Greece: Dividend withholding tax increase - Interim dividend update

16.08.2016

Clearstream Banking1 would like to inform customers that further to our Announcement A16073, dated 26 May 2016, in which it was confirmed that the dividend withholding tax would increase from 10% to 15% with effective date 1 January 2017, further confirmation has now been received stating that the increase from 10% to 15% will already be applicable for interim dividends paid during 2016, when the decision for distribution of interim dividend is subject to approval by the ordinary General Meeting of the shareholders to be held in 2017.

Further information

For further information, please contact the Clearstream Banking Tax Help Desk or Clearstream Banking Client Services or your Relationship Officer.

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