CONSOLIDATING IN OUTSIDE BROADCAST GROWING IN ... - EVS

the EvS capital is currently represented by 13,625,000 shares. on December 31, 2009, EvS had
78,675 own shares. according to Euroclear and the EvS Shareholders register, there were
2,064,291 registered shares of which 953,617 are owned by Dtv, 100,000 by Belinvest, 100,000
by ImG, 855,528 by michel coUNSoN, 24,580 by EvS, and the remaining balance by eight other
shareholders. In the EvS accounts at Euroclear, there were 11,560,709 bearer shares, of which
128,987 materialized shares, including with the prIoS system (printing on Demand Services). as
of December 31, 2009, 99.1% of EvS shares had been dematerialized.
Shareholders must declare their ownership in EvS shares as soon as their shareholding passes
over/under the 3% threshold (required by the company statutes) and any multiple of 5% thresholds
(required under Belgian law). the shareholding percentage must be computed on both the basic
number of outstanding shares (i.e. 13,625,000 shares at the end of 2009).
6. proFit alloCation poliCy
the Board of Directors examines the results of the previous financial year and proposes at its
ordinary General meeting that these profits be distributed in the best interest of the company and
its shareholders. Bearing in mind the legal restrictions on profit distribution, the Board of Directors
can propose a dividend policy that will respect the company’s investment and acquisition
requirements. In the Ipo prospectus of october 1998, EvS announced dividends of around 30%
of consolidated net profit from operations. the healthy financial structure has permitted EvS to
meet and even to exceed its commitment while maintaining its self-financed organic growth (see
graphs on page 20). the pay-out ratio has evolved between 60 and 80% since 2004, and even
reached 126% in 2009. the company initiated in 2006 the payment in November of an interim
dividend.
DIVIDENDS ARE PAYABLE AT THE FOLLOWING FINANCIAL INSTITUTION:
ING BaNk S.a. (« Single ESES paying agent Euroclear ») cours Saint-michel 60, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
tel.: +32 2 738 46 47, fax: +32 2 738 68 6
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EvS INSIDE ISSUE 15 aNNUaL rEvIEW 2009
total proposed
gross dividend of
EUr 2.48 for
2009, underlying
the confidence of
the Board in the
future of EvS