PARIS—EssilorLuxottica (Reuters: ESLX.PA) announced on June 1 that its annual general meeting has decided to grant shareholders the option to receive their dividend in shares at a price of €175.06 per share. The company advised this price corresponds to 90 percent of the average of the opening prices quoted on Euronext Paris over the twenty trading days preceding the date of the meeting, less the final dividend to be distributed for the financial year ended on December 31, 2025, this total being rounded up to the next Euro cent.
Shareholders were entitled to opt for payment of the dividend in newly issued shares from May 7, 2026, up to and including May 28, 2026 (except for shareholders holding shares in pure registered form who exercised such option on at the latest by May 26, 2026, by regular mail or May 27, 2026, via the website), the company advised. At the end of the option period, 41,925,217 rights were exercised in favor of the 2025 dividend payment in shares.
For the purposes of the dividend payment in shares, 957,954 new shares will be issued, representing 0.21 percent of EssilorLuxottica’s share capital on the basis of the share capital as of April 30, 2026, the company said. The settlement and delivery of the shares, as well as their admission to trading on Euronext Paris, will occur today on June 3, 2026. The company stated new ordinary shares allocated in payment will confer the same rights as the existing shares and carry current dividend rights conferring the right to any distribution paid out as from the date of their issuance.
The total cash dividend to be paid to the shareholders who did not choose the share option amounts to just over €1,669.3 million and will also be paid today on June 3, 2026.
On April 28, the company announced that shareholders had approved all 30 resolutions submitted by the board of directors, including the distribution of a €4.00 dividend per share for the financial year 2025 and the compensation policy applicable to the company’s executive corporate officers.
EssilorLuxottica recently announced its first-quarter 2026 financial results, reporting consolidated revenue of €7,127 million. This marked the company’s third consecutive quarter of double-digit growth, representing a 10.8 percent increase year-over-year at constant exchange rates compared with the first quarter of 2025.
