Romania Proprietatea Fund To Pay Dividends Of RON0.816 A Share For 08/09 Pfts

The fund will start paying the dividends, which sum up RON1.1 billion, as of October 11.

Fondul Proprietatea was set up in 2005 to compensate Romanians whose properties were confiscated during communism. End June, the fund’s net assets reached over RON14.6 billion.

Romanian Finance Ministry holds 52.84% of the fund’s shares, while the remainder is distributed among private stockholders. The fund owns shares in 99 companies, including Transgaz, Transelectrica, Alro, Romgaz and several power distributors.