PKO AGM approves $311 mln dividend from 2008 net

WARSAW, June 30 | Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:17am EDT

WARSAW, June 30 (Reuters) - Shareholders of Poland's top bank PKO BP PKOB.WA voted on Tuesday to approve a 1 billion zlotys ($311 million) dividend from 2008 earnings that was proposed the the state treasury.

The 1 zloty per share payout by the state-controlled lender is part of a wider plan to transfer up to 3 billion zlotys in dividends to its shareholders, with more than half heading to boost state coffers. (Reporting by Piotr Bujnicki and Filip Kochan; writing by Chris Borowski)

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