Thales announces interim dividend payment and new appointment to the Board of Directors
- The Board of Directors of Thales (Euronext Paris: HO), meeting on the 29th of September 2022 under the chairmanship of Patrice Caine, decided to distribute an interim ordinary cash dividend of €0.70 per share for the 2022 financial year.
- Emmanuel Chiva, France's Chief of Defence Procurement, was appointed by decree on the 26th of September 2022 to represent the French State, by virtue of its golden share, on the Thales Board of Directors. He replaces Joël Barre.
Decision by Thales Board of Directors to pay an interim dividend
The Board of Directors of Thales (Euronext Paris: HO), meeting on the 29th of September 2022 under the chairmanship of Patrice Caine, decided to distribute an interim ordinary cash dividend of €0.70 per share for the 2022 financial year
The ex-dividend date will be on the 6th of December 2022, and the interim dividend will be paid on the 8th of December 2022.
Emmanuel Chiva to represent French State, by virtue of its golden share, on the Thales Board of Directors
Emmanuel Chiva is a graduate of Ecole Normale Supérieure and a specialist in biomathematics. He was a member of the IHEDN national institute for higher defence studies (49th session on armaments and the defence economy). From 2018 to 2022, Emmanuel Chiva was the director of the Defence Innovation Agency and a member of the executive committee of the French defence procurement agency (DGA). He was instrumental in the creation of the Defence Innovation Fund, the Red Team initiative, and the promotion of open innovation for France's operational forces. He was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur in 2019. As an entrepreneur, he founded and managed thirteen companies in the field of artificial intelligence and military simulation.
Emmanuel Chiva is a Navy reserve captain and a member of the scientific council of the Gendarmerie Nationale. For three years, he served as Vice President of the association of members of the IHEDN and as an advisor for the Institute's research programmes.
Emmanuel Chiva was appointed Chief of Defence Procurement by the French President on the 29th of July 2022, upon nomination by the French Ministry for the Armed Forces.
Patrice Caine thanks Joël Barre for his service on the Thales Board of Directors as the representative of the French State, by virtue of its golden share, since his appointment by decree on the 6th April 2018.