Société BIC SA announced that annual combined extraordinary and ordinary shareholders' meeting and board of directors held on May 10, 2017, the shareholders' meeting approved the payment, from May 24, 2017, of an ordinary dividend amount of EUR 3.45 per share, up 1.5% compared to the last year ordinary dividend.

The company also approved the appointment of Mrs. Candace Matthews as a new director. Since November 2014, Candace Matthews, has been Region President, Americas, Amway. She was recruited by Alticor, the parent company of Amway, in December of 2007, as Chief Marketing Officer. Prior to joining Amway, she was Executive President from 2001 to 2007 of Soft Sheen-Carson (L'Oréal Group).