Vilmorin & Cie : pursues the optimization of its financial resources by launching a tender offer to repurchase its bond – press release

Vilmorin & Cie SA

Public limited company with Board of Directors with a capital of 349,488,703 euros

Head Office: 4, Quai de la Mégisserie - F-75001 PARIS SIREN Paris 377 913 728

Fiscal year from July 1st to June 30th

Euronext Paris (Compartment A) - Eligible for Deferred Settlement Order Indices: CAC Small, CAC Mid & Small and CAC All-Tradable

July 6, 2020, at 8:45 am CET

VILMORIN & CIE PURSUES THE OPTIMIZATION OF ITS FINANCIAL RESOURCES

BY LAUNCHING A TENDER OFFER TO REPURCHASE ITS BOND

Vilmorin & Cie today announced the launch of a cash tender offer to repurchase its bond issue of a total nominal amount of 450 million euros, maturing in May 2021 (ISIN FR0011921881).

This tender offer is scheduled to close on July 10, 2020.

The maximum amount of the offer will be announced to bondholders on July 13, 2020 with settlement and delivery planned for July 15, 2020.

Through this operation, Vilmorin & Cie's objective is to anticipate its financial maturities and to pursue its strategy of optimizing its financial capacities.

Vilmorin & Cie is accompanied for this transaction by CACIB and Natixis as dealer managers.

COMING DISCLOSURES AND EVENTS

Monday August 3, 2020(1) Disclosure of sales for fiscal year 2019-2020

Wednesday October 14, 2020(1)

Disclosure of results for fiscal year

2019-2020

Monday November 2, 2020(1)

Disclosure of sales at the end of the

first quarter 2020-2021

Friday December 11, 2020

Annual General Meeting of Shareholders

in Paris

Dates provided as an indication only, and liable to be changed

1. Disclosure after trading on the Paris stock market.

FOR ANY FURTHER INFORMATION

Vincent SUPIOT Chief Financial Officer [e-mail]

Valérie MONSÉRAT

Head of Financial Communication and Investor Relations [e-mail]

Tel: + 33 (0)4 73 63 44 85

www.vilmorincie.com

Vilmorin & Cie, the 4th largest seed company in the world, develops vegetable and field seeds with high added value, contributing to meeting global food requirements.

Accompanied by its reference shareholder Limagrain, both an agricultural cooperative owned by French farmers and an international seed group, Vilmorin & Cie's strategy for growth relies on strong, sustained investments in research and international development to durably strengthen its market shares on promising world markets.

True to its vision of sustainable development, Vilmorin & Cie ensures its achievements fully respect its three founding values: progress, at the heart of its beliefs and its mission, perseverance, inherent to farming and the seeds business, and cooperation, in the fields of science, industry and commerce.

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VILMORIN & CIE PRESS RELEASE

JULY 6, 2020