Dividends
For more than 30 years, Pernod Ricard has closely associated its success with Group shareholders. Combining organic growth with strategic acquisitions, the Group and its management have never lost sight of their long-term objective: value creation for shareholders.
This commitment is reflected by:
- steady growth of the share price,
- continuing distribution of dividends to shareholders.
Dividends paid since the acquisition of Allied Domecq
Since Allied Domecq, remuneration of the Group’s shareholders has increased an average of 41% per year.
| 2004/2005* | 2005/2006* | 2006/2007 | |
| Dividend per share | €1.79** | €2.10 | €2.52*** |
*Dividends restated to include the granting of one free share for every five held on 16 January 2007
** Arithmetic average of the 2 interim dividends and final dividend paid in respect of the 18-month 04/05 financial year
*** Dividends proposed to the Annual General Meeting of 7 November 2007
Whether you are a bearer shareholder or a registered shareholder, you don’t need to do anything to receive your dividends. You need simply to hold your Pernod Ricard shares the day before the scheduled dividend payment date.
Each year, shareholders assemble at the General Meeting to decide on the amount dividend sum proposed by the Board of Directors.
- 2006/2007 Annual Report
- Entreprendre, the Pernod Ricard shareholder magazine
18/09/2008 : Annual Results 2007/2008