The subscription campaign for the ESOP2025 shareholding plan will begin Thursday February 27, 2025 (8:00 a.m.) until Thursday March 13, 2025 (5:30 p.m.)
What changes in 2025
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Increase in the number of lots of shares to purchase allowing more employees to choose a lot that corresponds to them
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An identical contribution in free shares for all lots increased to 66%
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A payment of shares by deduction from net monthly salary, after taxes, over 3 months maximum from April to June, with a fixed amount or on the entire salary
2025 Offer
| Package | Shares purchased | Free shares | total shares | Employer contribution |
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 66% |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 66% |
| 3 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 66% |
| 4 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 66% |
| 5 | 30 | 20 | 50 | 66% |
| 6 | 42 | 28 | 70 | 66% |
| 7 | 54 | 36 | 90 | 66% |
| 8 | 72 | 48 | 120 | 66% |
| 9 | 99 | 66 | 165 | 66% |
Sale price of shares
The sale price of the shares when held in a pure registered securities account, managed by Société Générale, will be €168.92 (closing price of the share on February 19, 2025). This price will be revised downwards if the closing price of the Airbus share on March 31, 2025 is lower.
As part of the holding of shares within the PEG (Employee Group Savings Plan), the sale price of the shares will be €167.62 (Average of the 20 closing prices preceding February 19, 2025).
In addition to the purchase price of the shares, social security contributions (CSG/CRDS) of 9.7% will have to be added to the amount of the free shares, valued at the market price of March 31, 2025.
Mandatory holding period for shares
Whatever the method of holding the shares (Securities account or Employee Group Savings Plan), the shares cannot be sold or arbitraged (PEG) before 3 years, i.e. April 3, 2028. Holding remains mandatory even in the event of departure from the company following termination of the employment contract (resignation, retirement, etc.), except in the event of death.
Under the PEG, the sums invested will be blocked for 2 more years until April 2030 (except in the case of early release relating to the PEG).
Date of grant of shares
The allocation of shares will be guaranteed by a capital increase on April 1, 2025. It is therefore on this date that you will enter the capital of Airbus as a shareholder. The shares in the PEG or in the securities account will be visible at the end of April at the latest.
Payment terms
Payment for the shares purchased will be made by deduction from the net salary, after tax at source, from the month of April 2025. Payment will be spread over a maximum of 3 net monthly salaries up to the month of June 2025.
For package 1 to 7: the amount deducted can be spread over 3 months with an identical fixed amount or by using the entire net salary from the month of April until June 2025 inclusive.
For package 8 to 9: the amount deducted will only be from the entire net monthly salary, after taxation, from the month of April until June 2025 inclusive.
Your subscription must be paid at the end of the third month of salary deduction (June 2025) without any balance. If this is not the case, Airbus reserves the right to take appropriate measures, such as limiting your investment amount in a future offer.
Payment examples
You buy for €2,400 (shares price + CSG/CRDS on free shares) with a net monthly salary after taxes of €2,000
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Payment in 3 identical withdrawals => 1st month €800, 2nd month €800 and last month €800
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Payment with full deduction of net salary => 1st month €2000, 2nd month €400 and 0€ the last month
You buy for €6,000 (shares price + CSG/CRDS on free shares)
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Payment in 3 identical debits => 1st month €2000, 2nd month €2000 and last month €2000 (if monthly net salary greater than €2000, otherwise impossible)
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Payment with full deduction of net salary after taxes:
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Net salary over €6,000 => 1 single payment, the first month of €6,000
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Net salary of €4,500 => 1st month: €4,500 then 2nd month: €1,500
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Net salary of €2,800 => 1st month and 2nd month: €2,800, then 3rd month: €400
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Net salary of €1900 => IMPOSSIBLE, 3*1900 = €5700 < €6000
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WARNING on the amount of free shares contributed
The amount of the contribution from which you can benefit during a calendar year within the savings plans is capped by law. For investments in company shares in France, the limit for 2025 is set at €6,782.40.
If you purchase shares within the framework of the PEG and the number of shares offered, in the subscription lot you have chosen, exceeds this threshold of €6,782.40 (valuation on March 31, 2025) then the shares offered beyond this threshold will be delivered to a securities account, managed by Société Générale, outside the PEG.
If on March 31, 2025, the share price is higher than €141.3, packages 8 and 9 will be affected by this measure.
How to subscribe?
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On the Airbus ESOP website: www.esop.airbus.com
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If you do not have access to the Internet, by contacting the multilingual call center on 0805 980 327
From February 27 to March 12, 2025, from Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (CET) and on March 13, 2025 from 8 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. (CET)
Warning message
This shareholding plan is voluntary. It is based on a personal choice taking into account the risks linked to the purchase of shares, especially during the period for which you cannot give sale orders. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance.
FO considerations
The implementation of a shareholding plan within Airbus is a unilateral decision by management, after validation by the board of directors, and not subject to negotiation with representative trade union organizations.
Only the amendment to the Group Savings Plan is subject to the signature of the trade union organizations in order to allow the holding of these shares within the PEG within an advantageous tax framework for employees.
Sharing value through different bonuses (Incentive, participation, etc.) and schemes such as ESOP remains important for employees. Nevertheless, for FO, increasing salaries must remain a priority.