Worldline has announced the launch of a reserved capital increase of approximately 108 million euros, to be subscribed by three strategic investors: Bpifrance Participations, Crédit Agricole, and BNP Paribas.
The transaction will involve the issuance of 39,287,272 new ordinary shares at a unit price of 2.75 EUR. Bpifrance Participations will subscribe for approximately 46 million euros, Crédit Agricole for approximately 30 million euros, and BNP Paribas for approximately 32 million euros.
Following the completion of this reserved capital increase, Bpifrance Participations, Crédit Agricole, and BNP Paribas will hold 9.6%, 9.5%, and 7.9% of Worldline's share capital, respectively. The total share capital will be divided into 323,251,447 ordinary shares.
Settlement and delivery are scheduled for March 10. The net proceeds from the operation will be used to implement the North Star 2030 transformation plan and to strengthen the group's financial structure and flexibility.
Marking the first stage of its planned capital increase of approximately 500 million euros, this transaction was previously announced by the payment solutions group during its Investor Day on November 6, 2025.
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 (80.3%): 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 (19.7%): 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.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (6.1%), Southern Europe (16.5%), Central and Eastern Europe (36.6%), Northern Europe (29.7%) and other (11.1%).
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