Announcement of ex- dividend date / payment of interim dividend for the Year 2021


The Société Anonyme under the name “THRACE PLASTICS HOLDING COMPANY COMMERCIAL SOCIETE ANONYME“ with the distinctive title “THRACE PLASTICS CO S.A.” (called as “Company” hereafter)

The Société Anonyme under the name “THRACE PLASTICS HOLDING COMPANY COMMERCIAL SOCIETE ANONYME“ with the distinctive title “THRACE PLASTICS CO S.A.” (called as “Company” hereafter), with reference to the earlier announcement dated 18.10.2021, hereby announces to the investor community, pursuant to the article 4.1.3.4 of the Athens Exchange Rulebook, that the Board of Directors of the Company, during its meeting of September 24th, 2021 approved the distribution (payment) of interim dividend for fiscal year 2021 to the shareholders of the Company, of a total amount of 4,750,000.00 Euros (gross amount), corresponding to 0,108592646 Euros per share (gross amount), which with the corresponding increase of the 504,163 treasury shares, which are held by the Company and are excluded from the interim dividend distribution, will amount to 0,109858877 Euros per share.

The above amount of the interim dividend is subject to 5% tax withholding, in accordance with articles 40 par. 1 and 64 par. 1 of Law 4172/2013 (Government Gazette A΄ 167/23.07.2013),  as in force after its amendment by Law 4646/2019 (Government Gazette A΄ 201/12.12.2019).

Therefore, the final payable amount of interim dividend for fiscal year 2021 shall be 0,104365933 Euro per share.

The cut-off (ex-dividend) date of the interim dividend was set for Wednesday, December 1st, 2021.

Beneficiaries of the interim dividend for fiscal year 2021 are shareholders registered in the Company’s records in the Dematerialized Securities System on Thursday, December 2nd, 2021 (Record Date).

The distribution (payment) of the interim dividend will commence on Wednesday, December 8th, 2021, and will be paid through the paying Bank "PIRAEUS BANK S.A." as follows:

  1. Through the participants in the Dematerialized Securities System (DSS) i.e. Banks and Brokerage/Securities Companies, according to the provisions of the DSS Operation Regulation of the Hellenic Central Securities Depository (ATHEXCSD) and the relevant decisions of ATHEXCSD.
  2. Especially in cases of payment of the interim dividend to the legal heirs of deceased entitled shareholders, whose securities are kept in the Special Account of their S.A.T. ID in the DSS under ATHEXCSD custody, the disbursement process will be facilitated, following completion of the inheritance procedural steps, through any branch of “PIRAEUS BANK” network.

It is clarified that according to the current applicable legislation, the right for the collection of the interim dividend amount expires on completion of a five year period (article 250 of the Civil Code, section 15) from the end of the fiscal year in which this right was created (i.e. for the said interim dividend of fiscal year 2021 of the Company the right for its collection expires on 31.12.2027) and following such time period the uncollected amounts will irrevocably be reimbursed to the Hellenic State in accordance with article 1 of legislative decree 1195/1942.

For any further information shareholders may contact the Investor Relations Department of the Company (at +30 210 9875081, e-mail: [email protected]).