Thomson: free share handing out to the group’s employees

The French group Thomson decided, on June 21, 2007, to carry out a free distribution of shares in favour of all of Thomson's employees on June 1, 2007, as well as employees from its involved companies held by over 50% in France and 22 countries, 9 of which are in Europe. (Ref. 070555)
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Thomson explained: “this operation aims at involving the employees into the group’s development and into the establishment of its 2007-2009 plan”. In total, 20 free shares will be awarded to each recipient. The maximum number of offered shares – provided that all of the allocation conditions are met – is of 464.060 shares, which represents to this day 0.17% of the social capital.

Acquiring and preserving rights. The project plans a two to four year period to acquire the shares, followed, if nee

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