An item will be submitted to the Board of Directors on 27 July 2011 proposing the payment of the interim ordinary dividend for the year 2011 between the 1st and 15th of September 2011. The exact date of the payment will be decided at this Board meeting, which will also examine the Group's first half 2011 financial statements. The resulting decision will be announced on 28 July 2011.
Afterwards, the possibility of modifying the timing of future interim dividend payments will be examined in order to provide a more evenly-distributed payment calendar over the year.
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