Sopra Steria Group Buys Back 1.47% of Its Share Capital

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Sopra Steria Group (Paris:SOP) announces the buyback of 1.47% of its share capital, corresponding to 300,000 shares for a total amount of 23 million euros.

This acquisition happened in today’s placement organized by Géninfo (Groupe Société Générale) of 1,4 million shares in Sopra Steria Group representing 7.04% of its share capital at a price of 77.25 euros per share for a total amount of 23 million euros.

Sopra GMT (Pasquier and Odin families and the historical Managers) acquired through this placement 700,000 shares corresponding to 3.43% of the share capital for a total amount of 54 million euros.

The remainder, i.e. 434,700 shares corresponding to 2.13% of the share capital, has been subscribed by institutional investors.

Sopra Steria Group sincerely thanks Société Générale for having accompanied its growth for the past twenty years and is confident in the continued fruitful cooperation of the two groups in the future.

After the placement by Géninfo, the shareholding of Sopra Steria Group is as follows:

Sopra Steria Group is pleased with the success of this placement, which reinforces the weight of the shareholders’ agreement between Sopra GMT, the founders and some historical managers, whose holding grew from 20.7% to 24.1% of the capital. This transaction will enable Sopra Steria Group to continue to execute its independent enterprise project while increasing its free float from 63.8% to 65.9% of the capital.

Société Générale Corporate & Investment Banking acted as Sole Bookrunner on the transaction.

Disclaimer

This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy any securities

This communication is for distribution in the United Kingdom only to (i) investment professionals falling within article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005 (the "Order") or (ii) high net worth entities and other persons to whom it may lawfully be communicated, falling within article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order (all such persons together being referred to as "relevant persons").

The offer and sale of the securities referred to in this announcement has not been, nor will be, registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act") and the securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent such registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. There will be no public offering of the securities in the United States in connection with this transaction.

Any investment decision to buy shares in Sopra Steria Group must be made solely on the basis of publicly available information regarding Sopra Steria Group.

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About Sopra Steria

Sopra Steria, European leader in digital transformation, provides one of the most comprehensive portfolios of end to end service offerings in the market: Consulting, Systems Integration, Software Development, Infrastructure Management and Business Process Services. Sopra Steria is trusted by leading private and public organisations to deliver successful transformation programmes that address their most complex and critical business challenges. Combining high quality and performance services, added-value and innovation, Sopra Steria enables its clients to make the best use of information technology. With 37,000 employees in over 20 countries, Sopra Steria had pro forma revenue of €3.4 billion in 2014.

Sopra Steria Group (SOP) is listed on Euronext Paris (Compartment A) - ISIN: FR0000050809

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