As approved by the Shareholders' General Meeting held on 24th March, Abertis is to begin a 5% capital increase out reserves account, fulfilling its traditional bonus share issue one more year, which is a part of the company's shareholder remuneration policy.

This year bonus share issue will have a nominal value of €134.7 Mn and will place Abertis' share capital at over €2,829 Mn, with the issue of almost 45 milion new ordinary shares.

The traditional bonus share issue, carried out at a rate of one new for every twenty old ones, is one of the keystones of Abertis' shareholder remuneration policy, together with dividends payment.

The free new shares will be established for Abertis' shareholders holding this status at market closure on 12th June 2015, the last day of the stock exchange session prior to the start of the rights negotiation period. The subscription period for the new shares and/or negotiation of the corresponding rights has been set between 15th and 29th June inclusive.

The new shares issued will give their owners, from the moment of the issue, identical political and economic rights as the shares the company already has in circulation.

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