PARIS--()--Regulatory News:
The option for paying the dividend in shares has proven to be popular with Rémy Cointreau (Paris:RCO) shareholders: 81% of dividend entitlements have been exercised in favour of payment in shares. This high ratio of dividend payment in shares will result in the issue of 1,190,350 new shares, bringing the total number of shares to 50,819,912.
This transaction will generate a capital increase of 2.4%, bringing the total share capital to €81,311,859.20.
The shares thus issued will be entitled to a dividend as from 1 April 2012 and a request has been made to admit the new shares to trading on the Euronext Paris Stock Exchange.
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