Societe Generale launches a new global employee share ownership programme

SOCIETE GENERALE LAUNCHES A NEW GLOBAL EMPLOYEE SHARE OWNERSHIP PROGRAMMEPressrelease Paris, 20 May 2025Societe Generale confirms the launch of a new global employee share ownership programme allowing eligible employees and retired former employees of the Group to subscribe for a capital increase reserved for them on preferential terms. The subscription period for the share offer will take place from 2 to 16 June (inclusive).The settlement-delivery of the shares should take...

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SOCIETE GENERALE LAUNCHES A NEW GLOBAL EMPLOYEE SHARE OWNERSHIP PROGRAMME

Press release

Paris, 20 May 2025

Societe Generale confirms the launch of a new global employee share ownership programme allowing eligible employees and retired former employees of the Group to subscribe for a capital increase reserved for them on preferential terms. The subscription period for the share offer will take place from 2 to 16 June (inclusive).

The settlement-delivery of the shares should take place on 24 July 2025.

The terms of this transaction are described in the information document provided below.

This transaction implements the 27 resolution of the General Meeting held on 22 May 2024. The principle of this operation, approved by the Board of Directors on 5 February 2025, was made public in page 15 of the Board of Directors' report on the resolutions submitted to the General Meeting of 20 May 2025 and, before that, in the table of financial authorisations provided in section 3.1.7 of the Universal Registration Document dated 12 March 2025 which has been updated, on pages 58 to 59 of the Convening Brochure, relating to the General Meeting of 20 May 2025, which was published on 14 April 2025.

Employee share ownership is a long-term collective commitment mechanism regularly implemented within Societe Generale to involve employees in the development of the company and to enable them to benefit from long-term value creation.

The 2025 programme is the 32 offered by the Group.

Press contacts:
Jean-Baptiste Froville_+33 1 58 98 68 00_ jean-baptiste.froville@socgen.com
Fanny Rouby_+33 1 57 29 11 12_ fanny.rouby@socgen.com

20 May 2025

INFORMATION DOCUMENT

PROVIDED FOR EMPLOYEES AND RETIRED FORMER EMPLOYEES
OF THE SOCIETE GENERALE GROUP
PERTAINING TO A CAPITAL INCREASE IN CASH TARGETING A MAXIMUM OF 12,044,800 SHARES RESERVED FOR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES AND RETIRED FORMER EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATING IN SOCIETE GENERALE GROUP COMPANY
OR GROUP SAVINGS PLANS

2025 GROUP EMPLOYEE SHARE OWNERSHIP PROGRAMME (2025 GESOP)

MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CAPITAL INCREASE IN CASH RESERVED FOR ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES AND RETIRED FORMER EMPLOYEES PARTICIPATING IN SOCIETE GENERALE GROUP COMPANY OR GROUP SAVINGS PLANS

Societe Generale

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