Euronext - 2020 Universal Registration Document

Financial Statements 8 Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

NOTE 24 OTHER CURRENT FINANCIAL ASSETS

2020 39,468 52,622 92,090

2019 12,118

In thousands of euros

Deposits > three months

Listed bonds

–

TOTAL

12,118

The other current financial assets of the Group consist of short-term deposits with a maturity of more than three months. In 2020, the increase is primarily linked to debt instruments that were included in the acquisition of VP Securities, comprising of listed bonds (see Note 5).

NOTE 25 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

Cash and cash equivalents consist of the following:

2020

2019

In thousands of euros

Cash and bank balances Short term investments

537,430

267,985 101,837 369,822

92,039

TOTAL

629,469

Short-term investments are presented as cash and cash equivalents if they have a maturity of three months or less from the date of acquisition and are repayable with 24 hours’ notice with no loss of interest.

NOTE 26 SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Under the Articles of Association, the Company’s authorised share capital amounts to €200,000,001.60 and is divided into 125,000,000 Ordinary Shares and one Priority Share, each with a nominal value of €1.60 per share. All of Euronext’s shares have been or will be created under Dutch law.

As of 31 December 2020, the Company’s issued share capital amounts to €112,000,000 and is divided into 70,000,000 Ordinary Shares. The Priority Share is currently not outstanding. The fully paid ordinary shares carry one vote per share and rights to dividends, if declared. The Group’s ability to declare dividends is limited to distributable reserves as defined by Dutch law.

Number of shares outstanding:

2020

2019

(in numbers of shares)

Issued shares

70,000,000

70,000,000

Treasury shares Treasury shares as at 1 January

(232,625)

(386,019)

Liquidity contract

5,000

16,889

Share buy back

(200,000)

–

From share-based payments vesting Treasury shares as at 31 December OUTSTANDING AS AT 31 DECEMBER

98,160

136,505

(329,465)

(232,625)

69,670,535

69,767,375

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2020 UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT