Listing
The Thales share is listed on Euronext Paris (Compartment A).
It is also eligible to the SRD deferred settlement system.
Code & tickers
- ISIN Code: FR0000121329
- Reuters: TCFP.PA
- Bloomberg: HO FP
Share indices
The Thales share is included in many market indices, including : CAC 40, SBF120, CAC Industrials, EN VIGEO EUR 120, Euronext 100, DJ Eurostoxx, FTSE Euro 300, etc.
Share price evolution
Total number of shares and voting rights
On 31 December 2019:
|
Number of shares: |
213,317,506 |
|
Voting rights |
|
| - theoretical number: |
314,798,631 (including treasury stocks) |
| - exerciseable number: |
314,237,765 |
Shareholding structure
|
On 31 December 2019 |
Shares | in % | Voting rights | in % |
| French State (a) | 54,788,714 | 25.68% | 109,577,428 | 34.87% |
| Dassault Aviation | 52,531,431 | 24.63% | 93,685,780 | 29.81% |
| Thales |
560,866 |
0.26% |
- |
- |
| Employees | 6,183,434 | 2.90% | 11,241,917 | 3,58 % |
| Other shareholders | 99,253,061 | 46.53% | 99,732,640 | 31.74% |
| Total | 213,317,506 | 100.00% | 314,237,765 | 100.00% |
|
On 30 June 2019 |
Shares | in % | Voting rights | in % |
| French State (a) | 54,788,714 | 25.68 % | 109,577,428 | 35.92% |
| Dassault Aviation | 52,531,431 | 24.63% | 93,685,780 | 28.96% |
| Thales |
648,121 |
0.30% |
- |
- |
| Employees | 5,438,144 | 2.55 % | 10,119,104 | 3.23 % |
| Other shareholders | 99,911,073 | 46.84 % | 100,370,555 | 31.99 % |
| Total | 213,307,483 | 100.00% | 313,752,867 | 100.00% |
(a) Directy and indirectly through TSA, a company wholly owned by French State.
(b) Shares held by employees in a company savings plan or company investment fund.
Dividend policy
The Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting on 15 May 2019 has approved the distribution of a dividen of €2.08 per share, an increase of 19% on 2017, corresponding to an adjusted net income per share pay-out ratio of 38%, stable compared to 2017.
The ex-dividend date was on 21 May 2019 and the payment date was on 23 May 2019. The dividend was paid fully in cash and amounted to €1.58 per share, after deducting the interim dividend of €0.50 per share paid in December 2018.
The Board of Directors of Thales, meeting on 25 September 2019 under the chairmanship of Patrice Caine, decided to distribute an interim cash dividend of €0.60 per share for the current 2019 financial year.
The ex-dividend date was set at 3 December 2019 and the interim dividend was paid as from 5 December 2019.
Dividends are paid to the holder of the share according to law and the articles of association. The Company uses the Euroclear direct payment procedure, which allows each shareholder to receive the dividend on the payment date.
In accordance with new article 158-3-2 of the French tax code, the dividend qualifies for the 40% reduction applicable to individual shareholders resident in France for tax purposes. This reduction is not applicable to other shareholders.
Dividends paid in respect of the last five years
| In Euro | 2018 | 2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DIVIDEND |
2.08 | 1.75 |
1.60 |
1.36 |
1.12 |