2020 Dividend
Bank Millennium has a dividend policy of distributing between 35% to 50% of the Bank's net profit, assuming that the recommendations of the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (PFSA) regarding the payment of dividends will be implemented.
On December 16, 2020, the PFSA published its position on the dividend policy of commercial banks in 2021. Given the significant uncertainty about the further developments related to the COVID19 pandemic, the temporary nature of solutions used by banks to improve the capital situation during the pandemic, persistently cautious supervisory positions in the EU with regard to dividend restrictions and other forms of lowering capital resources and changing the EBA guidelines extending moratoria, the PFSA deemed it necessary for commercial banks to suspend dividends. On January 13, the Bank received a similar individual recommendation of the PFSA regarding the suspension of payments by the Bank in the first half of 2021.
Based on the above recommendations, uncertainty as to the operating conditions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the existing legal / operational risk, as well as taking into account the need to provide appropriate capital support to increase the scale of business operations, the Bank’s Management Board presented a proposal and the Ordinary General Meeting of the Bank held on March 24, 2021 decided to retain the entire net profit generated during the year 2020 in the Bank’s equity.