LANSON-BCC (EPA:ALLAN) - LANSON-BCC: COMBINED GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING ON MAY 19TH, 2011

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20/05/2011 09:11

PRESS RELEASE

COMBINED GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING ON MAY 19TH, 2011 APPROVAL OF
RESOLUTIONS

Reims, May 19th, 2011 - 5:45 pm - LANSON-BCC is announcing that the company's
Combined Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meeting has today approved all of
the resolutions put forward. On this occasion, LANSON-BCC's Board of Directors
announced that it had decided to carry out the free allocation of one new
share for 10 existing shares.

DIVIDEND OF 0.35 EUROS PER SHARE

LANSON-BCC's shareholders adopted all the resolutions put forward, including
the approval of the corporate and consolidated financial statements for the
year ended December 31st, 2010, as well as the payment of a dividend of 0.35
euros per share (and not 0.40 euros as indicated in the documentation issued
prior to the General Meeting on May 19th, 2011). As for the previous year,
this dividend represents 10% of consolidated net income, with the continued
priority to consolidate the financial balance in terms of the Group's balance
sheet.

The ex-dividend date is set for May 24th, 2011, after close of trading, with
this dividend to be paid out on May 27th, 2011 based on the closing positions
on May 26th, 2011.

ONE BONUS SHARE AWARDED FOR EVERY 10 EXISTING SHARES HELD

The General Meeting was informed that LANSON-BCC's Board of Directors, as
authorized by the previous General Meeting, has decided on a 5,578,490 euro
capital increase, through the incorporation of reserves. This operation will
see the creation of 557,849 new shares, which will be freely awarded on July
12th, 2011, with one new share for every 10 existing shares held, based on the
closing positions on June 30th, 2011.
This measure is intended to thank the shareholders for their loyalty.

In this way, the company's capital will be raised from 55,784,920 euros to
61,363,410 euros on July 12th, 2011.

The new shares will be held on a registered or bearer basis, as chosen by
subscribers.
In accordance with the legal and regulatory provisions in force, the rights of
holders will be represented by a registration in their name:
- With the issuer for pure registered securities and, for those who wish to do
  so, with the authorized intermediary of their choice for administered
  registered securities,
- With the authorized intermediary of their choice for bearer securities.

Entitlements forming fractions of shares will not be eligible for trading or
transfer (FR0004027068); the corresponding shares will be sold, and the sums
from such sales will be allocated to the holders of the rights on July 19th,
2011.
Allocation requests will be received at no cost from July 1st to 12th,
2011(inclusive) by CM-CIC Securities, Département Emetteur, 6 avenue de
Provence, 75009 Paris, France (Euroclear affiliated member 025).

Once created, these shares will be fully assimilated with existing shares,
will be entitled to the same rights and will be subject to all the bylaw
provisions and decisions taken at General Meetings.

These 557,849 shares will be subject to a request for admission on Euronext
Paris Compartment B.

LANSON-BCC fully owns seven Champagne Houses:  Euronext Compartment B
- Champagne Lanson (Reims), the prestigious    ISIN: FR0004027068
  international brand.                         Ticker: LAN
- Champagne Chanoine Frères (Reims), wines     Reuters: BCCP.PA
  intended primarily for the European          Bloomberg: LAN:FP
  mass retail market (Chanoine brand),         www.lanson-bcc.com
  notably with the Tsarine Cuvée range.
- Champagne Boizel (Epernay), French
  mail-order market leader, with wines         LANSON-BCC
  distributed in the traditional sector        Nicolas Roulleaux Dugage
  for international markets.                   Tel: +33 3 26 78 50 00
- Maison Burtin (Epernay), a European mass     investisseurs@lanson-bcc.com
  retail supplier and owner of the Besserat
  de Bellefon brand, distributed through
  traditional networks (restaurants, wine
  stores).
- Champagne De Venoge (Epernay), sold on       CALYPTUS
  selective retail markets, notably with       Cyril Combe
  its Louis XV grande cuvée.                   Tel: +33 1 53 65 68 68
- Champagne Philipponnat (Mareuil sur AV),     cyril.combe@calyptus.net
  which owns the prestigious Clos des Goisses,
  with wines exclusively available
  through selective retail channels,
  primarily in leading restaurants.
- Champagne Alexandre Bonnet (Les Riceys),
  owner of a vast vineyard (wine sold in
  traditional sectors).

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