The general meeting of Galp Energia, SGPS, S.A. held today, April 29, 2022, approved the 2021 dividend of €0.50 per share. On September 16, 2021, an interim dividend of €0.25 per share was paid.
According to the Portuguese law, shareholders are hereby notified that the remaining dividend amount will be payable as from May 10, 2022, as follows:
| Gross dividend per share |
EUR 0.25 |
|
Personal income tax (28%)(1) EUR 0.07
Net dividend per share EUR 0.18
|
Corporate income tax (25%)(1) EUR 0.0625
Net dividend per share EUR 0.1875
|
The ex-dividend date is May 6, 2022 and the record date is May 9, 2022.
The dividends will be paid through the Central de Valores Mobiliários. Banco Santander Totta, S.A. is the paying agent
(1) For potential tax exemption, exclusion from withholding or reduction of the withholding tax rate, shareholders must confirm their tax status with the financial institution at which their shares are deposited. Shareholders resident in Portugal and subject to personal income tax (‘IRS’) are charged with a final tax rate of 28%, unless an option for aggregation is made, to the extent that they are not obtained from entrepreneurial or professional activities (if dividends are obtained within the scope of an entrepreneurial or professional activity, the aggregation is mandatory). The final withholding tax rate shall be 35% if the dividends are paid or made available to: (i) omnibus accounts, unless the beneficial owner of such dividends is disclosed or (ii) non-resident entities without a permanent establishment in Portuguese territory, which are domiciled in a country, territory or region subject to favorable tax regime, according to the list approved by Decree|Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance