Total shareholder return at December 31, 2015

In the case of a shareholder reinvesting his or her dividends in shares and subscribing to the capital increase offer, the Total Shareholder Return (TSR) was as follows: 

Since the Company’s privatization in December 1986: 9.5% per year of which:
+4.7% in share price gains
+4.8% in gross dividends (including the 50% avoir fiscal tax credit until 2004)

The calculation breaks down as follows:

  • IPO price: €10.559 per share*
  • 1987 and 1988 cash dividends
  • 1989-1997 stock dividends
  • 1998-2008 cash dividends
  • 2009 and 2010 stock dividends
  • 2011 and 2012 cash dividends
  • 2013, 2014 (50%) and 2015 (50%) stock dividend
  • share price at December 31, 2015: €39.850

Over 10 years - from December 30, 2005 to December 31, 2015: 3.5% per year of which:
-1.3% in share price gains
+4.8% in gross dividends

The calculation breaks down as follows:

  • share price at December 30, 2005: €45.650*
  • 2003-2008 cash dividends
  • 2009 and 2010 stock dividends
  • 2011 and 2012 cash dividends
  • 2013, 2014 (50%) and 2015 (50%) stock dividend
  • share price at December 31, 2015: €39.850

* Figures adjusted for the effects of the March 1994 and February 2009 right issues.