Verallia: 88.90% of Capital Chooses 2025 Dividend in Shares
Verallia's general assembly, held on April 24, 2026, approved the payment of a dividend of 1 € per share for the fiscal year 2025, with an option between payment in cash or in new shares.
Option to Pay in Shares: 88.90% of the Share Capital Opted for Payment in New Shares
During the option period from May 6 to May 26, 2026, 88.90% of the share capital chose payment in new shares. The issuance price of each share was set at 17.61 €, calculated as the average of the first trading price of Verallia on Euronext Paris over the 20 trading days preceding the assembly, reduced by the net dividend, rounded up to the higher cent. Major shareholders BW Gestão de Investimentos Ltda. (77.17% of the capital), Bpifrance Investissement (3.80%), and the FCPE Verallia (4.04%) all opted for this mode of payment.
Capital Increase and Payment Schedule
The operation will result in the issuance of 6,098,222 new shares, representing 5.05% of the share capital and 4.53% of the voting rights before this increase. The nominal capital will increase by 20,611,990.36 € and the issue premium will amount to 86,777,699.06 €. The company's share capital will thus amount to 428,933,238.50 € and will comprise 126,903,325 ordinary shares. The portion of the dividend to be paid in cash to shareholders who did not opt for shares amounts to 10,546,296 €.
Delivery of Securities and Admission to Trading
The capital increase, the delivery of the new shares, their admission to trading on the regulated market of Euronext Paris, and the payment of the cash dividend will take place on June 4, 2026. The new shares will immediately carry rights, have the same rights and obligations as the existing shares, and will be entitled to any distribution decided from their date of issue.
