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The part of profits generated by the company that the Annual Meeting, pursuant to the recommendation of the Board of Directors, decides to distribute to the shareholders. The undistributed part of profits is posted to the reserves in order to reinforce the bank's equity capital.
Dividends from 1998 through 2000 have been adjusted to take into account the split in half of the face value of the share on 20th February 2002.
(*) Following ECB/2020/19 recommendation of the European Central Bank of 27 March 2020 on dividend distribution policies during the Covid-19 pandemic, the distribution of EUR 3.10 per share initially proposed to the Annual General Meeting of 19 May 2020, was appropriated to “Other reserves”.
(**) Subject to approval at the Annual General Meeting of 13 May 2025
If you wish to become a BNP Paribas shareholder and own part of its capital we invite you to buy at least one share.
Shareholders may hold BNP Paribas shares in two different ways: as "registered" shares or as "bearer" shares.
TYPES OF SHAREHOLDING
BEARER SHARES
Anyone buying shares in bearer form becomes a BNP Paribas shareholder. Shares held in bearer form are managed by the bank or by the financial institution chosen by the shareholder.
Shareholders holding BNP Paribas bearer shares can request the conversion of their shares into registered shares (pure or administered form).
REGISTERED SHARES
BNP Paribas Shareholders holding registered shares as at 31 December 2017 are 28,256.
Pure registered shares
Shareholders holding pure registered shares benefit from:
Holding pure registered shares in an equity savings plan (PEA) is not highly recommended due to the taxation applicable to this account. Shareholders whose BNP Paribas shares are held within a PEA can transfer them to a registered account and choose to hold them as administered registered shares.
Administered registered shares
BNP Paribas has also developed its shareholding offer of administered registered shares for its institutional shareholders. For those investors, this choice of shareholding combines the main advantages of both bearer and pure registered forms:
(1) subject to the subscription (free of charge) of a "contract for market benefits"
Payment of the dividend
The Annual Meeting, pursuant to the recommendation of the Board of Directors, set up the terms and conditions governing the payment of the dividend. The dividend may be paid in cash or with an option to receive payment in the form of additional shares. The option must be exercised, generally, within a period of three weeks after the cutting off of the coupon. The formalities are completed with the financial intermediaries authorized to pay the dividend.
Case of the dividend paid with additional shares
The new shares covered by this option bear interest from January 1st of the current year, and are issued at a price equal to at least 90% of the average of the first prices quoted during the twenty stock market sessions preceding the date of the Annual Meeting, less the amount of the dividend. In the event that the dividend due does not correspond to a round number of shares, the shareholder may choose to be paid a balancing cash adjustment or, alternatively, to pay a further amount allowing him to acquire an additional share.
Dividends paid to individuals French resident
Dividends received by French resident taxpayers are subject to a flat tax at the rate of 12.8%, plus the additional social security levy at the rate of 17.2%, i.e an overall taxation of 30%.
However, tax payers may opt for taxation at the progressive scale for income tax. This option is global and concerns all the taxpayer's income from investment income. It is exercised when the tax return is filed.
In both cases, taxation is levied in two stages:
When dividends are paid, an advance payment for income tax of 12.8% is deducted at source by the paying agent calculated on the gross amount of the dividends, as well as the additional social security levy at the rate of 17.2%.
However, the 12.8% deduction is not applicable if shares are held within an equity savings plan (PEE, PEA, PEA-PME).
Taxpayers whose taxable income is less than EUR 50,000 (in the case of single, divorced or widowed taxpayers) or EUR 75,000 (in the case of taxpayers taxed jointly as a household) may request an exemption from the 12.8% deduction. An exemption request must be submitted, under the taxpayer's responsibility, no later than 30 November in the year preceding dividend payment (i.e. for an exemption in 2023, the request shall be filed 30 November 2022 at the lastest)
The year following the payment of dividends: final taxation
- Flat tax
The 12.8% initial deduction levied at the time of dividend payment becomes a definitive tax.
- Option for the taxation at the progressive scale of income tax
A 40% allowance on the gross dividend is then applicable. The 12.8% deduction operated by the paying agent is chargeable against the tax due on this basis. Any excess is returned.
Dividends paid to individuals non French residents
Subject to the provisions of a double taxation treaty providing for a reduced tax rate, dividends paid to individuals who do not reside in France are subject to a withholding tax at the 12.8% upper rate.
However, a 75% withholding tax is levied if dividends are paid in a non-cooperative state or territory (NCST)(1).
(1) In 2023 the list of NCSTs subject to a 75% withholding tax includes: Anguilla, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands, Panama, Seychelles and Vanuatu.
After its formation in 2000, BNP Paribas decided to create a Bank Shareholder Liaison Committee to help the Group improve communications with its retail shareholders
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