What is ESOP?
The Airbus Employee Share Ownership Programme is designed to enhance shareholder culture among employees and enable you to directly benefit from our company’s growth.
You as an eligible employee have the opportunity to acquire shares in Airbus through the Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP) subject to a yearly Board of Directors´ approval.
In addition to the shares you subscribe for, Airbus will match them with a number of shares giving you a discount (final share grant is subject to cap).
The documents of the previous plans are available for you below.
ESOP Documentation
Country supplements
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Australia (English)(10325887584.10)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Belgium (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Brazil (English)(10325932618.17)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Canada (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Chile (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - China (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Colombia (Spanish)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Finland (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Supplément pays - France - Formule PEG (Fr)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Supplément pays - France - Hors PEG (Fr)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Germany (German)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Hungary (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Indonesia (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Italy (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Kazakhstan (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Mexico (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Morocco (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Netherlands (Dutch)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - New Zealand (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Norway (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Poland (Polish)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Portugal (English)(10325933679.10)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Qatar (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Saudi Arabia (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Slovakia (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - South Korea (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Spain (Spanish)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Switzerland (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Switzerland (German)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Thailand (English)(10325934874.8)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Turkey (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - UK (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - USA (English)(10325935316.10)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - UK - s431 election instruction
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Belgium (Dutch)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Belgium (French)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Brazil (Portuguese)(10325932418.12)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Canada (French)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Chile (Spanish)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Colombia (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Denmark (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Supplément pays - France - Formule PEG (Eng)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Supplément pays - France - Hors PEG (Eng)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Germany (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Hong Kong (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - India (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Ireland (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Japan (English)(10305841665.7)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Malaysia (English)(10325933406.11)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Mexico (Spanish)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Morocco (French)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Netherlands (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - North Macedonia (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Poland (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Philippines (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Portugal (Port)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Romania (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Singapore(10325934108.8)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - South Africa (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Spain (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Sweden (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Switzerland (French)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Taiwan (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Tunisie (French)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - UAE (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - Country Supplement - Uruguay (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2026 - UK - s431 form
European Information note
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - European information note (Dutch)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - European information note (French)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - European information note (Italian)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - European information note for Poland (English)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - European information note for Portugal (English)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - Information note UK SIP (English)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - European information note (English)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - European information note (German)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - European information note (Spanish)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - European information note for Poland (Polish)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - European information note for Portugal (Portuguese)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - Information note UK SIP (German)
FAQ
ESOP 2026 Q&A - DE
ESOP 2026 Q&A - ES
ESOP 2026 Q&A - ENG
ESOP 2026 Q&A - FR
Highlights / Factsheet
ESOP 2026 Infografic Highlights (Chinese)
ESOP 2026 Infografic Highlights (French-Canada)
ESOP 2026 Infografic Highlights (Portuguese-Brazil)
ESOP 2026 Infografic Highlights (Spanish)
ESOP 2026 Infografic Highlights PEG (French)
ESOP 2026 Infografic Highlights (English).pdf
ESOP 2026 Infografic Highlights (French)
ESOP 2026 Infografic Highlights (German)
ESOP 2026 Infografic Highlights (Portuguese)
International Plan Rules
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - International Plan Rules (English)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - International Plan Rules (German)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - International Plan Rules (Portuguese - Brazil)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - International Plan Rules (Spanish)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - International Plan Rules (French)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - International Plan Rules (Polish)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - International Plan Rules (Portuguese - Portugal)
Privacy Policy / Process
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - Privacy policy (Br Portuguese)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - Privacy policy (French)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - Privacy policy (Polish)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - Privacy policy (Spanish)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - Privacy policy (English)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - Privacy policy (German)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2026 - Privacy policy (Pt Portuguese)
Specific German Employees
ESOP 2026 German employees DE
ESOP Info Commerzbank Gebühren
Kaufkurse und Kurse für deutsche Steuer - ESOP 2000 - 2026
ESOP 2026 German employees EN
ESOP Info on Commerzbank fees
Step plan
ESOP 2026 Infographic Step Plan (Chinese)
ESOP 2026 Infographic Step Plan (French-Canada)
ESOP 2026 Infographic Step Plan (German)
ESOP 2026 Infographic Step Plan (Portuguese)
ESOP 2026 Infographic Step Plan (English)
ESOP 2026 Infographic Step Plan (French)
ESOP 2026 Infographic Step Plan (Portuguese-Brazil)
ESOP 2026 Infographic Step Plan (Spanish)
Other documents
Bank contact details 2026
How to manage my shares after subscription period 2026
Find your Equity Plan_2026
Country supplements
