Worldline announces the implementation of a capital reduction by decreasing the par value of its shares, following a decision by the Board of Directors on January 29. This operation lowers the par value of each share from €0.68 to €0.02.
"This operation is purely technical and has no impact on the market value of the company's shares, nor on the number of shares in circulation or the company's equity value," the company clarified.
The move is part of preparations for the total capital increase of approximately €500 million announced at the investor day on November 6, 2025, by helping to secure its execution.
Following this capital reduction, the share capital of the payment solutions group will remain composed of 283,964,175 ordinary 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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