Notice of Dividend Amount • Dec 4, 2013
Notice of Dividend Amount
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Press release Brussels, 04/12/2013 – 6:00 pm (CET)
Press release : interim dividend announcement Regulated Information as defined in the Royal Decree of 14 November 2007.
The net result after tax of bpost N.V./S.A. for the 10 months period ended on 31 October 2013 amounted to € 200.7 millions. Taking into account previous announcements, bpost will pay an interim dividend of 186.0 millions euros or 0.93 euros gross per share.
On 7 November 2013 the Board of Directors confirmed its intention to approve the payment of an interim dividend amounting to 85% of the sum of (i) the net profit after tax of bpost N.V./S.A. for the 10 months period ended on 31 October 2013 plus (ii) an amount of € 17.6m compensating for an exceptional pre-listing tax charge. Based on the net profits after tax of bpost N.V./S.A. and on the result of the computation set out above, the Board of Directors today approved the payment of an interim dividend of 186.0 millions euros or 0.93 euros gross per share.
| Interim dividend | |
|---|---|
| bpost S.A./N.V. net profits after tax Jan to Oct 2013 (BGAAP) (1) |
€ 200,654,004.35 |
| Compensation for exceptional tax charge (2) | € 17,552,522.19 |
| Total base amount : (1)+(2) | € 218,206,526.54 |
| Dividend theoretical amount: ((1)+(2)) x 85% | € 185,475,547.56 |
| Dividend payment, € gross per share | € 0.93 |
| Dividend payment, € gross | € 186,000,877.92 |
The paying agent appointed by bpost to proceed the interim dividend payment is Euroclear Belgium.
The calendar applicable to the interim dividend payment is as follows:
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Press release : interim dividend announcement Regulated Information as defined in the Royal Decree of 14 November 2007.
On 7 November 2013 the Board of Directors also confirmed its intention to approve the payment of a final dividend corresponding to 85% of the net profit of bpost N.V./S.A. over the last two months of 2013. The results of the year 2013 will be communicated on 26 March 2014 after market. The decision on the amount of the final dividend will be submitted for approval to the Shareholders' meeting on May, 14th 2014.
The calendar applicable to the final dividend payment is as follows :
Johnny Thijs, CEO declared: "I'm happy we can reward our shareholders for the first time since listing earlier this year and I'm confident this first dividend payment will strengthen the confidence of investors in bpost".
Additional information Additional information available at www.bpost.be/ir
For more information:
Press Piet Van Speybroeck M. +32 477 68 47 12 | T. +32 2 276 2185 [email protected]
Investors Paul Vanwambeke T. +32 2 276 2822 www.bpost.be/ir [email protected]
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