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Australia (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Belgium (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Brazil (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Canada (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Chile (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - China (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Colombia (Spanish)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Finland (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Germany (German)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Hungary (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Indonesia (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Italy (Italian)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Japan (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Mexico (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Morocco (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Netherlands (Dutch)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - New Zealand (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Norway (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Poland (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Portugal (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Qatar (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Saudi Arabia (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Slovakia (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - South Korea (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Spain (Spanish)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Switzerland (French)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Switzerland (German)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Thailand (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Turkey (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - UK (English)V2
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - USA (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Supplément pays - France - Formule PEG (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Supplément pays - France - Hors PEG (English)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - Information note UK SIP (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Belgium (Dutch)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Belgium (French)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Brazil (Portuguese)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Canada (French)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Chile (Spanish)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Colombia (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Denmark (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Germany (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Hong Kong (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - India (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Ireland (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Italy (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Malaysia (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Mexico (Spanish)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Morocco (French)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Netherlands (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - North Macedonia (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Philippines (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Poland (Polish)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Portugal (Port)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Romania (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Singapore
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - South Africa (English).pdf
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Spain (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Sweden (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Switzerland (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Taiwan (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Tunisie (French)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - UAE (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Country Supplement - Uruguay (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Employer statement - Denmark (English)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Supplément pays - France - Formule PEG (French)
Airbus - ESOP 2025 - Supplément pays - France - Hors PEG (French)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - Information note UK SIP (German)
European Information note
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - European information note (Dutch)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - European information note (French)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - European information note (Italian)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - European information note for Poland (English)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - European information note for Portugal (English)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - European information note (English)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - European information note (German)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - European information note (Spanish)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - European information note for Poland (Polish)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - European information note for Portugal (Portuguese)
FAQ
ESOP 2025 Q&A - 2025_02_03 - DE
ESOP 2025 Q&A - 2025_02_03 - FR
ESOP 2025 Q&A - 2025_02_03 - ES
ESOP 2025 Q&A - 2025_01_31 - ENG
Highlights / Factsheet
ESOP 2025 Infografic Highlights (Chinese)
ESOP 2025 Infografic Highlights (French-Canada)
ESOP 2025 Infografic Highlights (German)
ESOP 2025 Infografic Highlights (Portuguese)
ESOP 2025 Infografic Highlights (English)
ESOP 2025 Infografic Highlights (French)
ESOP 2025 Infografic Highlights (Portuguese-Brazil)
ESOP 2025 Infografic Highlights (Spanish)
International Plan Rules
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - International Plan Rules (English)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - International Plan Rules (German)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - International Plan Rules (Portuguese - Brazil)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - International Plan Rules (Spanish)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - International Plan Rules (French)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - International Plan Rules (Polish)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - International Plan Rules (Portuguese - Portugal)
Privacy Policy / Process
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - Privacy policy (Br Portuguese)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - Privacy policy (French)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - Privacy policy (Polish)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - Privacy policy (Spanish)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - Privacy policy (English)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - Privacy policy (German)
AIRBUS - ESOP 2025 - Privacy policy (Portuguese)
Specific German Employees
ESOP 2025 German employees (English)
ESOP Info on Commerzbank fees
ESOP 2025 German employees (German)
ESOP Info on Commerzbank Gebühren
Step plan
ESOP 2025 Infographic Step Plan (Chinese)
ESOP 2025 Infographic Step Plan (French-Canada)
ESOP 2025 Infographic Step Plan (German)
ESOP 2025 Infographic Step Plan (Portuguese)
ESOP 2025 Infographic Step Plan (English)
ESOP 2025 Infographic Step Plan (French)
ESOP 2025 Infographic Step Plan (Portuguese-Brazil)
ESOP 2025 Infographic Step Plan (Spanish)
Other documents
Bank contact details 2025
Find your Equity Plan_2025
ESOP 2025 Process for eligible minor employee
All_How to manage my shares after subscription period 2025
The information note (in German and English) in respect of the 2024 Airbus Employee Share Ownership Plan is accessible and available free of charge in printed versions to every interested person at the Airbus headquarters and at the Airbus head offices, in accordance with the European Prospectus Directive n° 2003/71/EC
as implemented by European countries.
The Information Document for Portugal is supplied for information purposes, in addition to the information already contained in the 2024 Airbus Employee Share Ownership Plan Rules (“2024 ESOP”), and in accordance with the European Prospectus Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and
of the Council of 14 June 2017).
The leaflet in respect of the 2024 Airbus Employee Share Ownership Plan validated by AMMC (Autorité Marocaine du Marché des Capitaux) « Prospectus » (in French) is accessible and available free of charge in printed versions to every interested person at the Airbus headquarters and at the Airbus head offices.
