The Board has proposed a dividend of € 0.60 per unit, an increase of 20 per cent over the prior year’s level. In addition, the Board has proposed that a further special dividend of € 0.50 should be paid to unitholders. The dividends will be payable following the Annual General Meeting in September 2006.
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The dividends will be paid as follows:
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Gross dividend per unit |
Withholding tax @ 35% |
Net payable
per unit |
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Ordinary dividend |
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Richemont SA, Luxembourg
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€0.5500 | - | €0.5500 | ||
| Compagnie Financière Richemont SA, Switzerland | €0.0500 | (€ 0.0175) | €0.0325 | ||
| €0.6000 | (€ 0.0175) | €0.5825 | |||
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Special dividend
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Richemont SA, Luxembourg
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€0.5000 | - | €0.5000 | ||
| €1.1000 | (€ 0.0175) | €1.0825 |

RICHARD LEPEU
Group Finance Director
Compagnie Financière Richemont SA
Geneva, 8 June 2006