Dividend

DIVIDEND POLICY

The Board of Directors intends to maintain its ongoing policy of providing the largest possible self-financing for the development of the Group, while ensuring regular dividend growth, results permitting.

DIVIDEND 2009

Gross dividend for full year 2009 : EUR 3.2500 per share (EUR 3.00 per share for FY 2008) :

	a net dividend of EUR 2.4375 in return for coupon n°19, after deduction of the withholding tax of 25%; a net dividend of EUR 2.7625 in return for the coupon and VVPR strip n°19, after deduction of the withholding tax of 15%.

Payment of the dividend as from 3 June 2010 at the head offices and branches of the Bank Degroof.