Eusébio-CE, July 27th, 2015 – M. Dias Branco (BM&FBovespa: MDIA3), the food company leader in the Brazilian cookies & crackers and pasta markets, announces that the Board members unanimously decided, subject to approval from the Annual Shareholders‘ Meeting that will examine the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015, to credit fifty-six million, and five hundred thousand Reais (R$56,500,000.00) to shareholders as interest on capital, proportionally to their shareholding positions, pursuant to Article 9 of Law 9,249/95, as amended by Law 9,430/96, and paragraph 2 of Article 24 of the Company‘s Bylaws.
The interest on capital will be imputed to the minimum mandatory dividends distribution of fiscal year 2015, in accordance with paragraph 3 of Article 24 of said Bylaws. The credit date will be July 31, 2015, based on the shareholding positions at the closing of the trading floor session of BM&FBOVESPA on July 27, 2015, and the payment will be made to shareholders on August 14, 2015. The Company‘s shares will be traded “ex-dividends” as of July 28, 2015. The net amount per share to be made available to retail investors, after withholding of income tax, will be R$0.4250000000, while legal entities exempt of income tax will receive R$0.5000000000 per share.
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