Payment of dividend

According to the financial statements for the year to December 31, 2008, the parent company's distributable funds amount to EUR 140,308,928.32, of which the profit for the financial year is EUR 24,794,249.46.

The Board proposes to the Annual General Meeting that the distributable funds be used as follows:

 - A dividend of EUR 0.90 per share be paid, totaling    EUR  16,388,292.60
 - To be retained in shareholders’ equity     EUR 123,920,635.72

 Total  

  EUR 140,308,928.32

No material changes have occurred in the company’s financial situation since the end of the financial year. The company’s liquidity remains good and, in the view of the Board, is not threatened by the proposed profit distribution.

The record date for dividend payment has been set at March 31, 2009, and it is proposed that the dividend be paid on April 7, 2009.