VILMORIN & CIE announced that at the general meeting held on December 8, 2017, the company fixed the net dividend per share at EUR 1.60. This corresponds to a very significant increase of 45% in nominal value compared to the previous fiscal year. This dividend corresponds to a pay-out rate of 38.4%, similar to that of previous fiscal years. Dividend detachment will be on December 13, 2017, with payment on December 15, 2017.

The general meeting appointed Ms. Annick BRUNIER as member of the board, for the duration of three years to replace Mr. Joël ARNAUD, whose term of office expired at the end of the annual general meeting, and who did not wish to renew it. The company also announced appointment of Daniel JACQUEMOND as CEO Delegate for Vilmorin & Cie. Emmanuel ROUGIER, Vilmorin & Cie's CEO Delegate, will be retiring at the end of 2017. As a result of this change, the board of directors, which met after the annual general meeting, confirmed the appointment of Daniel JACQUEMOND as Vilmorin & Cie's CEO Delegate. Daniel JACQUEMOND will ensure there is continuity in the deployment of Vilmorin & Cie's development strategy. Further to this appointment, Vincent SUPIOT has been appointed as Vilmorin & Cie's CFO. For this purpose he had already joined the executive committee in September 2017. In particular he has exercised different missions as CEO or CFO in Business Units in France and other countries (Netherlands, United States and Japan).