Main navigation EN Home / Company / Investors / Shareholder Information / Shareholders SHAREHOLDERS Information on SES share classes and ownership restrictions. Shareholder Information Shareholders Dividend & Buy-Backs General Meeting of Shareholders SES has issued two classes of shares, A- and B-shares. Each share is entitled to one vote. The ratio of A-shares to B-shares must be maintained at 2:1 as required by the Articles of Incorporation. A-shares are defined as shares held by institutional and private shareholders. B-shares are owned by the Luxembourg State and by two entities wholly owned by the Luxembourg State. Each B-share has 40% of the economic rights of an A-share. The listed security is the Fiduciary Depositary Receipt (“FDR”), listed on the Luxembourg and Euronext Paris Stock Exchanges. Each of these is backed by one A-share and has all the rights attaching to that share, except the right of attending General Meetings of shareholders. In order to attend a General Meeting, at least one registered share must be held. Voting rights may be exercised by notifying the Fiduciary (Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat) of the voting intention. Of the A-shares, 378 863 850 (82.34% of the economic shares) are currently lodged with the Fiduciary and trade in the form of FDRs. Please also refer to the interest notifications received under threshold disclosure obligation. SES Shareholders(1) Number of Shares (voting) % Voting Shareholding Number of shares (economic) % Economic Shareholding A Shares Registered shares 4 593 750 0.80% 4 593 750 1.00% FDRs (free float) 378 863 850 65.87% 378 863 850 82.34% Total A Shares 383 457 600 66.67%(3) 383 457 600 83.33%(3) B Shares BCEE 62 572 893 10.88 % 25 029 157 5.44 % SNCI 62 565 085 10.88 % 25 026 034 5.44 % Etat du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg 66 590 822 11.58 % 26 636 329 5.79 % Total B Shares (2) 191 728 800 33.33 % (3) 76 691 520 16.67 % Total Shares (A+B) 575 186 400 100% 460 149 120 100% 1) The ratio of voting A-shares to voting B-shares must be maintained at 2:1 as required by the Articles of Incorporation. 2) Each B-shares carries 40% of the economic rights of an A-share. All percentages have been rounded up to the second decimal, which may result in a rounding difference of the total percentage for A-shares and B-shares. Restrictions on ownership No A-shareholder may hold, directly or indirectly, more than 20%, 33% or 50% of the company’s shares unless he has obtained prior approval from the meeting of shareholders in accordance with the procedure described here below. Such limit shall be calculated by considering all the shares held by the A-shareholder. A shareholder or a potential shareholder who envisages to acquire by whatever means, directly or indirectly, more than 20%, 33% or 50% of the shares of the company (a "demanding party") must inform the Chairperson of the Board of the company of such intention. The Chairperson of the Board will inform the government of Luxembourg of the envisaged acquisition. The government may oppose the acquisition within three months from such information if it determines that such acquisition would be against the general public interest. In case of no opposition from the government of Luxembourg, the Board shall convene an extraordinary meeting of shareholders which may decide at a majority provided for in article 450-3 of the law of 10 August 1915, as amended, regarding commercial companies, to authorize the demanding party to acquire more than 20%, 33% or 50% of the shares. If the demanding party is a shareholder of the company, it may attend the general meeting and will be included in the count for the quorum but may not take part in the vote. Downloads SES admission to trading Notification of SES voting rights FDRs Terms & conditions Footer Navigation COMPANY About Us Investors Careers C-Band CONTACT Enquiries Offices PORTALS Extranet Partner Programme LEGAL DOCUMENTS Customer Terms Vendor Terms Social FOLLOW SES Twitter Facebook Youtube LinkedIn Instagram © 2021 SES S.A. All rights reserved. Legal menu Privacy Policy Website Terms We use cookies on our website to enhance your browsing experience. To understand more about how we use cookies, or how to change your preferences and browser settings, please see our Privacy policy. If you continue to use our website, you are agreeing to such usage of cookies. I agree More info