Documents
Airbus ESOP 2024 Updated EU Information Note (English)
Airbus ESOP 2024 Updated EU Information Note (German)
Airbus ESOP 2024 Information note UK SIP (English)
Airbus ESOP 2024 Information note UK SIP (German)
ESOP 2024 European Information note for Portugal (English)
ESOP 2024 European Information note for Portugal (Portuguese)
ESOP 2024 Morocco Prospectus
SIP 2024 - Updated EU information note (English)
SIP 2024 - Updated EU information note (German)
The information note (in German and English) in respect of the 2023 Airbus Employee Share Ownership Plan is accessible and available free of charge in printed versions to every interested person at the Airbus headquarters and at the Airbus head offices, in accordance with the European Prospectus Directive n° 2003/71/EC as implemented by European countries.
The Information Document for Portugal is supplied for information purposes, in addition to the information already contained in the 2023 Airbus Employee Share Ownership Plan Rules (“2023 ESOP”), and in accordance with the European Prospectus Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017).
The leaflet in respect of the 2023 Airbus Employee Share Ownership Plan validated by AMMC (Autorité Marocaine du Marché des Capitaux) « Prospectus » (in French) is accessible and available free of charge in printed versions to every interested person at the Airbus headquarters and at the Airbus head offices.
Documents
ESOP 2023 European information note (English)
ESOP 2023 European information note for Portugal (English)
ESOP 2023 European information note for Portugal (Portuguese)
ESOP 2023 European Information note (German)
Airbus ESOP 2023 Information note UK SIP (English)
Airbus ESOP 2023 Information note UK SIP (German)
ESOP 2023 Morocco Prospectus
Airbus ESOP 2023 Updated EU Information Note (English)
Airbus ESOP 2023 Updated EU Information Note (German)
ESOP 2023 Updated EU Information Note (English)
ESOP 2023 Updated EU Information Note (German)
The information note (in German and English) in respect of the 2022 Airbus Employee Share Ownership Plan is accessible and available free of charge in printed versions to every interested person at the Airbus headquarters and at the Airbus head offices, in accordance with the European Prospectus Directive n° 2003/71/EC as implemented by European countries.
The Information Document for Portugal is supplied for information purposes, in addition to the information already contained in the 2022 Airbus Employee Share Ownership Plan Rules (“2022 ESOP”), and in accordance with the European Prospectus Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017).
The leaflet in respect of the 2022 Airbus Employee Share Ownership Plan validated by AMMC (Autorité Marocaine du Marché des Capitaux) « Prospectus » (in French) is accessible and available free of charge in printed versions to every interested person at the Airbus headquarters and at the Airbus head offices.
Documents
ESOP 2022 European Information note (English)
ESOP 2022 European Information note (German)
ESOP 2022 European Information note for Portugal (English)
ESOP 2022 European Information note for Portugal (Portuguese)
ESOP 2022 UK SIP European Information note (English)
ESOP 2022 Marocco Prospectus
ESOP 2022 - Updated EU Information Note (EN)
ESOP 2022 - Updated EU Information Note (DE)
SIP 2022 - EU note English
SIP 2022 - EU note German
The information note (in German and English) in respect of the 2021 Airbus Employee Share Ownership Plan is accessible and available free of charge in printed versions to every interested person at the Airbus headquarters and at the Airbus head offices, in accordance with the European Prospectus Directive n° 2003/71/EC as implemented by European countries.
The leaflet in respect of the 2021 Airbus Employee Share Ownership Plan validated by AMMC (Autorité Marocaine du Marché des Capitaux) « Note d’Information Simplifiée » (in French) is accessible and available free of charge in printed versions to every interested person at the Airbus headquarters and at the Airbus head offices.
Documents
ESOP 2021 - EU note(English).pdf
ESOP 2021 - EU note(German).pdf
ESOP-2021-Morocco-Prospectus-French.pdf
ESOP-2021-UK-SIP-European-Information-note-English.pdf
AIRBUS ESOP 2021 Information note UK SIP English
AIRBUS ESOP 2021 Information note UK SIP German
The information note (in German and English) in respect of the 2020 Airbus Employee Share Ownership Plan is accessible and available free of charge in printed versions to every interested person at the Airbus headquarters and at the Airbus head offices, in accordance with the European Prospectus Directive n° 2003/71/EC as implemented by European countries.
The leaflet in respect of the 2020 Airbus Employee Share Ownership Plan validated by AMMC ( Autorité Marocaine du Marché des Capitaux) « Note d’Information Simplifiée » (in French) is accessible and available free of charge in printed versions to every interested person at the Airbus headquarters and at the Airbus head offices.
