Bolsas y Mercados Espaoles (BME) will on 7th May distribute a final dividend of €50 million with a charge to 2006 consolidated net profit.
That represents €0.598 per share, which added to that distributed in January is double the ordinary dividend distributed in 2005.
BME posted a net profit in 2006 of €130.5 million, 28 percent up on the €102.1 million recorded in the same period a year earlier. It reached a net profit of €50.1 million in the first quarter, 53.8 percent up on the €32.6 million recorded in the same period in 2006.