At the Annual Shareholders' Meeting of Christian Dior, held on May 15, 2008, approval was given for the payment of a gross dividend for financial year 2007 of 1.61 Euro per share, representing an increase of 14 % compared to last year.
Taking into account the 0.44 Euro paid on December 3, 2007, the balance of 1.17 Euro will be paid on May 23, 2008. The last trading day with dividend rights attached is May 19, 2008.
Effective January 1, 2008, dividends paid in favour of individual shareholders domiciled in France are subject to a social withholding tax charge of 11%.
The final 2007 dividend mentioned above being gross, these shareholders will therefore receive 1.0413 Euro on May 23, 2008.