EVS BROADCAST EQUIPMENT S.A.: THE BOARD PROPOSE...

Liège (Belgium),  April  16, 2009:  The  Board of  Directors  of  EVS
Broadcast Equipment S.A. (Euronext  Brussels: EVS.BR, Bloomberg:  EVS
BB, Reuters: EVSB.BR) (Pinksheets:  EVBEF), invites all  shareholders
of the  company  to participate  in  the Ordinary  and  Extraordinary
General Meetings to be held on  May 19, 2009, at the headquarters  in
Liège.

The main points on the agendas include:
-        Dividend:  the  Board proposes  to  pay out  a  total  gross
dividend of EUR 2.48  per share, up 8.8%  compared to last year,  and
including EUR 1.00  of interim  dividend paid-out  last November  24,
2008. This translates  into a final  gross dividend of  EUR 1.48  per
share (ex-date: May 27, 2009 - payment date: June 2, 2009);
-        Cancellation of 250,000 shares owned by the company bringing
back the outstanding amount at 13,625,000 shares;
-        Renewal of the authorization to buy back a maximum of 20% of
the outstanding shares for a period of 5 years;
-        Issuance of 200,000 new warrants to be granted gradually  to
EVS employees in future months and years.


The full text of the invitation  and the proxy form are available  on
our  website  at  www.evs-global.com,  in  the  "Investor  Relations"
section.





For more information, please contact:
Jacques GALLOY, Director & CFO
Geoffroy d'OULTREMONT, Investor Relations & Corporate  Communications
Manager
EVS Broadcast  Equipment S.A.,  Liege Science  Park, 16  rue du  Bois
Saint-Jean, B-4102 Ougrée (Liège), Belgium
Tel: [phone] - Fax: [phone] - E-mail:  [e-mail];
www.evs-global.com







About EVS Group
EVS  Group  designs,  develops   and  markets  professional   digital
equipment for Television (EVS Broadcast) and Cinema (XDC). The  Group
employs over 220 persons for broadcast equipment in 12 countries  and
sells its products to professionals of the video and audio sectors in
more than 90 countries.  EVS is a public  company traded on  Euronext
Brussels: EVS, ISIN: BE0003820371. For more information, refer to
www.evs-global.com
EVS Broadcast is the world leader for Live TV Production Digital Disk
Recorders and Related Software Applications, especially in the  field
of sports. The company's dedicated hardware and software suite  offer
a complete production  platform: live slow  motion (LSM), high  speed
slow motion,  replay only,  clips  generation, quick  clips  editing,
real-time  SD/HD  video  files  transfer,  time  delay,  multi-camera
recording,  metadata  association,  graphics  storage  and  play-out,
digital transmission, multi-format ingest and play-back, audio record
& edit, webcasting, mobile phone clipping. Main software applications
like the  "IP Director®"  are  running on  the dedicated  robust  and
flexible  hardware  the  "XT[2]®   Platform".  The  world's   leading
broadcasters, such as NBC, BSkyB,  FOX, RTL, NHK, CANAL+, ABC,  ESPN,
TF1, CCTV,  PBS,  CBS,  BBC,  ZDF,  TVE  and  many  others  use  EVS'
solutions.
EVS 47,20% affiliate XDC is  pioneering Digital Cinema Logistics  and
Play-out and operates between the movies distributors and exhibitors.
XDC has installed more than 280 digital screens throughout the  world
in  China,  Germany,  Sweden,  Brazil,  the  United  States,  France,
Belgium, etc.


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