By Ejekwu Chidiebere
“It is in accordance with our policy in favour of employee shareholding, that the Board of Directors (TotalEnergies SE) decided, on October 30, 2024, to carry out a capital increase reserved for eligible employees and former employees of the Company and its French and foreign subsidiaries in which the Company holds directly or indirectly more than 50% (in terms of capital or voting rights), that are members of the PEG-A Group savings plan, in France and abroad, under the conditions set by the twenty-second resolution at the Shareholders’ Meeting of May 24, 2024.”
“On April 29, 2025, the Chairman and CEO set (i) the subscription period from May 2 to May 15, 2025 (included) and (ii) the subscription price at 42.50 euros per share, corresponding to the average of the closing prices of the Company’s share on Euronext over the twenty trading sessions preceding the date of this decision, reduced by a 20% discount and rounded off to the highest tenth of a euro.”
“At the end of this period, 62,796 employees in 97 countries, representing 53% of the eligible employees and former employees, subscribed to this capital increase for an amount of 449.3 million euros. The 2025 results are close to those of 2024, a record year, and significantly higher than in previous years, both in terms of participation and amounts subscribed.”
Patrick Pouyanné, Chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies further declared: “Employee share ownership is the best way to associate employees with the economic performance of the company, strengthen their sense of belonging and align the interests of employees and shareholders. Employees responded this year again massively to the capital increase reserved for them, and increasingly so, investing nearly 450 million euros, an amount close to last year’s record of 480 million euros, and around 100 million more than the amounts of 2021, 2022, and 2023. These figures reflect an increase of 10,000 subscribers since 2024, when all employees received 100 shares to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Company. It demonstrates that our employees have a strong and lasting confidence in their company and its strategy. This strong momentum has once again enabled TotalEnergies to confirm its position as the number one in employee shareholding in Europe in terms of capitalization held, and it was awarded with the ‘Grand Prix’ from the French Federation of Employee Shareholding”.
As a result, 11,149,053 new shares were being issued, June 10, 2025, and this is with the intent that they will carry immediate dividend rights which will also be fully assimilated with the Company’s shares already listed on Euronext.
Consequently, and by this issuance, the employee shareholders in the Company’s share capital, within the contemplation of Article L. 225-102 of the French Commercial Code, is now estimated at 8.8% of the Company’s share capital as of June 10, 2025.