Q&A
A new matching contribution of up to €500 for an investment of €300 (without any guarantee attached to your personal contribution)
This year, for LINK 2026, ENGIE Group is offering you a matching contribution of up to €500 for an investment of €300, split in to two tranches:
- 300% for an investment of up to €100
- 100% for an investment of between €100 and €300
The offer is available in 29 countries, including 6 newly added countries: Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, Peru and South Africa.
- All employees who have an employment contract on 17th June 2026 with a company that is part of ENGIE and have been on that contract for at least three months, whether consecutive or not, since 1st January 2025.
- Residents of the United States of America cannot subscribe to the “LINK INTERNATIONAL” FCPE. For more information, please refer to the regulations of the “LINK INTERNATIONAL” FCPE and consult the fund manager’s website: www.amundi.com.
- Pursuant to the provisions of (EU) Regulation No 833/2014 and (EU) Regulation No 765/2006, as amended, the LINK 2026 offer is not open to Russian nationals and natural persons residing in Russia, nor to Belarusian nationals and natural persons residing in Belarus, except (i) in the case of Russian nationals, if they are also nationals of a Member State of the European Union, a member country of the European Economic Area or Switzerland, or natural persons holding a temporary or permanent residence permit in a Member State of the European Union, a member country of the European Economic Area or Switzerland, and (ii) in the case of Belarusian nationals, if they are also nationals of a Member State of the European Union or natural persons holding a temporary or permanent residence permit in a Member State of the European Union.
In short:
Eligible employees Ineligible employees Fixed-term contract ≥ 3 months’ service All employees < 3 months’ service Permanent contract ≥ 3 months’ service Interns Professional development contract ≥ 3 months’ service Temporary staff Work-study contract ≥ 3 months’ service Retired employees Suspended contract ≥ 3 months’ service
Yes, an employee on a fixed-term contract can take part providing he/she is on the payroll of one of the companies participating in LINK 2026 on 17th June 2026 and has 3 months’ service on that date.
These 3 months of seniority may be acquired over the period running from 1st January 2025 to the last day of the subscription period (scheduled for 17th June 2026) under several employment contracts and possibly within several Group companies.
No, those taking part in the VIE programme don’t have an employment contract with an ENGIE Group company and cannot invest in the transaction.
Yes, an expatriate/impatriate can subscribe to the offer in his home country. However, he must inform the employer in his host country of his participation in LINK 2026.
Please note that a subscription in the home country does not necessarily mean that there will be no tax and/or social security contributions payable in the host country on the benefits resulting from participation in LINK 2026 (in particular the discount and the matching contribution), and vice versa.
In all cases, expatriate employees shall be responsible for checking the tax and social security system applicable to them.
Some countries (including the US) have specific rules. Important note for “US Persons”: Residents of the United States of America cannot subscribe to the FCPEs. For more information, please refer to the regulations of the fund manager at the website: www.amundi.com. An expatriate U.S. Person may subscribe in his host country if LINK 2026 is a direct shareholding scheme in that country and an FCPE in his home country.
Specific measures for Russia and Belarus
Due to the sanctions imposed by the European Union, the LINK 26 offer is not open to citizens or residents of Russia or Belarus, except under the following conditions:
- If the national or resident is Russian and is also a national of a Member State of the European Union, the European Economic Area or Switzerland or holds a temporary or permanent residence permit in one of these States;
- If the national or resident is Belarusian and is also a national of a Member State of the European Union or holds a temporary or permanent residence permit in one of these Member States.
No, it is not sufficient to have worked for over 3 months for the Group: this work must be performed with employee status and the individual must have retained his/her employee status with a company that is a member of the ENGIE PEFI on 17th June 2026.
No, since you have to be on the payroll of a company that is part of ENGIE on 17th June 2026.
No, as this employee’s contract is with the temp agency and not a Group entity.
Yes, employees that are working their notice can take part in LINK 2026 providing they are still on the payroll of a company that is part of ENGIE on 17th June 2026 and they meet the 3 months service condition.
Yes, because the option is open to each employee on an individual basis.
Your personal contribution must be at least € 10 or its equivalent in your local currency.
Your total payments should not exceed 25% of your gross annual remuneration for 2026 (including allowances, bonuses, etc.).
A simulator is available to help you check that your investment in LINK 2026 does not exceed the authorised threshold.
Your gross annual remuneration is made up of your annual salary, your allowances and bonuses paid in 2026, excluding profit sharing.
The username is your work email address. If you have any login issues, get in touch with your LINK Manager.
The LINK Manager (with the power to delegate) will have access to the subscription site and will be able to send you an email with a link to activate your account
The username is your work email address.
As regards your password, it is possible to directly generate it on the subscription site.
The employee will continue to liable towards ENGIE and his employer for any unpaid sums and the employer may, subject to the applicable legal conditions, deduct any sums advanced from his salary, and if the employment contract has been terminated, from the final settlement amount.
In the event of an unsettled payment incident, ENGIE may buy back all of the FCPE units subscribed under LINK 2026. The details of the planned process are set out in the legal terms and conditions for subscribing to LINK 2026.
If you wish to request an early release under the group international savings scheme, log into your account on the website: https:// www.amundi-ee.com/account/#login , select your language and follow the instructions.
If you have any questions, contact your LINK Manager.
All early release cases are indicated in the supplement regulations for your country available on the website under the “Documentation” tab.
Yes, it is important. Certain cases of release can only be invoked a certain time after the event has occurred.
No time frames are required for requests involving the termination of the employment contract, incapacity, death, indebtedness or domestic violence (if all or part of these cases are applicable in your country).
However, in the event of the employee’s death, if the application is not submitted within 6 months of the death, the scheme can still be unlocked, but the beneficiaries lose the benefit of the preferential tax arrangements.
For the other cases, the request must be submitted within 6 months of the event.
The cases involving business creation or acquisition of a main residence are more specific as the shares will be redeemed upon presentation of the financing plan these shares will contribute to (therefore, before the transaction).
The event triggering the early release must take place from the day after the end date of the subscription period to allow for redemption of LINK 2026.
Yes. It is possible to request the release of all or part of the assets.
However, a reason for early redemption can only be used once - if during a case of early redemption, you only redeem part of your holdings, the rest remain locked-in until maturity, unless you are involved in another early redemption case.
If, between 18th June and 30th July 2026, you wish to redeem your assets in full, including those in LINK 2026, you must submit your release request as of 30th July 2026.
When you take part in LINK 2026, you become a shareholder via the company mutual fund (FCPE) from which you receive shares. It is the Supervisory Board of the “LINK International Fund” that exercises the voting rights attached to the ENGIE shares owned by the fund.
After two years of holding the shares under the LINK 2026 offer, the FCPE will have double voting rights on these shares.
The “LINK INTERNATIONAL” FCPE Supervisory Board comprises 4 employee members who are investors, representing employee and ex-employee investors, elected from among all investors, and 4 members representing the Company, appointed by ENGIE management.
In all instances, the number of Company representatives will be at most equal to the number of shareholder representatives.
The board meets at least once a year and is mandated to:
- Take important decisions regarding the operation of the fund (deciding on amendments to the FCPE Regulations, authorising merger and de-merger operations, etc.),
- Examine the management report, the fund’s annual accounts and monitor and audit the financial (investment policy, return review), administrative and account management of the fund,
- Exercise the voting rights attached to the equity securities held in the fund portfolio,
- Represent the interests of the shareholders.