Clarification of the news report regarding cash dividends NT$60 billion to be distributed to retrieve the investors’ confidence
Date of events: 2014/03/01 |
Contents: |
1. | Date of occurrence of the event: 2014/03/01 |
2. | Company name: Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd. |
3. | Relationship to the Company (please enter ”head office” or ”subsidiaries”): head office |
4. | Reciprocal shareholding ratios: N.A. |
5. | Name of the reporting media: Economic Daily News |
6. | Content of the report: The market expects that CHT may increase the cash dividend and |
the special dividend distributed from capital surplus. The payout ratio will be over 90%, may nearly 100%. The total cash return per share is expected to be starting from NT$4.6, and may greater than NT$5.14.
7. | Cause of occurrence: None. |
8. | Countermeasures: None. |
9. | Any other matters that need to be specified: The dividend to be distributed year 2013 is |
still under consideration internally, and will be announced upon the resolution of the Board of Directors, and does not have any comments on the market rumor or media report.