Philips 2004 Annual Report Download - page 216

Dividend policy
Philips aims for a sustainable dividend reflecting, over time, a
distribution of 25 to 30% of continuing net income. The dividend
paid over the last 11 years is shown in the graph below.
Dividend paid (from prior-year profit distribution)
* subject to approval in the General Meeting of Shareholders
on March 31, 2005
'95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05*
0.00
0.10
0.20
0.30
0.40
Dividend to shareholders
Shares of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (‘Royal Philips
Electronics’) will be listed ex-dividend as of April 1, 2005. In
compliance with the listing requirements of the New York Stock
Exchange and the stock market of Euronext Amsterdam, the
record dates will be April 5, 2005 for holders of American shares
of New York Registry, and March 31, 2005 for other Philips
shares.
The dividend as proposed to the General Meeting of Shareholders
will be payable as of April 11, 2005 to all shareholders. The
dividend payment to holders of American shares will be made in
USD at the USD/EUR rate fixed by the European Central Bank on
April 6, 2005.
Ex dividend date Record date Payment date
Amsterdam shares April 1, 2005 March 31, 2005 April 11, 2005
New York shares April 1, 2005 April 5, 2005 April 11, 2005
Financial calendar
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
Record date Annual General Meeting of
Shareholders March 24, 2005
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders March 31, 2005
Quarterly reports 2005
First quarterly report 2005 April 18, 2005
Second quarterly report 2005 July 18, 2005
Third quarterly report 2005 October 17, 2005
Divisional analyst days 2005
Analyst day 1 June 14, 2005*
Analyst day 2 September 15, 2005*
Analyst day 3 December 7, 2005*
2006
Publication of 2005 results January 26, 2006*
Publication of the Annual Report 2005 February 21, 2006*
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders March 30, 2006*
*These dates are subject to final confirmation.
Shareholders Communication Channel
Philips is continuously striving to improve relations with its
shareholders. For instance, Philips was one of the key companies in
the establishment of the Shareholders Communication Channel –
a project of Euronext Amsterdam, banks in the Netherlands and
several major Dutch companies to simplify contacts between a
participating company and its shareholders.
Philips will use the Shareholders Communication Channel to
distribute the Agenda for this year’s General Meeting of
Shareholders as well as an instruction form to enable proxy voting
at said Meeting.
For the General Meeting of Shareholders on March 31, 2005 a
record date (being March 24, 2005) will apply: those persons who
on March 24, 2005 hold shares in the Company and are registered
as such in one of the registers designated by the Board of
Management for the General Meeting of Shareholders will be
entitled to participate and vote at the Meeting.
215Philips Annual Report 2004