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Employee shareholding

Employee shareholders 

Because Essilor's success is everyone's responsibility, employee shareholders play a fundamental role in the group and nearly a quarter of all employees are now group shareholders.

Values rooted in our business culture
Employee's shareholding has always been an integral part of the group's identity. Today, employees hold 8% of the capital (a quarter of our employees are shareholders in the Group) and 14% of the voting rights.

Essilor's success
Essilor's market value has been multiplied by 160 since 1978 and by 40 since 1991. This success is down to one essential factor: employees holding a share of the corporate capital.

Financial investment, personal involvement
Holding shares in the business deeply alters the relationship between employees and their company. It generates a stronger commitment, provides remuneration and allows the constitution of savings. The fact that our employees own part of the Group's capital is vital for the future of the business; employee shareholders are more involved and more responsible.

A new criterion of business efficiency
Since 4 December 2006, Essilor has been on the Euronext FAS IAS® index which measures the financial performance of companies that have large-scale employee participation. Based on the same methodology as the French CAC 40 index, the Euronext FAS IAS® index aims to keep track in a comprehensive manner of companies whose employees own significant share capital, while offering investors and issuers the means to assess and compare market performance to that of other quoted companies.

A dedicated organization
Employee investments are managed directly by an internal service that guarantees optimal distribution of information to employees and retirees.

Essilor employees can become shareholders through different investment schemes:
  • by acquiring shares in different employee mutual funds (FCPE) or via trusts;
  • by purchasing shares personally;
  • by exercising stock options;
  • by allocation of free performance shares.

Localized solutions
In order to adapt to local specificities and legislations, a number of different investment funds have been set up around the world:
  • PEE plans (five and seven years) for French employees and expatriates;
  • Valoptec International and Essilor International mutual funds covering many countries in the Group (Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Canada, Thailand etc.);
  • different local investment plans in the UK, Australia, USA, Ireland and South Korea;
  • various share purchase programs in Spain, Italy, Austria, Brazil, Taiwan, China, South Africa, etc.
 
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