Zwack Unicum

Notice of Dividend Amount • Jan 16, 2009

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Ireland | 16 January 2009 12:43

Zwack Unicum Nyrt.: Paymnet of interim dividend

Other mandatory report: Zwack Unicum Nyrt.

16 Jan 2009

Other mandatory report according to the Tpt. and other laws with the objective of Europe-wide distribution.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

Zwack Unicum Nyrt. interim dividend payment

Zwack Unicum Nyrt. hereby notifies its Shareholders that according to the
Resolution 2/15.01.2009 of the Board of Directors“the Board of Directors of
the Company, on the basis of the authorization set forth in Section 12.4 of
the Statutes of the Company, with the approval of the Supervisory Board of
the Company hereby unanimously declared the payment of interim dividend in
the amount of HUF 1,300 (one thousand three hundred Hungarian Forints) per
ordinary and redeemable liquidation share that is altogether HUF
2,645,500,000 (two billion six hundred forty five million five hundred
thousand Hungarian Forints) from the profit.”

In accordance with the above, the Company shall pay a 130% interim dividend
against the nominal value of its common and redeemable liquidation
preference shares, i.e. the gross amount of the dividend for a share of
with nominal value of HUF 1,000 is HUF 1,300.

Important dates:

January 28, 2009 (E-8th day): The last day on which contracts have to be
concluded in order to obtain shares with entitlement to interim dividends
for the 2008/2009 financial year at the Budapest Stock Exchange.

February 2, 2009 (E-5th day): Record date for the identification of
ownership related to interim dividend payment. Persons holding shares at
the end of this day are entitled to receive an interim dividend for the
2008/2009 financial year.

February 9, 2009 (E day): The starting date for interim dividend payments.

Pre-conditions for paying interim dividends

Those shareholders are entitled to receive interim dividend who comply with
the following criteria:

1. Either the shareholder or the nominee as defined in Art. 151 of Act CXX
   of 2001 on the capital market has been registered in the stock register
   of Zwack Unicum Nyrt.

2. The accounting data necessary for the interim dividend have been made
   available to Zwack Unicum Nyrt. This data shall be provided to Keler
   Zrt. by the banks holding the shareholders’ accounts on the date on w
   hich records are compared, i.e. February 2, 2009 as the record date.

We draw our shareholders’ attention to the fact that they should check the
data necessary for calculating tax with their bank by February 1, 2009 at
the latest, since interim dividends can not be paid if these are missing.

Data necessary for interim dividend payment

 Natural persons: name, address, tax identification number, gender, name
at birth, place and date of birth, nationality, mother’s name at birth.
For foreign natural persons, the passport number is also to be provided
as they have no Hungarian tax identification number.

 For legal persons: company name, registered office, nationality and tax
number of the shareholder (for domestic persons).

 Interim dividend payment via nominee : the name in respect of the
nominee, registered office, nationality and tax number (for domestic).
The nominee makes a declaration before payment regarding the quantity
of shares they manage and the shareholder structure of those shares
(legal and natural persons). The Company would like to draw nominees’ a
ttention to the fact, that will not be able to accept changes to the
given rates following the payment, because the rate and assessment of
taxation of natural and legal persons differ.

Interim dividend payment

According to the Articles of Association and the rules of Keler Zrt., the
Company requests Keler Zrt. to provide a comparison of records on ordinary
shares, as of the starting date of interim dividend payment as a Company
event.

Interim dividends are transferred to the cash accounts for securities
accounts held by the banks or if requested by the shareholder via the bank
holding the securities account, to the shareholder’s own bank account; t
ransfers begin from February 9, 2009.

Zwack Unicum Nyrt. is not liable for any delay resulting due to inaccurate
or missing data provided by the banks or due to the time taken to process
the data. Should the bank send missing or corrected data to Zwack Unicum
Nyrt. at a later stage (after February 2, 2009), the Company shall transfer
the interim dividend by the 5th working day of the month following receipt
of the data. Zwack Unicum Nyrt. is not liable to pay interest where
transfer of the interim dividend takes place after February 9, 2008 for the
reasons detailed above.

Taxation rules

Domestic and foreign natural persons

According to the valid provisions of Act CXVII of 1995 on personal income
tax as amended, the company shall deduct 10% as personal income tax in case
of the holders of common shares and 25% as personal income tax in case of
the holders of redeemable liquidation preference shares from natural
persons covered by the Act.

Domestic and foreign legal persons

The Company will make payments to legal persons without tax deductions.

Zwack Unicum Nyrt. shall issue a tax certificate on the interim dividend
paid on the shares and the amount of the tax deducted, and send by post by
31 January 2010 at the latest.

Interim dividends for the 2009/2010 financial year may be claimed for up to
5 years from the starting date of interim dividend payments, following
which the interim dividend claim shall lapse.

Budapest, January 15, 2009

Zwack Unicum Nyrt.

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