Sanofi to launch “Action 2020”, a worldwide employee stock purchase plan - Seite 2

The voting rights attached to the Shares subscribed will be directly exercised by the employees.

The subscribers to the plan will be required to hold the Shares or the corresponding “FCPE” units during a period of approximately five years, i.e. until May 31, 2025, except upon the occurrence of an early exit event provided in Article R. 3324-22 of the French Labor Code and authorized in the country of the subscriber.

The listing of the Shares on the Euronext Paris market (ISIN Code: FR0000120578) on the same listing line as the existing shares will be requested as soon as possible after the completion of the capital increase.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation to purchase Sanofi shares. The offering of Sanofi shares reserved for employees will be conducted only in countries where such an offering has been registered or notified to the competent local authorities and/or following approval of a prospectus by the competent local authorities or in consideration of an exemption to prepare a prospectus or to make any registration or notification of the offering, when such a procedure is required.

More generally, the offering will only be conducted in countries where all required filing procedures and/or notifications have been completed and the authorizations have been obtained, and procedures for consultation or information of staff representatives have been fulfilled.

This press release is not intended for, and copies thereof should not be sent to, countries in which such a prospectus has been approved or such an exemption is not available or where all of the required filing procedures, notifications, consultation and/or information required have been completed or where the authorizations have been obtained. This applies in particular to Cameroon and Morocco, where the formalities are still pending with the authorities, but could also involve other countries.

For any questions related to the following share capital increase, each beneficiary may consult the information booklet and all other documents made available and/or contact his/her human resources manager.

This press release is made in reliance of the exemption from publishing a prospectus provided for in Article 1 4°i) and 5°h) of the Prospectus Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 . It constitutes the document required to qualify for the exemption from the requirement to publish a prospectus as defined in the EU Prospectus Regulation