Press Release: Sanofi launches 2024 global Employee Stock Purchase Plan
May 31 2024 - 6:00AM
Press Release: Sanofi launches 2024 global Employee Stock Purchase
Plan
Sanofi launches 2024 global Employee Stock
Purchase Plan
Paris, May 31, 2024. Sanofi’s
global employee shareholder plan, Action 2024, opens on June 4,
2024, to around 80,000 employees in 56 countries. Now in its 10th
year, the program demonstrates the ongoing commitment of Sanofi and
its Board of Directors to secure that employees benefit from the
company growth and success.
Paul HudsonChief Executive
Officer of Sanofi “This plan underscores our ongoing commitment to
unite the people of Sanofi behind our long-term growth, with the
opportunity to have a share in our collective company performance
as we break new ground with innovative medicines and vaccines. The
Board of Directors and I are proud of the continued increase in
participation over the past decade, a clear reflection of our
employees’ confidence in the transformation we are undertaking to
become a modern healthcare company.”
From June 4 to June 24, 2024, employees will be
offered shares at a subscription price of 72.87€,
which is equal to a 20% discount on the average of
the 20 opening prices of Sanofi shares from May 2 to May 29, 2024.
For every five shares subscribed, employees will be offered one
free matching share (up to a maximum of four matching shares per
employee). Every eligible employee may purchase up to 1,500 Sanofi
shares within the legal limit (maximum payment amount may not
exceed 25% of their gross annual salary, minus any voluntary
deductions already made under employee savings schemes, such as
Group Savings Plan or Group Retirement Savings Plan, during
2024).
In 2023, more than 33,100 Sanofi employees
(39.4%) chose to invest in the company through the
program. Today, nearly 75,000 current or former Sanofi employees
are shareholders, and hold approximately 2.58%1 of its capital.
Detailed conditionsAn eligibility condition of
three months employment by the closing date of the offer period
will apply. Eligible staff will be able to subscribe for shares
from June 4, 2024 (inclusive) to June 24, 2024 (inclusive). The
issue is expected to be completed and the delivery of the
securities carried out by the end of July 2024.The maximum number
of Sanofi shares that may be issued under this offer is 12.6
million shares (corresponding to a maximum capital increase of
€25,295,998 at nominal value, being 1% of share capital as of the
date of the Board of Directors’s meeting deciding on the capital
increase).The new shares, including the matching shares (the
"Shares"), will be subscribed (or delivered) either directly or
through the intermediary of employee mutual funds ("FCPE"),
depending on the regulations and/or tax regime applicable in the
various countries of residence of those eligible for the capital
increase.
The Shares will be fully fungible with the
existing ordinary shares comprising the share capital of Sanofi and
will acquire dividend rights as from January 1, 2024.The voting
rights attached to the subscribed Shares will be exercised directly
by the employees. Shares and the corresponding FCPE units
subscribed, in France, within the framework of the Sanofi Group
savings plan (PEG) must be held for a period of approximately five
years, i.e. until May 31, 2029, except upon the occurrence of an
early release event provided for under Article R. 3324-22 of the
French Labour Code. For shares subscribed outside of France within
the framework of the Sanofi International Group Shareholding Plan
(IGSP), this period could be shortened to three years, i.e. until
May 31, 2027, depending on the legal and tax implications that may
arise in the subscriber's country. Admission of the Shares to
trading on the Euronext Paris market (ISIN Code: FR0000120578 ) on
the same line as the existing shares will be requested as soon as
possible after the completion of the capital increase.This press
release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation to
buy Sanofi shares. The offer of Sanofi shares reserved for
employees will only be made in countries where such an offer has
been registered with or notified to the competent local authorities
and/or following the approval of a prospectus by the competent
local authorities, or in consideration of an exemption from the
requirement to prepare a prospectus or to register or notify of the
offer, where such procedure is required.More generally, the offer
will only be made in countries where all required registration
and/or notification procedures have been carried out, approvals
obtained, and procedures for consulting or informing employee
representatives followed.This press release is not intended for and
should not be copied to or distributed in countries where such a
prospectus has not been approved or such exemption is not available
or where all necessary registration, notification, consultation
and/or information procedures have not been completed or
authorisations obtained. This relates in particular to Japan,
Morocco, Greece and the Philippines, where to date formalities are
still pending with the authorities but could also relate to other
countries.
This press release is prepared in accordance
with the exemption from publication of a prospectus under Article 1
4°i) and 5°h) of the Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129. It
constitutes the document required to meet the conditions for
exemption from publication of a prospectus as defined by the
Prospectus Regulation.
About SanofiWe are an innovative global
healthcare company, driven by one purpose: we chase the miracles of
science to improve people’s lives. Our team, across the world, is
dedicated to transforming the practice of medicine by working to
turn the impossible into the possible. We provide potentially
life-changing treatment options and life-saving vaccine protection
to millions of people globally, while putting sustainability and
social responsibility at the center of our ambitions. Sanofi is
listed on EURONEXT: SAN and NASDAQ: SNY
Media RelationsSandrine
Guendoul | + 33 6 25 09 14 25
| sandrine.guendoul@sanofi.com Victor
Rouault | + 33 6 70 93 71 40
| victor.rouault@sanofi.comNicolas
Obrist | + 33 6 77 21 27 55
| nicolas.obrist@sanofi.comEvan Berland | +1
215 432 0234 | evan.berland@sanofi.com
Investor RelationsThomas Kudsk
Larsen |+ 44 7545 513 693
| thomas.larsen@sanofi.comArnaud
Delépine | + 33 6 73 69 36 93 |
arnaud.delepine@sanofi.comCorentine
Driancourt | + 33 6 40 56 92 21 |
corentine.driancourt@sanofi.comFelix
Lauscher | + 1 908 612 7239 |
felix.lauscher@sanofi.comTarik Elgoutni| + 1 617
710 3587 | tarik.elgoutni@sanofi.comNathalie
Pham | + 33 7 85 93 30 17 |
nathalie.pham@sanofi.com
1 Shares held by the employees according to
article L.225-102 of the French Commercial Code
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