Dividend policy
Orion’s dividend distribution takes into account the distributable funds and the capital expenditure and other financial requirements in the medium and long term to achieve the financial objectives.
Dividend distribution history
Financial year |
Dividend per share, EUR |
Repayment of capital per share, EUR |
Payout ratio, %* |
| 2023 | Proposal by the Board of Directors to the AGM 1.62 |
104.9% | |
| 2022 | 1.60 | 64.3% | |
| 2021 | 1.50 | 108.8% | |
| 2020 | 1.50 | 95.9% | |
| 2019 | 1.50 | 105.2% | |
| 2018 | 1.50 | 63.8% | |
| 2017 | 1.45 | 90.1% | |
| 2016 | 1.35 + 0.20** | 87.6% | |
| 2015 | 1.30 | 87.8% | |
| 2014 | 1.30 | 86.7% | |
| 2013 | 1.25 | 85.6% | |
| 2012 | 1.30 | 88.4% | |
| 2011 | 1.30 | 0.12 | 87.2% |
| 2010 | 1.20 | 0.06 | 91.6% |
| 2009 | 1.00 | 0.10 | 93.5% |
| 2008 | 0.95 | 97.9% | |
| 2007 | 1.00 | 98.0% |
* Dividend per share / earnings per share
** Orion's 100th anniversary special dividend
Both share classes, A and B, confer equal rights to the Company’s assets and dividends.