ASML aims to pay an annual dividend that will be stable or growing over time. Annually, the Board of Management will, upon prior approval from the Supervisory Board, submit a proposal to the Annual General Meeting of shareholders with respect to the amount of dividend to be declared with respect to the prior year. The dividend proposal in any given year will be subject to the availability of distributable profits or retained earnings and may be affected by, among other factors, the Board of Management's views on our potential future liquidity requirements, including for investments in production capacity, the funding of our R&D programs and for acquisition opportunities that may arise from time to time; and by future changes in applicable income tax and corporate laws. Accordingly, it may be decided to propose not to pay a dividend or to pay a lower dividend with respect to any particular year in the future.

The following graph shows the last 5 years of dividend paid, in EUR:

Dividend proposal

Dividend proposal in respect of Full Year 2017 of € 1.40 per ordinary share to be submitted to the Annual General Meeting of shareholders for adoption.

Annual General Meeting of shareholders: April 25, 2018
Ex-dividend date: April 27, 2018
Record date Euronext & Nasdaq shares: April 30, 2018
Fixing date EUR/USD conversion for NY shares: April 30, 2018
Dividend payment date: May 9, 2018