Regulatory News:
Eurazeo’s (Paris:RF) Shareholders’ Meeting, held today in Paris,
approved the proposed dividend of €1.20 per share for the 2009 fiscal
year and voted to offer each shareholder the option to receive allotted
dividends in cash or in new shares.
The issue price of these new shares, set at 100 % of the average of the
Company’s opening share prices on Euronext Paris over the twenty trading
days preceding the date of the Shareholders’ Meeting, minus the dividend
amount and rounded up to the nearest euro cent, amounts to 50.71 euros.
These new shares will be entitled to dividends as of January 1, 2010 and
will carry the same rights as the Company’s existing shares. These
shares shall benefit from the one-for-twenty bonus share allocation that
shall take place on June 11, 2010.
The ex-date (ex-dividend date) will be Thursday, May 13 2010.
Shareholders may opt to receive the dividend payment in shares between
Thursday, May 13 2010 and Wednesday, May 26 2010. Failure to exercise
this option within this timeframe will result in the dividend being paid
in cash.
For those shareholders who have opted to receive dividend payments in
shares, if the dividend amount does not correspond to a whole number of
shares, the number of new shares allocated will be rounded down to the
nearest share, with the balance paid in cash.
The dividend 2009 will be payable in cash or in stock or as from Monday,
June 7 2010 onwards.
The shareholders who would opt for a dividend payment in shares shall
inquire on the tax consequences of that option and in particular the way
in which withholding taxes might apply (for non-resident shareholders)
as well as social contributions (for French tax resident individual
shareholders).
The stock dividend election described herein is not available to
shareholders in Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan or any country in which
such election would require the registration with, or approval by, local
securities regulators. Shareholders are required to inform themselves of
any election conditions that may apply under their local law. In
deciding whether to make an election to receive shares, shareholders
should consider the risks associated with an investment in shares. For
further information regarding the Company, its business, its strategy,
its financial results and the risks it faces, please refer to Eurazeo’s
Annual Report 2009 (available on
www.eurazeo.com),
notably in the "Risk factors” section.
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About Eurazeo
With a diversified portfolio of nearly 4 billion euros in assets,
significant investment capacity and a long-term investment strategy,
Eurazeo is one of the leading listed investment companies in Europe.
Eurazeo is the majority or leading shareholder in Accor, ANF, APCOA, B&B
Hotels, Elis, Europcar and Rexel.
Eurazeo’s shares are quoted on the Paris Euronext Eurolist on a
continuous basis (ISIN code: FR0000121121, Bloomberg Code: RF FP,
Reuters Code: EURA.PA).
Eurazeo 2010 financial calendar
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First Half 2010 revenues and results will be released August 31, 2010
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Third Quarter 2010 revenues will be released November 10, 2010
For further information, please visit our website: www.eurazeo.com
