Globenewswire·2025-08-28 15:45Core Points - Crédit Agricole S.A. completed a capital increase reserved for its 190,000 employees and retired former employees, raising a total of €294.5 million from 37,533 subscribers [2][3] - The capital increase offered a 20% discount on the share price, based on the average opening prices from 26 May to 20 June 2025 [3] - A total of 22,886,191 new shares were issued, increasing the total number of shares to 3,048,788,541 [3] Group 1 - The capital increase will be followed by a share buyback operation to offset its dilutive effect, pending approval from the ECB [4] - The initiative is part of the Group's employee profit-sharing policy, benefiting employees with a minimum of three months' service in France and 22 other countries [4] - Employees will retain their assets in their company savings plan (PEE) in France [4]