On 31 December 2024, Sanoma Corporation’s distributable funds were EUR 338 million, of which profit for the year made up EUR -1 million. Including the fund for non-restricted equity of EUR 210 million, the distributable funds amounted to EUR 548 million. The Board of Directors proposes to the Annual General Meeting 2025 that:

  • A dividend of EUR 0.39 per share shall be paid for the year 2024. The dividend shall be paid in three equal instalments. The first instalment of EUR 0.13 per share shall be paid to a shareholder who is registered in the shareholders’ register of the company maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd on the dividend record date 2 May 2025. The payment date for this instalment is 9 May 2025. The record date for the second instalment of EUR 0.13 per share will be decided by the Board of Directors in September, and the estimated payment date will be in September 2025. The record date for the third instalment of EUR 0.13 per share will be decided by the Board of Directors in October, and the estimated payment date will be in November 2025.
  • The amount left in equity shall be EUR 484 million.

Foreign shareholder may be liable to pay withholding tax to Finland for the dividend received. More information can be obtained from one’s own custodian or from the Finnish tax authorities.

The table below illustrates the development .of dividends from the year 1999 onwards.

Year Dividend/share/EUR DPS/EPS reported, % DPS/EPS excl. IACs, %
2023 0.37 neg. 94
2022 0.37 79 57
2021 0.54 88 78
2020 0.52 34 78
2019 0.50 707 63
2018 0.45 59 54
2017 0.35 n.a. 47.8
2016 0.20 30.8 39.2
2015 0.10 n.a. 78.3
2014 0.20 62.0 61.5
2013 0.10 n.a. 22.6
2012 0.60 68.2 76.9
2011 0.60 115.6 69.4
2010 1.10 59.4 117.4
2009 0.80 122.0 92.2
2008 0.90 125.1 82.7
2007 1.00 67.9 80.7
2006 0.95 72.2 n.a.
2005 0.90 62.0 n.a.
2004 0.80 61.2 n.a.
2003 1.00 144.3 n.a.
2002 0.40 178.0 n.a.
2001 0.51 147.5 n.a.
2000 0.47 69.9 n.a.
1999 0.45 84.9 n.a.