2022 Universal Registration Document

Key Data

3. Treasury shares

Accounting policies and methods

Treasury shares allocated to performance share plans are recognised under “Marketable securities”.

In accordance with CRC Regulation 2014-03, a provision is taken as a financial expense during the period in which the beneficiaries’ rights vest, whenever an expense becomes probable.

Treasury shares not allocated to plans are recorded under “Other non-current financial assets” at their acquisition cost.

An impairment allowance is recognised as a financial expense if the average stock market price of these shares during the last month of the period is lower than their unit cost.

Shares intended for cancellation are not written down.

Whenever plans are hedged by call options, the premiums paid are recorded under “Marketable securities” when the options hedge performance share plans, or under “Other non-current financial assets” when they hedge share subscription option plans.

In both cases, a provision is recognised whenever an expense becomes probable. Income and expense relating to treasury shares (provisions and gains or losses on disposal) are recognised under “Net financial income/(expense)”.

Transactions under the 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 share buy-back programmes
Gross values
  31/12/2021 Increases: buy-backs Decreases:disposals and transfers Reclassifications: transfers between accounts 31/12/2022
  Unit value in € Value in €m Unitvaluein € Value in €m Unit value in € Value in €m Unit value in € Value in €m Unit value in € Value in €m
Shares bought back to use in payment or exchange 43.97 206             43.97 206
Shares bought back to be cancelled 86.15 62 91.54 1,094 91.20 (784)     91.32 371
Subtotal non-current financial assets   267   1,094   (784)       577
Shares intended to be transferred to the beneficiaries of performance share and employee share ownership plans 87.98 1,706     83.30 (195)     88.63 1,511
Subtotal current assets   1,706       (195)       1,511
Total cash transactions on VINCI shares 79.79 1,973   1,094   (979)     80.95 2,088

During 2022:

  • VINCI acquired 11,949,984 shares on the market at an average price of €91.54 per share, for a total of €1,094 million.
  • 2,340,958 treasury shares were transferred to beneficiaries of employee share ownership plans, notably in respect of the 2019 Castor

International plan and the performance share plan adopted by the Board of Directors on 17 April 2019. These share transfers generated an expense of €195 million, covered by a reversal for the same amount of provisions previously taken in this respect.

  • 8,600,000 shares held in treasury, equal to around 1.4% of the share capital, were cancelled on 21 December 2022.
Impairment allowances

The impairment allowance of €19 million recognised on 31 December 2021 on the basis of the average stock market price of VINCI shares in December 2021, i.e. €87.91, was reversed in full in 2022.

Number of shares
  31/12/2021 Increases: buy-backs Decreases: disposals and transfers 31/12/2022
Shares bought back to use in payment or exchange

Shares bought back to use in payment or exchange

31/12/2021

4,677,876

Shares bought back to use in payment or exchange

Increases: buy-backs

 

Shares bought back to use in payment or exchange

Decreases: disposals and transfers

 

Shares bought back to use in payment or exchange

31/12/2022

4,677,876

Shares bought back to be cancelled

Shares bought back to be cancelled

31/12/2021

714,354

Shares bought back to be cancelled

Increases: buy-backs

11,949,984

Shares bought back to be cancelled

Decreases: disposals and transfers

(8,600,000)

Shares bought back to be cancelled

31/12/2022

4,064,338

Subtotal non-current financial assets Subtotal non-current financial assets

31/12/2021

5,392,230
Subtotal non-current financial assets

Increases: buy-backs

11,949,984
Subtotal non-current financial assets

Decreases: disposals and transfers

(8,600,000)
Subtotal non-current financial assets31/12/20228,742,214
Shares intended to be transferred to the beneficiaries of performance share and employee share ownership plans

Shares intended to be transferred to the beneficiaries of performance share and employee share ownership plans

31/12/2021

19,389,553

Shares intended to be transferred to the beneficiaries of performance share and employee share ownership plans

Increases: buy-backs

 

Shares intended to be transferred to the beneficiaries of performance share and employee share ownership plans

Decreases: disposals and transfers

(2,340,958)

Shares intended to be transferred to the beneficiaries of performance share and employee share ownership plans

31/12/2022

17,048,595

Subtotal current assets Subtotal current assets

31/12/2021

19,389,553
Subtotal current assets

Increases: buy-backs

Subtotal current assets

Decreases: disposals and transfers

(2,340,958)
Subtotal current assets31/12/202217,048,595
Total cash transactions on VINCI shares

Total cash transactions on VINCI shares

31/12/2021

24,781,783

Total cash transactions on VINCI shares

Increases: buy-backs

11,949,984

Total cash transactions on VINCI shares

Decreases: disposals and transfers

(10,940,958)

Total cash transactions on VINCI shares

31/12/2022

25,790,809

At 31 December 2022, VINCI held 25,790,809 treasury shares directly (representing 4.38% of the share capital), for a total of €2,088 million or an average of €80.95 per share:

  • 7,048,595 shares (€1,511 million) were allocated to covering long-term incentive plans and employee share ownership transactions;
  • 8,742,214 shares (€577 million) were intended to be either exchanged as part of acquisition transactions, sold or cancelled.