Shareholders' Meeting
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Agenda
2024 highlights, Asset Management & Principal Investments Performance
by Laurent Mignon, Group CEO
2025 and recent events
by David Darmon, Member of the Executive Board and Group Deputy CEO
ESG performance
by Christine Anglade, Director of Sustainable Development and Communication, Executive Board Advisor
Governance and compensation
by William D. Torchiana, Chairman of the Governance and Sustainability Committee
Resolutions
by Caroline Bertin Delacour, General Counsel
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Statutory auditors reports Questions from shareholders Vote on resolutions
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2024 highlights, Asset Management & Principal Investments Performance
L a u r e n t M i g n o n , G r o u p C E O
A strong 2024 performance leads to a strong 17.5% growth of proposed dividend
Strong 2024 value creation : NAV up 16.9% (1)
Principal Investments Third party AM platform
Significant Value Creation :
+€21.1 per share
Strong Bureau Veritas 2024 performance: share price up
+28.3%
IK Fee Related Earnings :€69.9m,
above expectations
AuM: €13.8bn, up +24% YoY €3.4Bn raised in 20242.5% of Principal investments NAV returned to shareholders
~90% of after tax FRE
+returned to shareholders (on average)
Stronger Return
with proposed 2024 dividend of €4.7 per share, up +17.5%
Representing >2.5% return to 2024 total NAV(2)
Announced Target
More than 2.5% of NAV to be paid in dividends(3),
heading to c.3.5% mid-term with the development of Asset Management(4)
Compared to Dec. 31, 2023, NAV fully diluted of €162.3 per share. +16.9% over 2024 when restated for the €4 dividend paid in May 2024
€185.7 as of December 31, 2024.
Based on N-1 December non diluted NAV and with a minimum objective of maintaining stability of dividend vs. previous year.
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Dividend target of c. 3.5% of NAV including 2.5% of Principal Investments NAV (hence NAV restated from GPs ownership values) returned to shareholders + 2.5% of invested Sponsor Money + ~90% of after tax FRE to be returned to shareholders(on average)
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Delivering strong and recurring returns to shareholders, in line with the strategic roadmap published
in 2023
Proposing a €4.70 per share dividend, up +17.5% Representing a yield of c.5.2%(1) on Share Price and >2.5% of NAV
€100 million share buyback launched in October 2023 completed in July 2024.
€92.5 million share bought back in 2024
+21.2%
CAGR 2024 dividend to be
4,70 €
proposed today
1,25 € 1,30 €
1,75 € 1,85 € 2,00 €
2,15 € 2,35 €
2,65 € 2,80 € 2,80 €
2,90 € 3,00 € 3,20 €
4,00 €
2024
2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
1.3% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.9% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 2.5% | >2.5% |
Div/ANR yield
In euros per share, ordinary dividend
The 2011 ordinary dividend included an exceptional distribution of 1 Legrand share for every 50 Wendel shares held.
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(1) Based on Wendel's share price of €90.6 as of May 13, 2025.
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