11 Sep 2012 14:12
Amsterdam, 11 September 2012
New World Resources announces exchange rates for interim dividend 2012
New World Resources Plc ('NWR' or the 'Company') announces that it has fixed the Euro exchange rate for the payment of the interim dividend of EUR 0.06 per A share.
The exchange rate is EUR/GBP 0.79780.
The equivalent of EUR 0.06 per share dividend is GBP 0.047868.
Euro exchange rate is fixed for both New World Resources Plc and New World Resources N.V. ('NWR NV').
On 23 August 2012, NWR declared the interim dividend (for both NWR Plc and NWR NV shareholders) for the half-year ended 30 June 2012 of EUR 0.06 per share. NWR publishes its accounts in Euros but has made arrangements for shareholders, who elected to do so prior to 10 September 2012, to receive the dividend in Pound Sterling, with the respective amounts payable determined by the European Central Bank (ECB) exchange rate, published on 11 September 2012.
The payment date for this dividend is 19 September 2012.
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For further information:
Investor Relations Corporate Communications
Tel: +31 20 570 2244 Tel: +31 20 570 2229
Email: ir@nwrgroup.eu Email: pr@nwrgroup.eu
Website: www.newworldresources.eu
About NWR:
New World Resources Plc is one of Central Europe's leading hard coal and coke producers. NWR produces quality coking and thermal coal for the steel and energy sectors in Central Europe through its subsidiary OKD, the largest hard coal mining company in the Czech Republic. NWR's coke subsidiary OKK, is Europe's largest producer of foundry coke. NWR currently has several development projects in Poland and the Czech Republic, which form part of NWR's regional growth strategy. NWR is a FTSE 250 company, with listings in London, Prague and Warsaw.