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11.
Equity
a)
Share capital
On 29 October 2012, the Parent Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación,
S.A. increased share capital by a nominal amount of EUR 10,965 thousand through the
issue of (i) 13,438,704 shares of EUR 0.75 par value each, of the same class and series
as the shares outstanding prior to the increase but without entitlement to dividends paid
out of the profits generated prior to the date of registration of the merger at the
Mercantile Registry, irrespective of the dividend payment date, and (ii) 1,181,296 shares
of EUR 0.75 par value each, of a different class and carrying the same restriction on
dividend rights as the aforementioned shares, although in this case the restriction shall
continue to apply for 24 months following the date on which the merger was registered
at the Mercantile Registry.
As indicated in the relevant event communication of 20 November 2014, the Parent's
Board of Directors, acting under powers delegated from the Annual General Meeting of
25 April 2012 in which the merger was approved, adopted the necessary resolutions to
reword Articles 5 and 7 of the bylaws so that they state that all the shares that represent
the share capital of Atresmedia Corporación de Medios de Comunicación, S.A. are of the
same class and carry the same dividend rights for the holders thereof in respect of the
profit earned by the Company from 31 October 2014 onwards.
In addition, as indicated in the aforementioned relevant event communication of 20
November 2014, as part of this convergence process and also in accordance with the
merger agreements, the Parent's Board of Directors resolved to request the official listing
of these 1,181,296 shares on the Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Bilbao Stock
Exchanges through the Spanish stock market interconnection system, which took place
on 22 January 2015.
At 31 December 2015 and 2014, the share capital of the Parent amounted to EUR
169,300 thousand and was represented by 225,732,800 fully subscribed and paid shares
of EUR 0.75 par value each, which carry the same rights.
At the end of 2015 the Parent's shareholder structure was as follows:
% of ownership
2015
Grupo Planeta-de Agostini, S.L.
41.70
Ufa Film und Fernseh, GMBH
18.65
Imagina Media Audiovisual, S.L.
3.50
Mediapro Contenidos, S.L.U.
0.65
Treasury shares
0.35
Other shareholders
35.15
Total
100.00
The shares of the Parent are traded on the Spanish Stock Market Interconnection System
and all carry the same voting and dividend rights.
In the first half of 2015, Gamp Audiovisual, S.A., in the context of the restructuring
process of the Imagina Group, was absorbed by Mediapro Contenidos, S.L. (Sole-
Shareholder Company), an Imagina Media Audiovisual, S.L. Group company.
In 2015, Imagina Media Audiovisual, S.L. performed a series of transactions with shares
of the Parent. As a result of these transactions, and including the delivery of shares
mentioned in Note 11-e, at the end of 2015 Imagina Media Audiovisual, S.L. held a direct
ownership interest equal to 3.500% and an indirect ownership interest through Mediapro
Contenidos, S.L. (Sole-Shareholder Company) of 0.648% in the Parent.