Axway Software: 2021 – 2022 Share Buyback Program
PARIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News:
In accordance with the provisions of Article 241-2 et seq. of the General Regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), Article L 451-3 of the French Financial and Monetary Code, and European regulations and AMF decision no. 2018-01 of July 2, 2018, the purpose of this description is to set out the aims and the terms and conditions of AXWAY SOFTWARE’s (hereinafter the “Company”) (Paris:AXW) share buyback program, the implementation of which was delegated to the Board of Directors, with the power to sub-delegate to its Chief Executive Officer, by the Combined General Meeting of May 25, 2021.
I. Breakdown by objectives of the equity securities on June 30, 2021
On June 30, 2021, the Company held 6,328 treasury shares representing 0.03% of its share capital.
On this date, all these shares were used for market-making purposes to ensure the liquidity of the Axway Software share under a liquidity agreement and approved by the AMF.
No derivatives were used by Axway Software in the context of its previous share buyback program.
II. Description of the new share buyback program
1. Issuer and securities
Axway Software is the issuer and the securities are the Company’s ordinary shares, admitted for trading in Compartment B of the NYSE Euronext Paris regulated market under ISIN code FR0011040500.
2. Date of the General Shareholders’ Meeting that authorised the program
The Combined General Meeting of May 25, 2021 (in its thirteenth resolution).
3. Maximum share of capital and maximum number of shares that may be acquired
Shares may be purchased pursuant to the share buyback program up to the limit of 10% of the Company’s share capital, i.e. 2,135,106 shares to date. This ceiling is calculated on the basis of the number of shares making up the capital on the repurchase date, it being specified that the total number of shares purchased by the Company to be retained or exchanged in an acquisition, merger, spin-off or contribution may not exceed 5% of the Company’s shares.
Considering the 6,328 shares already held (0.03% of the share capital), the maximum number of shares that the Company may acquire through this new share buyback program is 2,128,778, or 10% of the share capital, unless the Company transfers or cancels some or all of its existing holding.
4. Maximum purchase price of the securities
The Combined General Meeting on May 25, 2021 authorised a maximum purchase price per share of €47 (excluding acquisition costs), i.e. a maximum for the program totalling €100,349,982 excluding acquisition costs.
At its meeting on July 27, 2021 the Company’s Board of Directors shall subdelegate the implementation of the share buyback program to its Chief Executive Officer, who set a maximum purchase price per share (excluding acquisition costs) of €47, in accordance with the authorisation granted by the General Meeting. This limit may be revised if necessary.
5. Program objectives
The objectives of the share buyback program authorised by the General Meeting of May 25, 2021 are:
- enabling secondary market making or ensuring the liquidity of Axway Software shares through an investment services provider via a market-making agreement that complies with regulations, it being noted that the number of shares used to calculate the aforementioned limit is equal to the number of shares bought back, less the number of shares sold;
- retaining shares that are bought back for subsequent exchange or use as consideration in acquisitions, mergers, spin-offs and asset contribution transactions;
- providing coverage of share purchase option plans and/or free share plans (or similar plans) for employees and/or the company officers of the Group, as well as granting shares through a Group or Company savings plan (or similar plan), Company profit-sharing and/or all forms of assigning shares to employees and/or company officers of the Group;
- providing coverage of securities conferring entitlement to the grant of shares in the Company in view of regulations in force;
- potentially cancelling the shares acquired, pursuant to the authorisation granted by the General Shareholders’ Meeting of May 25, 2021 in its 14th extraordinary resolution;
- pursuing any other objective which is authorised or will be authorised by the regulations in force.
6. Share buyback program terms and conditions
The transactions effected under the share buyback program established by the Company may be carried out, on one or more occasions, by any means authorised under applicable regulations, on or off market, on a multi-lateral trading platform, with a systematic internaliser or over the counter, in particular by means of the purchase or sale of share blocks, or alternatively through the use of derivatives traded on a regulated market or over the counter (such as call and put options or any combination thereof) or warrants or more generally securities convertible into shares in the Company under the terms and conditions
permitted by the competent market authorities and as and when decided by the Board of Directors or any person acting on the instructions of the Board of Directors. It should be noted that the portion of the share buyback program carried out by means of the acquisition of blocks of shares is unlimited and may represent the full amount of said program.
7. Program term
The program will run for a period of eighteen (18) months from the date of the authorisation by the Combined General Meeting of May 25, 2021 i.e. until November 24, 2022 included.
This document is available on the Company’s website, Investor Relations section:
https://investors.axway.com/en/calendar-publications/publications
A French Société anonyme with a share capital of €42,702,132
Registered office: PAE Les Glaisins – 3 rue du Pré Faucon – Annecy-le-Vieux 74940 Annecy
433 977 980 RCS Annecy
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