Shares in a company held directly or indirectly by the company itself.

Indicator measuring the performance of a market (multisector index) or sector (sectorial index). Each index is made up of a selection of stocks (shares or bonds), and represents the average of the listed prices of the component stocks. Sanofi is notably included in the following indices:

A company may offer its employees and executives an option to purchase or subscribe for a specified number of shares at a specified price. Grantees are allowed a specified period of time during which they may exercise the option. The Board of Directors may grant stock options if it has been authorized to do so by a general meeting of the shareholde [..]

A company may purchase its own shares and either retain them as an asset in its balance sheet or cancel them. If they are cancelled, the share capital is reduced accordingly. The Sanofi Board of Directors may carry out share repurchases (also known as share buybacks) if it has been authorized to do so by a general meeting of the shareholders. A des [..]

An individual or corporation holding one or more shares in a company.

Financial market on which shares, bonds and other financial instruments are bought and sold. The stock market enables private-sector and public-sector companies, local authorities and national governments to raise finance from the public to fund investment. The Paris stock market is known as the “Bourse

A company’s share capital represents the amount of shareholders’ contributions at the creation of the company. The share capital can be increased and decreased during a company’s life.

A share is a negotiable security representing a fraction of a company’s capital, and gives its holder (the shareholder) the right to be involved in the company’s affairs by voting at meetings and receive a dividend.

Share registered in the name of the holder in the books of the issuer. In the case of fully registered shares, the issuer provides the full range of securities services. Sanofi has appointed BNP Paribas as its agent for the management of fully registered shares

Resolutions may only be approved by a general meeting of shareholders if the meeting is quorate, in other words if a certain proportion of the share capital is present or represented at the meeting. For an ordinary general meeting, a quorum of 20% is required on first call; no quorum is required on second call. For an extraordinary general meeting, [..]