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CAPITAL AND OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
5. Dividends
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SAINT-GOBAIN
- REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2016
Dividends
5.
Year
Number of shares
with dividend rights
Net dividend per share
(in €)
Adjusted yield based
on year-end share price
2014
560,497,926 shares
(1)
1.24
3.5%
2015
548,857,730 shares
(2)
1.24
3.1%
2016
554,041,294 shares
(3)
1.26
2.85%
Based on 561,895,566 shares which entitled to dividend in respect of the financial year ending December 31, 2014 minus 1,397,640 treasury shares held on the
(1)
ex-dividend date.
Based on 549,959,351 shares which entitled to dividend in respect of the financial year ending December 31, 2015 minus 1,101,621 treasury shares held on the
(2)
ex-dividend date.
1,240,216 treasury shares held on January 31, 2017.
Amount estimated, based on 555,281,510 shares which entitled, at January 31, 2017, to dividend in respect of the financial year ending December 31, 2016 minus
(3)
Dividends not claimed within five years are time-barred and are paid over to the French State.
At its meeting of February 23, 2017, the Board of Directors of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain decided to recommend to the
General Shareholders’ Meeting on June 8, 2017 a dividend of €1.26 per share.