Gofore Plc
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22 January 2025 at 1.30 pm EET
Gofore initiates a new period of employee share savings plan
The Board of Directors of Gofore Plc has decided on a new plan period 2025–2025 of the CrewShare employee share savings plan. The details of the new plan period will be as in the previous plan period’s particulars. Last year, 771 out of some 1,500 Gofore employees participated in the CrewShare plan.
The new plan period will commence on 1 March 2025 and end on 28 February 2026. The plan is offered to all Gofore employees. Invited employees have an opportunity to save a proportion of their regular salaries (EUR 50–400 per month). The accrued savings will be used for the acquisition of Gofore shares biannually, following the publication of the Half-year Report in September 2025 and financial statements release for the year 2025 in March 2026. Participation in the plan is voluntary, and an employee can participate in one plan period at a time.
After the holding period, Gofore will grant the employees participating in the plan one free matching share against every three shares acquired with savings as a gross reward. The prerequisites for receiving matching shares are that a participant holds the acquired shares for the entire holding period, and that their employment at Gofore has not ended before the end of the holding period. The holding period will end on 28 February 2028.
Additionally, a participant can earn 0–1.5 performance based matching shares for every three shares acquired with savings as a gross reward, if the target set by the Board for group’s annual adjusted EBITA target would have been reached in the financial year 2025. Thus, the maximum amount of matching shares received by the participant can be 2.5 shares against every three shares acquired.
The total amount of all savings of the plan period 1 March 2025–28 February 2026 may not exceed EUR 2,200,000, which corresponds to some 98,000 shares, calculated at the closing share price of EUR 22.40 per share on 21 January 2025. Gofore gives a 10 percent discount on the shares acquired with the savings, on the value of the acquisition date.
Dividends paid on shares acquired with the savings and on matching shares given in the plan will be reinvested into acquisition of additional shares on the next potential acquisition date. These shares will have an equal right to matching shares.
Matching shares will be paid partly in the company’s shares and partly in cash as soon as possible after the end of the holding period. The cash proportion is intended to cover taxes and tax-related costs arising from the matching shares to a participant. The matching shares are freely transferable after their transfer on the participant’s book-entry account.
Shares towards the savings can either be given by issuing new shares or using the company’s own shares. Gofore currently holds 23,640 of its own shares. Decisions on potential share issues are made before the acquisition of shares.
The Board of Directors decides on the next potential savings period and its details separately.
Further enquiries:
Timur Kärki, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Gofore Plc
tel. +358 40 828 5886
timur.karki@gofore.com
About Gofore Oyj
Gofore is an international digital transformation consultancy with Finnish roots. We employ nearly 1,500 experts across 18 locations in Finland, Germany, Austria, Spain, and Estonia. With our technology and business expertise, we work for functional, secure and equal services for the digital society and sustainable solutions for the intelligent industry. Our diverse group of professionals share a pioneering ambition to create a more humane and responsible digital world. Our values guide our business: Gofore is a great workplace that thrives on customer success. In 2024, our net sales amounted to EUR 186,2 million. Gofore Plc’s share is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. in Finland. Our vision is to be the most significant digital transformation consultancy in Europe. Discover more about us at gofore.com