Wärtsilä Board of Directors to propose an extra dividend of 1.50 euro to the extraordinary general meeting to be held on November 24, 2006
Wärtsilä Corporation STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 31 October 2006 at 8.45 EET
The Board of Directors of Wärtsilä Corporation invites the shareholders to attend an Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on 24 November 2006.
The Board will propose to the Meeting that an extra dividend of 1.50 euros be paid on each A and B share in addition to the dividend approved by the Annual General Meeting on 15 March 2006 based on the balance sheet confirmed for the financial year ended 31 December 2005.
Should the Meeting approve the Board’s proposal to distribute an extra dividend, the dividend will be paid to those shareholders who are registered on the record date, 29 November 2006, in the company’s shareholder register maintained by the Finnish Central Securities Depository Ltd.
The Board will propose that the dividend be paid on 7 December 2006.
(Wärtsilä)