Cut-off right / Payment of Capital Distribution
The Company "THRACE PLASTICS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL SOCIETE ANONYME" announces, according to the article 5.2 of the Regulation of the Athens Exchange, that the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 24th April 2014 approved the distribution of capital, and specifically the payment of an amount of EUR 2,243,703.00 or EUR 0.0498 per share, which after the exemption of capital payment to 220,554 treasury shares of the Company, amounts to EUR 0.05 per share. The above amount has derived from the separate taxation, which exhausts any other tax obligation of the Company and the shareholders, and the subsequent distribution of tax-free reserves, which had been formed on the basis of the Law 2238/1994, and according to the article 72 of Law 4172/2013.
Monday 28 April 2014 was set as the cut-off (ex-dividend) date. 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 capital distribution) are investors registered in the Paperless Clearing System (SAT) records as of the record date. Therefore, beneficiaries to the receipt of the above capital distribution will be the shareholders registered in the Company's records in the Paperless Clearing System at the record date, namely on Wednesday 30 April 2014.
The payment of the capital distribution will commence on Wednesday 7 May 2014 from the payer bank “PIRAEUS BANK SA” as follows:
1) Through the users in the Paperless Clearing System (SAT) for those shareholders who have authorized their users with regard to the receipt of capital distribution.
2) Through the branch network of “PIRAEUS BANK SA” for those shareholders who have requested exception from their users in SAT 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 capital distribution can be collected from 7th May 2014 through the branch network of “PIRAEUS BANK SA”.
The receipt of the capital distribution concerning the above cases 2 and 3 can be made until 31-12-2014 with the presentation of the Investor's Account Code Number (in the Paperless Clearing System - SAT) and of the identification number either in person or through a proxy in any branch of the above payer bank.
For additional information, shareholders are requested to communicate with the Company's Shareholders Department, tel. 30 210 9875081.
Thursday, 24 April 2014
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS