Transgaz announced that the government, its majority shareholder, has requested the company to distribute RON 534.3 million in special dividend for the year 2017. The final decision will be made at a general shareholders meeting on April 26, 2018. The dividend payout has to be made until July 16, 2018. The dividend of RON 45.38 per share requested by the government, through the energy ministry, is almost double compared to the initial planned dividend of RON 25.22 per share announced by the company in March 2018. The company paid for 2016 a special dividend of RON 171 million.