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Dividends payment dates
Paris, 19th September 2008:
Groupe VIAL (ISIN : FR0010340406), France's leading independent industrial
joinery discount group, announces the following schedule regarding the advanced
payment of the 2008 dividend and the payment of the exceptional dividend.
The advanced payment of a dividend of â?¬0.78 per share, agreed by the Group's
Board of Directors on 28th July 2008, will be paid as of 25th September. The ex-
date for this advanced dividend payment is set at 19th September, after market
close.
The exceptional dividend of â?¬0.90 per share, subject to the approval of
shareholders at the Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meeting of 22th
September, would be paid as of 30th September. The ex-date for this exceptional
dividend payment would thus be 24th September 2008, after market
close.
About Groupe VIAL (www.groupe-vial.com)
Listed on the Eurolist (Compartment B) of Euronext Paris since December 2006,
Groupe VIAL manufactures and distributes aluminium, PVC and wood joinery
products (doors, windows, gates, stairs, etc.) offering unparalleled value for
money through tight control of supply lines; efficient, modern production
facilities and the 60-store VIAL Menuiseries distribution network (including 3
stores in Spain).
Groupe VIAL is France's largest independent discount joinery specialist.
Public site: www.vial-menuiseries.com
Listed on Euronext Paris compartment B of NYSE Euronext
ISIN: FR0010340406 - Mnemonic: VIA - Reuters: VIA.PA - Bloomberg: VIA FP
Contacts
Groupe VIAL NewCap.
Jean-François Buigues Financial Communications - Investor Relations
Chief Financial Officer Steve Grobet / Pierre Laurent
investisseurs@groupe-vial.com Tel: +33 (0)1 44 71 94 94
Fax: +33 (0)1 44 71 94 90
vial@newcap.fr
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