Optional dividend Wereldhave 2008:
EUR 4.65 in cash
or
EUR 2.55 in cash and 4.54% in shares
At the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, Wereldhave proposes a full cash dividend, or at the option of the shareholder, a dividend partially in cash and partially in shares.
The cash dividend amounts to EUR 4.65 per ordinary share, of which EUR 2.55 subject to 15% withholding tax and EUR 2.10 free of withholding tax.
The optional dividend amounts to EUR 2.55 in cash subject to 15% withholding tax and 1 (one) new share per 22 (twentytwo) shares in issue, or 4.54% in shares, free of witholding tax. The new shares are entitled to the dividend in respect of the full financial year 2009.
Shareholders can make their choice as from April 6 to April 20, 2009. If no choice is communicated, the optional dividend will be paid in shares. At NYSE Euronext there will be no trade in dividendrights.
Agenda
April 2, 2009: Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
April 6, 2009: Listing ex-dividend and start choice period
April 8, 2009: Dividend record date
April 20, 2009: End of choice period
April 24, 2009: Dividend payment date
The Hague, March 20, 2009
Board of Management Wereldhave N.V.