The board of directors for French drinks group Pernod Ricard voted yesterday to increase the company’s share capital by capitalising reserves and issuing one bonus share for every four shares held.
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Bonus shares will bear rights from 1 January 2002. They will be allocated to shareholders on 14 February 2003 and will be entitled to an interim dividend of €0.90 per share (plus a tax credit of €0.45), paid out to existing shares on 14 January 2003.
Pernod Ricard’s last scrip issue, with a 1:5 ratio, was made in July 1994.
