Following the publications of March 11 and April 16 last Wolters Kluwer nv announces that the 2002 dividend has been fixed as follows:
EUR 0.55 in cash
or
for every 22 (depositary receipt of) ordinary shares (of par EUR 0.12) one new (depository receipt of) ordinary share (of par EUR 0.12) to be charged to the share premium reserve or if so desired to the other reserves.
The dividend will be made payable as from April 29, 2003.
Note for the editor
Wolters Kluwer is a multinational information services company with annual revenues of more than EUR 3.9 billion, employing almost 20,000 people in Europe, North America, and Asia Pacific. The company's core activities are Legal, Tax & Business, Health and Education. Wolters Kluwer's shares are quoted on the Euronext Amsterdam and are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices.
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