Pre-Annual General Meeting Information • May 5, 2023
Pre-Annual General Meeting Information
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This text is a free translation from the French language and is supplied solely for information purposes. Only the original version in the French language has legal force.
In accordance with Articles 241-1 et seq. of the French Financial Markets Authority's (Autorité des marchés financiers) General Regulations, this description aims to indicate the objectives, terms and conditions of the share buy-back program of COMPAGNIE DE SAINT-GOBAIN (the "Company") to be submitted for approval to the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting convened to be held on June 8, 2023.
The Board of Directors wishes that the Company renews its share buy-back program. To this end, it will be proposed to the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting to be held on June 8, 2023 to authorize, as it does every year, through the 13 th resolution, the implementation of a new share buy-back program to be established in accordance with the provisions of Articles L. 22-10-62 et seq. of the French Commercial Code, the European Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 dated April 16, 2014, and the delegated regulations taken for its application, the French Financial Markets Authority's General Regulations and the market practice authorized by the latter. This authorization would supersede and replace the one granted in the 16 th resolution of the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meeting held on June 2, 2022, for the unused portion and the unexpired period.
Shares may be purchased, sold, transferred or exchanged at any time, except during a public tender offer period involving the Company's shares, and by any means, provided that laws and regulations in force are complied with, on one or more occasions, on or off the stock market, over the counter, in whole or in part in blocks of shares, by public tender offer in cash or in shares, by using options or derivatives, either directly or indirectly through the intermediation of an investment services provider, or in any other way.
The Company's shares are listed on the Euronext Paris regulated market.
The new share buy-back program will be submitted for approval to the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting of June 8, 2023.
As of May 4, 2023, the Company held, directly or indirectly, 8,468,749 of its own shares, representing 1.64% of the Company's share capital.
Compagnie de Saint-Gobain
As of May 4, 2023:
Under the new share buy-back program that will be submitted for approval to the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting of June 8, 2023, the Company is considering repurchasing its shares, or having its shares repurchased, for purposes of:
The maximum proportion of the Company's share capital that might be bought back under the new share buy-back program would be 10% of the total number of shares comprising the Company's share capital as of the date of the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on June 8, 2023. The number of shares acquired with a view to retaining them for subsequently delivering them as payment or in exchange as part of mergers, split-ups or contributions would not exceed 5% of the Company's share capital at such date. In accordance with Article L. 225-210 of the French Commercial Code, the number of shares that the Company can hold at any time may not exceed 10% of the shares comprising the Company's share capital.
The maximum purchase price under the new share buy-back program would be €100 per share, it being specified that such price might be adjusted in the event of transactions on the Company's share capital, in particular an increase in capital through the capitalization of reserves, the allocation of free shares, a stock split or reverse stock split, the distribution of reserves or any other assets, impairment of share capital or any other transaction involving share capital or shareholders' equity, the above-mentioned maximum price will be adjusted to take into account the impact of these transactions on the stock value.
The Company would only be authorized to repurchase ordinary shares.
For information purposes, 51,579,102 shares could be bought back (10% of the share capital based on the share capital as of May 4, 2023).
In accordance with the thirteenth resolution that will be submitted for approval at the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Shareholders' Meeting to be held on June 8, 2023, the new share buy-back program would be implemented over an eighteen-month period following the date of the Meeting, i.e., until December 8, 2024.
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In accordance with the terms of Article 241-2, II of the French Financial Markets Authority's General Regulations, during the implementation of the share buy-back program, any significant alteration of any of the information listed in sections IV, V and VI above will be made public in compliance with the terms set forth in Article 221-3 of the General Regulations.
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