Apr 05, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. Ahlstrom Corporation's Annual General Meeting of Shareholders resolved to distribute a dividend of Euro 0.55 per share for the fiscal year that ended on December 31, 2009 from the retained earnings in accordance with the proposal of the Board of Directors, company said in a statement received by Lesprom Network. The dividend record date is April 7, 2010 and the pay date April 14, 2010. In addition, the AGM resolved to support Finnish universities with an amount not exceeding Euro 500,000 and reserve EUR 35,000 to be used for the public good at the discretion of the Board of Directors. Ahlstrom is a global leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of high performance nonwovens and specialty papers.