Spain: Application of current withholding tax rate extended

03.02.2014

Effective

1 January 2014

Legislative Royal Decree 1/2014 (LRD 1/2014), published in the Spanish Official Gazette on 25 January 2014, extends the application of the current 21% withholding tax rate until 31 December 2014.

As a consequence, interest and dividend payments distributed during 2014 by Spanish companies will be taxed at the maximum rate of 21%.

We take this opportunity to remind customers that the rate of withholding tax to be applied on securities issued by the Autonomous Community of Navarra remains 20%.

Further information

For further information, customers may contact the Clearstream Banking1 Tax Help Desk on:

LuxembourgFrankfurt
Email:tax@clearstream.comtax@clearstream.com
Telephone:+352-243-32835+49-(0) 69-2 11-1 3821
Fax:+352-243-632835+49-(0) 69-2 11-61 3821

or Clearstream Banking Customer Service or their Relationship Officer.

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1. Clearstream Banking refers collectively to Clearstream Banking AG, registered office at 61, Mergenthalerallee, 65760 Eschborn, Germany and registered in Register B of the Amtsgericht Frankfurt am Main, Germany under number HRB 7500 (CBF) and Clearstream Banking S.A., registered office at 42, avenue John F. Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg, and registered with the Luxembourg Register of Commerce and Companies under number B-9248 (CBL).

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