Appointment of Arnaud Lagardère as a director	78.92	21.08
	for a four-year term.
Resolution n° 6	Appointment of Deloitte & Associés as Statutory Auditor responsible for auditing sustainability information, subject to conditions subsequent.	99.99	0.01

Resolution n° 7 Resolution n° 8 Resolution n° 9

Appointment of Grant Thornton as Statutory Auditor responsible for auditing sustainability information, subject to conditions subsequent. Extraordinary Meeting Amendment of article 10.2 of Company's Articles of Association. Ordinary Meeting Powers for formalities.

99.97 99.77 99.99

0.03 0.23 0.01

The replay of the webcast of this General Meeting is available, in French, English and sign language, online on

the Company's website https://www.louishachettegroup.com

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About Louis Hachette Group

Louis Hachette Group, which owns 66.31% of Lagardère SA and 100% of Prisma Media, is a global group with over 34,000 employees in more than 45 countries. It is a leading and diversified player in the fields of publishing, travel retail and media:

• Lagardère Publishing, the world's third-largest book publishing group for the general public in the trade and educational markets, and the leader in France: Books (paper, digital and audio formats), Partworks, Board Games, and Premium Stationery.

• Lagardère Travel Retail, the world's third-largest travel retail merchant and number one in France: Travel Essentials, Duty Free & Fashion, and Dining.

• Prisma Media, the French leader in magazines and digital press, with a portfolio of over 40 leading brands.

The Group also carries out other activities in the media and entertainment space with Lagardère News (press and the Elle brand licence), Lagardère Radio (radio and advertising sales brokerage), Lagardère Live Entertainment (performing arts) and Lagardère Paris Racing (sports club).

In 2024, Louis Hachette Group generated revenue of €9,235 million.

The company is listed on Euronext Growth (Paris) - (ALHG/FR001400TL40). For more information, visit https://www.louishachettegroup.com

Important notice :

Some of the statements contained in this document are not historical facts but are rather statements of future expectations, estimates, plans, objectives, future events and other forward-looking statements that are based on management's beliefs. These statements reflect such views and assumptions prevailing as of the date of the statements. No undue reliance should be placed on such forward-looking statements, which by nature involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause future results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements.

Please refer to the Information Document prepared by Louis Hachette Group and published on its website (https://www.louishachettegroup.com) for additional information in relation to such factors, risks and uncertainties.

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