On March 3, 2021, the extraordinary general meeting of BAWAG Group AG resolved to distribute a dividend of EUR 0.4551 per share, which is classified as a repayment of capital under Austrian tax law. Ex-dividend trading on the Vienna Stock Exchange begins March 10, 2021, the record dividend date March 11, 2021, and the dividend payment date March 12, 2021. With this EUR 40 million down payment, BAWAG Group distributes the maximum amount allowable pursuant to the most recent ECB recommendation from December 2020. As previously announced, the Managing Board deducted dividends of EUR 460 million from CET1 capital at year end 2020.