Valeo announces an employee share offering
Paris, September 21, 2020 - Valeo announces the launch of a share subscription offering reserved for employees. Around 91 000 Group employees are eligible to the offering proposed in 21 countries.
The main terms of this offering are described below.
ISSUER
Valeo, a French Société Anonyme with a share capital of EUR 241,036,743 having its registered office at 43, rue Bayen – 75017 Paris Cedex 17 – France, and registered in the trade registry of Paris under number 552 030 967 (the “Company”)
Listed on Euronext Paris (France)
ISIN code: FR0013176526 FR
PURPOSE OF THE OFFERING
This plan is part of the development of the employee shareholding policy of Valeo in France and abroad with the goal of involving employees in the performance and development of the Group.
CONTEXT OF THE OFFER – SECURITIES OFFERED
The offer is proposed pursuant to Articles L. 3332-18 et seq. of the French Labor Code, in the context of the French group savings plan (plan d’épargne de groupe, PEG) and the international group savings plan (plan d’epargne de groupe international, PEGI) of Valeo.
The subscription of shares is made on the basis of the Company’s shareholder’s authorisation given by the 18th resolution of the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of May 23, 2019. Employees subscribing to the offering outside of France will benefit from the grant of shares for free based on the 19th resolution of the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of May 23, 2019.
The share subscription offering covers a maximum of 1,200,000 Valeo shares with a nominal value of EUR 1 per share.
The shares will bear immediate dividend entitlements and will be fully fungible with existing shares upon their issuance.
SUBSCRIPTION TERMS
Beneficiaries of the offering
The offering is proposed to employees having a seniority of at least three months, achieved consecutively or not, between January 1, 2019 and the last day of the subscription period with a Valeo Group company member of the PEG or the PEGI, as the case may be. The scope of implementation of the offering comprises the following countries: France, Belgium, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, Türkiye and USA.
The offer is also open in France to the employees on retirement or pre-retirement having kept assets in the PEG since their departure from the group.
Subscription formula
Employees may subscribe shares either through the company shareholding fund (fonds commun de placement d’entreprise, FCPE) “Shares4U Relais 2020” intended to merge with the FCPE “Valeorizon” after the approval of the Supervisory board of the FCPE and of the AMF, or, in some countries, through direct shareholding. The employee’s investment will fluctuate in the same manner as the price of the Valeo share, both increasing or decreasing.
The subscription of shares allows employees subscribing in context of the PEG to benefit from a matching contribution of their employer.
Outside of France, employees will be awarded conditional shares for free according to the terms and conditions of the plan rules adopted by the Company. The free shares are existing shares of Valeo which have been repurchased by the Company.
Custody of shares – Exercise of voting rights
Subscription is carried out through an FCPE or, in certain countries, by direct shareholding.
When the shares are subscribed through an FCPE, the voting rights are exercised by the Supervisory Board (conseil de surveillance) of the FCPE.
With regard to the shares subscribed for directly, the voting rights are exercised by the subscribers.
Subscription price
The subscription price is set at 21.61 euros. It corresponds to the average of opening prices of Valeo shares on 20 trading days from August 21, 2020 to September 17, 2020 inclusive, after a discount of 20%.
Subscription period
The beneficiaries may subscribe to the offering from September 21, 2020 (inclusive) to October 9, 2020 (inclusive).
Lock-up of the shares
Subject to specific provisions applicable in certain countries, the FCPE units as well as the shares subscribed directly will be subject to a lock-up period of 5 years as provided for in the PEG (up to May 31, 2025 inclusive) and the PEGI (up to June 30, 2025 inclusive, and for Belgium until November 16, 2025 inclusive), except early exit event provided for in Articles L. 3332-25 and R. 3324-22 of the French Labor Code, and as applicable in different countries of implementation of the offering.
CAPITAL INCREASE AND LISTING OF SHARES
The capital increase and the delivery of Valeo shares under the offer should take place on November 16, 2020. An application for listing on Euronext Paris of the Valeo shares issued in the context of this offering will be filed as soon as possible following the capital increase on the same line of listing as the existing shares.
LEGAL NOTICE
This press release should not be considered as a form of canvassing or solicitation for the subscription of Valeo shares.
The offering is strictly reserved to the beneficiaries mentioned in this press release and will be implemented only in countries where such an offering has been registered or notified to the competent local authorities and/or following the approval of a prospectus by the competent local authorities or in consideration of exemption from the requirement to prepare a prospectus or to proceed to registration or notification of the offering.
More generally, the offering will only be conducted in countries where all procedures of registering and/or notifications have been completed and the necessary authorizations have been obtained.
CONTACT
For any questions regarding the offering, beneficiaries may contact their Human Resources manager and/or any other person as indicated in the documentation relating to the offering provided to beneficiaries.
This press release represents the document required to qualify for the exemption from the requirement to publish a prospectus as defined in the EU Prospectus Regulation2017/1129/EC, directly applicable in internal law of the member states of the European Union.
