• CLEAN AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY Natural gas is the cleanest and most environmentally friendly of all fossil fuels...Read more

  • WELL DRILLING PADThe size of a typical drilling pad is about 1 hectare. To compare, the floorage of an average shopping centre is 4.5 hectares... Read more

  • SECURING OF WELL DRILLING PADA drilling pad as well as the adjacent pool are reinforced and tightened with concrete slabs. Protective foil is additionally laid where necessary.

  • WORK NOISEWell drilling does not produce onerous noise. The intensity of sounds generated in connection with drilling work is lower than that generated by street traffic.Read more

  • SAFETY OF FRACTURING PROCESSIn Poland, exploration wells in shale rock are drilled to depths of over 2.5 km.Read more

  • COMPOSITION OF FRACTURING FLUIDFracturing fluid is 95% water. Read more

  • NO MAJOR LANDSCAPE INTERFERENCEIf gas production is launched, the land surrounding the isolated, secured zone, is subject to a reclamation treatment. Read more

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements – Contents

10. Dividend Paid and Proposed

Dividend declared in the period Period from Jan 1 – Dec 31 2012 Period from Jan 1 – Dec 31 2011
Dividend per share declared (PLN)  -  0.12
Number of shares ('000) 5,900 5,900
Dividend declared (PLN '000), including:  -  708
– in-kind dividend for the State Treasury  -  30
– cash dividend for the State Treasury  -  483
– cash dividend paid to other shareholders  -  195
– cash dividend paid to non-controlling interests 1  - 

On June 6th 2012, the Annual General Meeting of PGNiG SA resolved to allocate the 2011 profit of PLN 1,615.7m and retained earnings of PLN 72.5m to the Company's statutory reserve funds. Therefore, no dividend was paid to shareholders for 2011.
The dividend for 2010 was paid on October 6th 2011.
Until the date of these financial statements, no decision has been made concerning the distribution of profit for 2012.