Authorized share capital
The authorized share capital of Kendrion N.V. as at 31 December 2022 amounts to EUR 80,000,000 and is divided into 40,000,000 ordinary shares with a nominal value of EUR 2.00 each. At year-end 2022, the total number of ordinary shares issued was 15,114,621. There is one class of ordinary shares and no depositary receipts for shares have been issued. Kendrion’s ordinary shares are listed on NYSE Euronext Amsterdam Small Cap Index (AScX).
| Movements in the number of outstanding shares | Shares entitled to dividend | Shares owned by Kendrion | Total number of issued shares |
| At 1 January 2022 | 14,841,072 | 93,663 | 14,934,735 |
| Issued shares (share dividend) | 179,886 | - | 179,886 |
| Granted shares | 5,347 | (5,347) | - |
| At 31 December 2022 | 15,026,305 | 88,316 | 15,114,621 |
Dividend Policy
Return on investment
Kendrion endeavours to realize an attractive return for shareholders supported by a suitable dividend policy. In view of safeguarding a healthy financial position, consideration is also given to the amount of profit to be retained to support the company’s medium and long-term strategic plans and to maintaining a solvency ratio of at least 35%. Kendrion strives to distribute dividends representing between 35% and 50% of its normalized net profit before amortization.
In principle, Kendrion offers shareholders an opportunity to opt for dividends in cash or in the form of ordinary shares in Kendrion N.V.’s capital.
The proposed dividend of EUR 0.72 per share, representing a payment of dividend of 50% of normalized net profit before amortization for 2022 was adopted at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 17 April 2023.
| 2016 Actual | 2017 Actual | 2018 Actual | 2019 Actual | 2020 Actual | 2021 Actual | 2022 Actual | |
| Dividend per share | 0,78 | 0,87 | 0,87 | - | 0,40 | 0,69 | 0,72 |
| Pay out | 53% | 50% | 52% | - | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| Total dividend (in EUR million) | 10.2 | 11.7 | 11.7 | - | 5.9 | 10.3 | 10.8 |
Major Shareholders
In line with legislation, shares transactions of the members of our Executive Board have been reported to the Financial Markets Authority (AFM). This information can be consulted on the AFM's website (www.afm.nl).
Pursuant to the Netherlands Financial Supervision Act, we are aware, on the basis of the information in the registers of the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM), that the following shareholders possessed an interest of more than 3% on 26 August 2023:
| Shareholder | Interest in % | Date of report |
| Teslin Participaties Coöperatief U.A. | 21.30 | At 23 March 2023 |
| Kempen Capital Management N.V. | 15.33 | At 11 April 2023 |
| Invesco Limited | 6.75 | At 19 April 2023 |
| Cross Options Beheer B.V. | 5.37 | At 8 May 2017 |
| FIL Limited | 3.55 | At 26 August 2023 |
| Add Value Fund N.V. | 3.22 | At 13 July 2022 |
| Midlin N.V. | 3.08 | At 11 December 2020 |
| T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 3.05 | At 10 March 2023 |
| Total | 61.65% |
Analysts
These analysts actively monitor the Kendrion shares:
| Institution | Analyst |
| Berenberg | Axel Stasse |
| Degroof Petercam | Frank Claassen |
| Edison Group | Johan van den Hooven |
| ING Bank N.V. | Tijs Hollestelle |
| Kepler Cheuvreux | Tim Ehlers |
| The Idea-Driven Equities Analyses Company | Maarten Verbeek |
