Regulated Information
Capital increase through the exercise of subscription rights
Following the decisions taken by the Extraordinary General Meeting of April 25 2007 to issue a maximum of 2,300 subscription rights as part of the stock option plan in favour of certain directors, employees and permanent contractors of the company, its subsidiaries and lower-tire subsidiaries, the creation of 2,300 new shares has been recorded on April 26 2017. These 2,300 new shares issued at a price of EUR 290.92 shall be admitted to trading by Euronext Brussels as of May 3 2017.
Cancellation of own shares
As part of the authorization granted by the Extraordinary General Meeting of April 27 2016 to the Board of Directors for the share buyback in accordance with articles 620 and 627 of the Company Code, the 2,854 own shares acquired until January 20 2017 included have been canceled by notorial deed on April 26 2017.
Securities and capital movements are:
| Before 26/04/2017 | On 26/04/2017 | |
| Share capital (in EUR) | 84,163,100 | 84,278,100 |
| Number of shares outstanding (with voting rights) | 1,638,262 | 1,682,708 |
| Number of outstanding subscription rights and warrants | 5,000 | 2,700 |
| Denominator to be taken into consideration within the declaration of transparency | 1,683,262 | 1,682,708 |
This press release has been translated into English. In the event of divergence, the French version shall be final.
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