HOW MUCH IS THE DIVIDEND THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL AT THE 2011 AGM?
At the Annual General Meeting of Societe Generale shareholders on May 24 2011, the Board of Directors will propose to: – allocate a dividend of 1.75 euros per share. – offer each shareholder the possibility of a scrip option for the payment of the dividend in new Societe Generale shares. The issuance price of new shares to cover scrip dividends will equal 90% of the average opening Societe Generale share price for the 20 trading sessions preceding the date of the distribution decision, minus the dividend amount and rounded up to the nearest euro cent. The dividend will be detached on May 31 2011 and paid on June 24 2011.