Poland’s Treasury could add PLN 5bn to the government’s budget this year from the dividends it plans to collect from its companies. The state’s pay-off from companies it owns should be 13 percent higher than it was in 2011. “The dividends will be distributed so as not to affect any of the company’s investment plans, especially in the energy sector,” said Mikołaj Budzanowski from the Ministry of Treasury. He added, however, that the copper giant KGHM could put some of its investment plans on hold for the next two years in order to pay 30 percent of its profits to shareholders.
