ASML aims to pay an annual dividend that will be 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

ASML will submit a proposal to the Annual General Meeting of shareholders (to be held on April 24, 2019) to declare a dividend of € 2.10 per ordinary share.

Ex-dividend date: April 26, 2019
Fixing date EUR/USD conversion for NY shares: April 26, 2019

Record date Euronext & Nasdaq: April 29, 2019
Dividend payment date: May 8, 2019