Announcement of information for ex-dividend date and dividend payments
The Société Anonyme under the name "THRACE PLASTICS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL SOCIETE ANONYME" and the distinctive title "THRACE PLASTICS Co. S.A." ("Company"), informs the investors according to articles 4.1.3.4 and 5.2 of the Athens Exchange Regulation, that the Annual General Meeting of shareholders held on April 15th, 2015 approved the distribution of dividend and more specifically approved the distribution of an amount of 1.000.000,00 Euros (gross amount), i.e. 0.022536 Euros per share (gross amount). Of the above amount of 0.022536 Euros is being withheld according to article 64 of law 4172/2013 the tax attributable to the dividend of 10% rate and as a result the net amount to be received by shareholders will amount to 0,020282 Euros per share.
The above retention of 10% exhausts any other tax obligation of the beneficiary for that income inGreece, if the beneficiary is either a natural or a legal person or entity that is not a tax resident ofGreece and does not maintain a permanent establishment inGreece.
It shall be noted that the Company holds 721.456 common registered shares, which are exempt from dividend payments.
Monday, April 20th, 2015 was set as the ex-dividend date, namely the date from which the Company's shares are negotiated in the Athens Stock Exchange without the right to receive dividend.
It is clarified that according to the Regulation of the Athens Exchange, corporate actions are implemented on the basis of the “record date” and as result beneficiaries to the corporate action (in the specific case to the dividend payment of year 2014) are investors registered in the archives of the Dematerialized Securities System (DSS) as of the record date. Therefore, beneficiaries to the receipt of the above dividend payment will be the shareholders registered in the Company's records in the Dematerialized Securities System (DSS) on the record date, i.e. Tuesday, April 21st, 2015.
The dividend payment will commence on Monday, April 27th, 2015 from the payer bank “Alpha Bank SA” as follows:
1) Through the authorized users in the Dematerialized Securities System (DSS) for those shareholders who have authorized their users with regard to the receipt of dividend payment.
2) Through the branch network of “ALPHA BANK SA” for those shareholders who have requested exception from their users in the Dematerialized Securities System (DSS) or have withdrawn the relevant authorization to their users or hold their shares in a special investor's account.
3) If the credit of the amount to the shareholders through their users is not possible for various reasons, then the dividend payment shall be made from the 27th of April 2015, through the branch network of “ALPHA BANK SA”.
The dividend payment concerning the above cases 2 and 3 is possible until the 31st of December 2015 through the presentation of the Investor's Account Code Number (in the Dematerialized Securities System (DSS) and of the identification number either in person or by a legally authorized proxy in any branch of the above payer bank.
Following the above date, the dividend payment will be made from the Company's offices in Alimos Attica (20 Marinou Antypa Str., 174 55, tel. 210-9875081, Mrs. Ioanna Karathanasi).
For any additional information, shareholders are requested to communicate with the Company's Shareholders Department, tel. 210-9875081.
Xanthi, April 16th, 2015
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS