Procedure for the payment of dividends for the yea

On 27 April 2017, the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Telia Lietuva, AB (code 121215434, registered address: Lvovo str. 25, Vilnius, Lithuania) decided to allocate the Company’s profit for the year 2016 and to pay out 0.03 euro dividend per share.   Dividends will be paid to the shareholders who at the end of the tenth business day following the day of the Annual General Meeting that adopted a decision on dividend payment, i.e. on 12 May 2017 are shareholders of Telia Lietuva, AB.   From 25 May 2017 the dividends are paid out in the following order: 

• to the shareholders, whose Telia Lietuva, AB shares are accounted by a financial brokerage company or credit institutions, which provide securities accounting services, the dividend amount, after deduction of Personal or Corporate withholding income tax applicable by the laws of Lithuania, will be transferred to the shareholders’ accounts held with a respective financial brokerage company or credit institution; 
• to the shareholders, whose Telia Lietuva, AB shares on behalf of the Company are accounted by the authorised custodian AB SEB bankas, the dividend amount, after deduction of Personal or Corporate withholding income tax applicable by the laws of Lithuania, will be transferred to the shareholders’ accounts with AB SEB bankas or the accounts (IBAN) with other bank or financial institution as indicated by the shareholders (requests with account indications should be submitted to any branch of SEB bankas).

  Dividends paid in 2017 will be taxed as follows: 

• dividends paid to natural persons–residents of the Republic of Lithuania and natural persons–residents of foreign countries are subject to withholding Personal income tax of 15 per cent;
• dividends paid to legal entities of the Republic of Lithuania and legal entities–residents of foreign countries are subject to withholding Corporate income tax of 15 per cent, unless otherwise provided for by the laws. 

Residents of the foreign countries, which have concluded agreements on Avoidance of Double Taxation with the Republic of Lithuania, could take advantage of reduced tariffs provided by such agreements by submitting Claim for Reduction or Exemption from the Anticipatory Tax Withheld at Source, form FR0021 (DAS-1).  The form should be completed following the law requirements and presented to SEB bankas together with the broker’s confirmation by 22 May 2017.   For additional information on payout of the dividends please contact AB SEB bankas by phone +370 5 268 1528

         Darius Džiaugys,          Head of Investor Relations,          tel. +370 5 236 7878