Dividends
AF shall over time give our shareholders a competitive return on the shares of the company. The return must be a combination of the dividends and an increase in the share price. AF takes it as fundamental that in the future dividends will be stable and gradually rising.
| Year |
Earnings per share |
Dividend per share |
Date proposed |
Date approved |
Payment date |
| 2010* |
3.92 |
4.50 |
14.2.2011 |
13.5.2011 |
1.6.2011 |
| 2010** |
- |
2.00 |
29.7.2010 |
20.8.2010 |
4.11.2010 |
| 2009 |
3.85 |
1.60 |
11.2.2010 |
28.5.2010 |
8.6.2010 |
| 2008 |
3.16 |
1.40 |
12.2.2009 |
14.5.2009 |
28.5.2009 |
| 2007 |
2.55 |
1.20 |
14.2.2008 |
9.5.2008 |
21.5.2008 |
| 2006 |
1.95 |
1.00 |
9.2.2007 |
11.5.2007 |
23.5.2007 |
| 2005 |
1.31 |
0.60 |
10.2.2006 |
11.5.2006 |
12.5.2006 |
| 2004 |
1.07 |
1.00 |
11.2.2005 |
13.5.2005 |
2.6.2005 |
| 2003 |
0.20 |
0.20 |
20.2.2004 |
7.5.2004 |
27.5.2004 |
| 2002 |
0.83 |
0.40 |
14.2.2003 |
9.5.2003 |
26.5.2003 |
* Of which NOK 2.50 is extraordinary dividend
** Extraordinary dividend
(The share was split in the ratio 1:5 in 2010. Figures for 2002 through 2008 are adjusted for this split)
RISK
The RISK amount will be used to compute the gain or loss on sales of shares and applies only for Norwegian shareholders. The RISK system was ended in 2006, so the RISK amounts are only relevant for shareholders who had purchases AF in 2005 or earlier.
| Year of purchase |
Accumulated RISK |
| Before 1993 |
- 4.31072 |
| 1994 |
- 4.37465 |
| 1995 |
- 4.4567 |
| 1996 |
- 4.4817 |
| 1997 |
- 3.555 |
| 1998 |
- 6.2225 |
| 1999 |
- 8.96 |
| 2000 |
- 9.24 |
| 2001 |
- 8.62 |
| 2002 |
- 7.22 |
| 2003 |
- 5.76 |
| 2004 |
- 4.87 |
| 2005 |
0 |
