5.3.2 Dividend paid and proposed
On July 9th 2021, the Annual General Meeting of PGNiG resolved to distribute PLN 6,908,548,870.60, comprising PGNiG S.A.’s net profit for 2020 of PLN 6,908,551,193.11 and accumulated loss brought forward of PLN 2,322.51 resulting from correction of prior period, as follows:
a) PLN 1,213,446,119.97 to dividend payment;
b) PLN 5,695,102,750.63 to statutory reserve funds of the Company.
Dividend was paid on 5,778,314,857 shares, and the dividend per share was PLN 0.21 (twenty-one grosz). The dividend record date and the dividend payment date were set for July 19th 2021 and August 3rd 2021, respectively.
| 2021 | 2020 | |
| Dividend paid in the period | ||
| Dividend per share paid (PLN) | 0.21 | 0.09 |
| Number of shares | 5,778 | 5,778 |
| Dividend paid | 1,213 | 520 |
| dividend paid to owners of the parent | 1,213 | 520 |
| dividend paid to minority shareholders | – | – |
For detailed information on the dividend policy, see Directors’ Report the operations of the PGNiG Group and PGNiG S.A. for 2021.