BME to distribute its second interim dividend against 2015 earnings on 29 December

• It represents a gross €0.6 per share
• Announcing the dividend payment dates for 2016  

The Board of Directors of BME today agreed to distribute to its shareholders on December 29th the second interim dividend against 2015 earnings, to the value of €50 million. The figure represents a gross €0.6 per share, the same as that distributed in December 2014.

On September 11th BME distributed the first interim dividend, for a gross amount of €0.4 per share.

As part of the dividend payment policy followed by BME since 2009, which consists in the distribution of the company’s ordinary dividend in three payments - in May, September and December – BME’s dividend payments in 2016 will be as follows:

Final Dividend year 2015: 

6 May

First interim dividend against 2016 earnings:

16 September

Second interim dividend against 2016 earnings: 

29 December

BME would like to reiterate the importance that the publication of the shareholder remuneration policy of companies and of any change to it in due time has in the appropriate share price discovery and valuation of derivative instruments.