Dividends
Dividend policy
The Management Board formulated the proposal of a dividend distribution for ordinary shares equal to 0.013 euros. The company is oriented to adopt a pay out around 60% in the next years.
Dividend Taxation
Given the number of shares currently in circulation (3,105,987,668 shares, taking account of 26,917,609 treasury shares in portfolio), the distribution of the ordinary dividend 2011 of Euro 0.013 amounts in total to Euro 40,377,839.68 entirely taken from Other Reserves.
Dividends no longer attract any tax credit and, depending on who the recipient is, they may be subject to withholding tax at source or, in part, contribute towards taxable income.
| Year | No. of shares at 31/12 (million) |
Dividend per share (EUR) |
Ex date | Payment date | EPS (EUR) |
Pay - out |
| 2011* | 3,106.0 | 0.013 | 18 June 2012 | 21 June 2012 | -0.134 | - |
| 2010 | 3,106.0 | 0.060 | 20 June 2011 | 23 June 2011 | 0.099 | 97.0% |
| 0.036 | 21 November 2011 | 24 November 2011 | ||||
| 2009 | 3,106.0 | 0.07 | 21 June 2010 | 24 June 2010 | 0.026 | 269.2% |
| 2008 | 3,106.0 | 0.097 | 22 June 2009 | 25 June 2009 | 0.102 | 95.1% |
| 2007 | 3,085.5 | 0.097 | 23 June 2008 | 26 June 2008 | 0.164 | 58.0% |
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* Proposal formulated by the Management Board to be approved by the Annual Shareholders' Meeting (29 May 2012)
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Update at Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:57
