The abertis Board of Directors has approved a proposal for a gross final dividend of 0.25 euros, to be paid in the last two weeks of June. Dividend payments amount to more than EUR 304Mn.

The Board will also submit for approval at the abertis General Shareholders Meeting a bonus share issue consisting of one new share for every 20 old shares, a transaction worth EUR 91.2Mn.

The General Shareholders Meeting is expected to approve the appointment of new members to the Board of Directors.

The Board will present to the General Shareholders Meeting, for its approval, a stock option plan for 250 executives of the group throughout the world.

The abertis Board of Directors has agreed to hold the General Shareholders Meeting for 2006 on 13 June. The General Meeting, at which the 2006 accounts and related management reports will be submitted for approval, will be held at 12:00 in Barcelona, at the Palacio de Congresos de Cataluña.

Among issues to be discussed, the General Meeting is expected to give its approval for a proposal for the distribution of a gross final dividend of 0.25 euros per share for shares with dividend rights, which, added to the interim dividend paid in October 2006, brings the total dividend to 0.50 euros per share for 2006 earnings. Total dividend payments amount to more than EUR 304Mn, an increase of 5% on 2005.

The company expects the final dividend to be paid in the second half of June.

The Board will also submit for approval by the General Shareholders Meeting a bonus share issue charged against reserves and consisting of one new Class A share for every 20 old Class A or B shares, for a total of EUR 91.2Mn. The number of new shares issued would be 30.4 million, while share capital, after the bonus share issue is approved, will reach EUR 1,915Mn.