Documents
ESOP-2020-EU-note-English-signed.pdf
ESOP-2020-EU-note-German-signed.pdf
ESOP 2020 Morocco Note d'Information Simplifiée (French)
SIP 2020 - EU_ Information Note_UK SIP 2020 ENGLISH.pdf
SIP 2020 - EU-Information Note-UK-SIP-2020-GERMAN.pdf
The information note (in German and English) in respect of the 2019 Airbus Employee Share Ownership Plan is accessible and available free of charge in printed versions to every interested person at the Airbus headquarters and at the Airbus head offices, in accordance with the European Prospectus Directive n° 2003/71/EC as implemented by European countries.
Documents
ESOP 2019 EU note English.pdf
ESOP 2019 EU note German.pdf
Information-Note-UK-SIP-2019-ENGLISH.pdf
Information-Note-UK-SIP-2019-GERMAN.pdf
The information note (in German and English) in respect of the 2018 Airbus Employee Share Ownership Plan is accessible and available free of charge in printed versions to every interested person at the Airbus headquarters and at the Airbus head offices, in accordance with the European Prospectus Directive n° 2003/71/EC as implemented by European countries.
Documents
ESOP 2018 EU note English.pdf
ESOP 2018 EU note German.pdf
EU_ Information Document_UK SIP 2018 ENGLISH_signed.pdf
EU Information Note UK SIP 2018 German.pdf
The information note (in German and English) in respect of the 2017 Airbus Employee Share Ownership Plan is accessible and available free of charge in printed versions to every interested person at the Airbus headquarters and at the Airbus head offices, in accordance with the European Prospectus Directive n° 2003/71/EC as implemented by European countries.
Documents
esop-2017-germany-eu-note-eng.pdf
esop-2017-germany-eu-note-germ.pdf
spi-eu-note-english-version-german-listing.pdf
sip-eu-note-german-version-german-listing.pdf
The information note (in German and English) in respect of the 2016 Airbus Group Employee Share Ownership Plan is accessible and available free of charge in printed versions to every interested person at the Airbus Group headquarters and at the Airbus Group head offices, in accordance with the European Prospectus Directive n° 2003/71/EC as implemented by European countries.
Documents
eu-note-english-version-2016.pdf
eu-note-german-version.pdf
information-note-sip-2016.pdf
informationsblatt-sip-2016.pdf
The information note (in German and English) in respect of the 2015 Airbus Group Employee Share Ownership Plan is accessible and available free of charge in printed versions to every interested person at the Airbus Group headquarters and at the Airbus Group head offices, in accordance with the European Prospectus Directive n° 2003/71/EC as implemented by European countries.
Documents
eupd-information-document-2015-uk-sip-en-25-11-2015.pdf
eupd-information-document-2015-uk-sip-de-25-11-2015.pdf
17-01-information-note-eng-registered-shares.pdf
17-01-information-note-ger-registered-shares.pdf
In June 2013, the Company offered to qualifying employees a maximum of 0.45% of its total issued share capital before the offering. This employee offering was for up to 3,200,000 shares of a nominal value of €1 each.
The employee offering was open only to employees who:
had at least five months’ seniority;
were employed by (i) the Company or (ii) one of its subsidiaries or (iii) companies in which the Company holds at least 50% of the share capital and over whose management it has a determining influence.
Non-Executive Members of the Board were not eligible to participate in the ESOP offer.
The employee offering was divided into two tranches:
shares subscribed for by qualifying employees as part of a Group employee savings plan were offered for a price of €42.02 per share;
shares subscribed for by qualifying employees directly were offered for a price of €44.20 per share.
The 2013 ESOP was structured as a share matching plan, whereby the Company matched a certain number of shares purchased at fair market value with a grant of free shares based on a defined ratio. This ratio varied depending on the number of shares purchased, representing a maximum discount of 50% for 10 purchased shares and a minimum discount of 21% for 400 purchased shares (the maximum number of shares available for purchase by a single employee).
The employees are generally restricted from selling the shares offered in this employee offering for one year and sometimes longer in certain countries. A total number of 2,113,245 shares were issued in the employee offering. Shares were delivered on 29 July 2013.
Free Share Plan 2013
Following the Annual General Meeting on 29 May 2013, 10 free shares were granted to all eligible employees of the Group to reward them for their engagement and commitment to the Company with an effective date of 15 November 2013.
Group Executive Committee Members, Group Non-Executive Members of the Board and all Group Executives were not eligible to receive these 10 free shares.
Former employee offerings
Similar conditions applied in earlier employee offerings. Details are available in the Registration Document 2014 (Chapter 4.3.2).