The Goldman Sachs Group has reported to the AMF that, on January 7, 2026, it indirectly surpassed the 10% threshold of Worldline's share capital through companies under its control, now holding indirectly 10.81% of the company's share capital and 9.34% of its voting rights.
This threshold crossing results from an off-market acquisition of Worldline shares.
Worldline is one of the world's leading providers of electronic payment and transactional services. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- merchant services (73.2%): this division enables merchants to increase their sales and improve their customers' experience in a secure and trusted environment, with exceptional expertise and pan-European coverage;
- financial services (19.2%): this division, leader in Europe, provides financial data processing and enables financial institutions to deploy transformative technologies, manage risk and fraud, optimize processes and ensure operational excellence;
- mobility & transactional web services (7.6%): this division provides, beyond payment processing, expertise in new markets with secure dematerialization, Internet of Things and electronic ticketing solutions.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (12%), Southern Europe (9%), Northern Europe (34.7%), Central and Eastern Europe (34.1%) and other (10.2%).
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