VERBUND AG: Executive Board proposes distribution of a special dividend for financial year 2022
May 25, 2022 at 05:48 am EDT
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VERBUND AG: Executive Board proposes distribution of a special dividend for financial year 2022
25-May-2022 / 11:45 CET/CEST
Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by EQS - a service of EQS Group AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
The Executive Board of VERBUND AG has resolved to propose to the 2023 Annual General Meeting the distribution of a special dividend in the amount of ?400m in addition to the regular dividend, which is based on a payout ratio of between 45% and 55% of the Group result for 2022 after adjustment for non-recurring effects. The one-off special dividend is intended to allow shareholders to participate in the Group?s anticipated extraordinarily positive business performance for the current financial year 2022 by means of a higher payout. Based on the payout ratio for the previous year and the average of the current earnings forecast, the total dividend for financial year 2022 would amount to approximately ?1.2bn.
Distribution of the dividends must be approved by the Supervisory Board at the meeting at which the annual financial statements are to be approved and also requires the approval of the shareholders of VERBUND AG at the 2023 Annual General Meeting.
Contact:
Andreas Wollein
Head of Group Finance and Investor Relations
T.: +43 (0)5 03 13 - 52604
F.: +43 (0)5 03 13 - 52694
mailto:investor-relations@verbund.com
25-May-2022 CET/CEST News transmitted by EQS Group AG. www.eqs.com
Verbund AG is Austria's leading producer and supplier of electricity. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- production and sale of electricity (84.5%): 63.4 TWh sold in 2022 (of which primarily 30.7 TWh in Austria, 27.5 TWh in Germany and 4.4 TWh in France). At the end of 2022, the group had 163 hydraulic plants, 163 wind parks, 4 solar parks and 2 thermal plants;
- electricity transportation (12.7%): operation of a high-voltage electrical network of 6,959 km;
- other (2.8%): consult engineering, consulting, telecommunications and tourism services, etc.
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