This adjustment ensures, to the nearest hundredth of a share, that the value of the shares that can be obtained if options are exercised after the transaction is identical to the value of the shares that would have been obtained if options had been exercised. To this end, the new share subscription rights will be subject to the same conditions as the option exercise rights.
This adjustment guarantees, to the nearest hundredth of a share, that the value of the shares obtained if the option is exercised after the transaction is identical to the value of the shares that would have been obtained if the option had been exercised prior to the transaction.
To this end, the new share subscription or purchase rights are calculated by taking into account the ratio between, on the one hand, the percentage of capital bought back multiplied by the difference between the buyback price and a weighted average of the prices for the last three trading days at least preceding the buyback or buyback option and, on the other hand, this average. Any successive adjustments are made on the basis of the immediately preceding parity, rounded off as described in the previous paragraph.
The Board of Directors or the Executive Board shall report on the elements of the calculation and the results of the adjustment in the next annual report.