(24/04/2006) EVS BROADCAST EQUIPMENT : Proposals to the May 16's Shareholders Meeting : 1.20 EUR dividend , cance

Liège (Belgium), 24 avril 2006, EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. (ISIN BE0003820371, Bloomberg EVS BB, Reuters EVSB.BR), leader in Professional Digital Video applications for Live TV Production and Digital Cinema, announced today the agenda of the next Shareholders Meeting to be held next Tuesday May 16, 2006 : - 2005 GROSS DIVIDEND OF 1.20 EUR PER SHARE (EX-DATE JUNE 20) - CANCELLATION OF 200.000 OWN SHARES - CONTINUATION OF SHARES BUY-BACK - EMPLOYEE PROFIT SHARING PLAN The Board proposes to the Shareholders Meeting to pay-out a gross dividend of 1,20 EUR per share (net 0,90 EUR for Belgian tax residents). Payment will be made thanks to coupon #2 of the shares (ISIN code BE0003820371) at ING Bank and FORTIS Bank, except for own shares held by EVS at the payment date, ie. Tuesday June 20, 2006. Shareholders may benefit from non double taxation measures and therefore optimize the net dividend yield if they send to EVS (Fax +32 4 361 7089 or corpcom@evs.tv) the inherent tax form which is duly signed by their relevant tax authorities by June 30, 2006 at the latest. The Board proposes furthermore to cancel 200.000 shares without nominal face value and which are owned by the Company so as to reduce the number of outstanding shares from 14.075.000 to 13.875.000. Furthermore, the Board suggests to pursue the share buy-back program. One should note that the Company holds 371.655 own shares as at April 24 and it shall keep the remaining balance after cancellation as a hedge for the 147.000 outstanding warrants. At last, the Board proposes to Shareholders Meeting to thank the teams and to encourage all the employees to contribute to the company growth by way of an employee profit sharing plan ("plan de participation bénéficiaire" as defined by the Belgian law) under the form of a EVS BROADCAST EQUIPMENT shares distribution. Based on seniority and position in the mother company or its affiliates, a maximum of 135 employees of both EVS Broadcast Equipment S.A. and XDC S.A. shall receive between 20 and 70 EVS shares (coupon #2 attached). The detailled agenda, the attendance conditions, the proxies and the Annual Report 2005 (in French since the English version shall be released early May) are available on the company website www.evs-global.com. The company will release its 1st quarter 2006 results next May 11, 2006 prior to market opening. Corporate Calendar: Thursday 11 May 2006 : 1Q06 sales & earnings Tuesday 16 May 2006: Annual General Meeting of Shareholders Tuesday 20 June 2006: Ex-date for the 2005 dividend (coupon #2) Thursday 7 September 2006 : 2Q06 sales & earnings Thursday 9 November 2006 : 3Q06 sales & earnings For more information, please contact: Jacques GALLOY, Director & CFO, EVS Broadcast Equipment Tel : +32 4 361 7014 ; Fax : +32 4 361 7089 Liege Science Park, 16 rue du Bois Saint Jean, B-4102 Liège-Ougree, Belgium www.evs-global.com, e-mail : corpcom@evs.tv About EVS Group EVS Group designs, develops and markets professional digital equipment for Television (EVS Broadcast) and Cinema (XDC). The Group employs over 160 persons in 8 countries and sells its products to professionals of the video and audio sectors in more than 70 countries. EVS is a public company traded on Euronext Brussels: EVS, ISIN: BE0003820371. For more information, refer to www.evs-global.com. © CompanynewsGroup [108948]