Disclaimer
The terms “TotalEnergies”, “TotalEnergies company” and “Company” on this website are used to designate TotalEnergies SE and the consolidated entities directly or indirectly controlled by TotalEnergies SE. Likewise, the words “we”, “us” and “our” may also be used to refer to these entities or their employees. The entities in which TotalEnergies SE directly or indirectly owns a shareholding are separate and independent legal entities.
This website (including the questions and answers found on the Frequently Asked Questions webpage) contain forward-looking statements (including forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995), notably with respect to (i) the contemplated conversion of the ADRs into ordinary shares, including the termination of the ADR program in connection therewith, (ii) the contemplated listing of TotalEnergies’ ordinary shares on the NYSE, including expectations for the availability of trading at certain times of day on the NYSE and the inter-dependence of pricing between markets, (iii) the contemplated structure to support the trading of TotalEnergies ordinary shares on the NYSE, and (iv) the anticipated payment of dividends to owners of ordinary shares registered on the U.S. register in U.S. dollars and the timetable relating to such dividends, (v) the anticipated implementation timetable, (vi) the expected mechanics for transfers of shares between the European and U.S. holding systems (“repositioning”), including the process for any temporary suspensions thereof around corporate actions resulting in “freeze periods”, (vii) expectations regarding returns to stockholders, including with respect to future dividends and tax treatment of such dividends, (viii) the expected shareholder meeting process, (ix) expected tax treatment of transfers in ordinary shares, and (x) potential effects on trading liquidity and index inclusion. These forward-looking statements may generally be identified by the use of the future or conditional tense or forward-looking words such as “will”, “should”, “could”, “would”, “may”, “likely”, “might”, “envisions”, “intends”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “considers”, “plans”, “expects”, “thinks”, “targets”, “commits”, “aims” or similar terminology. Such forward-looking statements included on this website are based on economic data, estimates and assumptions prepared in a given economic, competitive and regulatory environment and considered to be reasonable by TotalEnergies as of the date of this website.
These forward-looking statements are not historical data and should not be interpreted as assurances that the perspectives, objectives, or goals announced will be achieved. They may prove to be inaccurate in the future, and may evolve or be modified with a significant difference between the actual results and those initially estimated, due to the uncertainties notably related to the economic, financial, competitive and regulatory environment, or due to the occurrence of risk factors, such as, notably (i) potential differences in settlement cycles and trading hours, and the potential for short term price discrepancies between markets due to foreign exchange movements, market microstructure, and liquidity conditions; (ii) decisions by index providers with respect to index eligibility and inclusion, which remain within each provider’s discretion and may change over time ; and (iii) the broader economic, market, regulatory, tax, foreign exchange, or geopolitical developments, and other risk factors described from time to time in the Company’s regulatory filings, including its Universal Registration Document filed with the French Autorité des Marchés Financiers, its Annual Report on Form 20 F filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and its other reports filed or furnished with the SEC.
The initial and continued listing of ordinary shares on the NYSE, as well as the contemplated structure to support such listing, remain at the discretion of TotalEnergies’ management, subject to compliance with applicable law and the rules in force on the NYSE, and the implementation and maintenance of the contemplated structure to support such listing. Such contemplated listing, contemplated structure, and the ability to conduct, and timing of, repositioning, rely on, and may be impacted by changes in, among other things, (i) the final confirmation by the NYSE of the Company’s technical application to list its ordinary shares, and (ii) the establishment and maintenance of the contemplated structure to support the listing of ordinary shares on the NYSE, including (a) the eligibility of the ordinary shares for clearance and holding in the DTC system, and (b) the continued involvement of certain other intermediaries, including but not limited to a U.S. transfer agent and a French registered intermediary (intermédiaire inscrit), as well the continued ability of the Company to benefit from the provisions of French law applicable to registered intermediaries. The failure of any such intermediaries may prevent the listing from being implemented as contemplated, or at all, or may impact the eligibility of the ordinary shares for continued deposit and continued listing on the NYSE.
Management’s expectations with respect to such future dividends are “forward-looking statements” and are non-binding. The Board of Directors retains full discretion to decide to distribute an interim dividend and to set the amount and date of the distribution and decide on the dividend to be submitted for approval by shareholders at a General Meeting, based on a number of factors, including TotalEnergies’ financial results, balance sheet strength, cash and liquidity requirements, future prospects, commodity prices, and other factors deemed relevant by the Board. Moreover, the payment of dividends to owners of the ordinary shares held on the U.S. register in U.S. dollars, the tax treatment and withholding tax process applicable and the timetable for such payments will depend on, among other things, the ability to pay such dividend in U.S. dollars in compliance with applicable law and securities exchange rules in effect, the maintenance of the structure necessary to distribute such dividends in U.S. dollars and to process withholding taxes, including through French and U.S. paying agents or other intermediaries, the timely processing of distributions through such structure, and declaration of an ex-dividend date by each of the relevant exchanges that corresponds to the expectations of the Company.
Readers are cautioned not to consider forward-looking statements as accurate, but as an expression of the Company’s views only as of the date this website is published. TotalEnergies SE and its subsidiaries have no obligation, make no commitment and expressly disclaim any responsibility to investors or any stakeholder to update or revise, particularly as a result of new information or future events, any forward-looking information or statement, objectives or trends contained on this website. In addition, the Company has not verified, and is under no obligation to verify any third-party data contained on this website or used in the estimates and assumptions or, more generally, forward-looking statements published on this website.
Cautionary Note to U.S. Investors – U.S. investors are urged to consider closely the disclosure in the Form 20-F of TotalEnergies SE, File N° 1-10888, available from us at 2, place Jean Millier – Arche Nord Coupole/Regnault - 92078 Paris-La Défense Cedex, France, or at the Company website totalenergies.com. You can also obtain this form from the SEC by calling 1-800-SEC-0330 or on the SEC’s website sec.gov. U.S. Investors are reminded that we are a French Societas Europaea and therefore the rights of our shareholders under French law, including to participate in shareholder meetings, to propose resolutions at shareholder meetings, voting rights and rights to dividends, and the responsibilities of members of our Board differ from the rights and obligations of shareholders in companies governed by the laws of U.S. jurisdictions. Société Générale will act in France as registered intermediary (intermédiaire inscrit) for the account of the owners of the Company’s ordinary shares registered on the U.S. register in accordance with Articles L. 228.1 et seq. of the French commercial code, and such provisions may result in differences in the exercise of shareholder rights compared to the expectations of U.S. investors. In the performance of its duties, our Board is required by French law to consider the interests of the Company, its shareholders, its employees, and other stakeholders, in all cases with due consideration to the principles of reasonableness and fairness. It is possible that some of these parties could have interests that are different from, or in addition to, your interests as a shareholder.
This communication does not constitute or form part of, and should not be construed as constituting or forming part of, any offer to sell or issue, any invitation to make an investment in, or any solicitation of any offer to purchase or subscribe for, securities of TotalEnergies. It also does not constitute legal, investment, accounting, or tax advice. Investors should consult their own advisers.