FORM
6 - K
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Report
of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a - 16 or 15d - 16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
As of
June 5, 2008
TENARIS,
S.A.
(Translation
of Registrant's name into English)
TENARIS,
S.A.
46a,
Avenue John F. Kennedy
L-1855
Luxembourg
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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The
attached material is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to Rule 13a-16 and Form 6-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.
This
report contains Tenaris's press release where confirms dividend payment and
election of directors.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
Date:
June 5, 2008
Tenaris,
S.A.
By: /s/ Cecilia
Bilesio
Cecilia
Bilesio
Corporate
Secretary
Nigel
Worsnop
Tenaris
1-888-300-5432
www.tenaris.com
Tenaris
Confirms Dividend Payment and Election of Directors
Luxembourg, June 4, 2008 -
Tenaris S.A. (NYSE, Buenos Aires and Mexico: TS and MTA Italy: TEN), in its
annual general shareholders meeting today, approved the consolidated financial
statements and the report and accounts of the Company for the year ended
December 31, 2007, as well as the payment of an annual dividend of US$0.38 per
share, (US$0.76 per ADS), or approximately US$450 million. The amount approved
includes the interim dividend previously paid on November 22, 2007, in the
amount of US$0.13 per share (US$0.26 per ADS). Tenaris will pay the balance of
the annual dividend amounting to US$0.25 per share (US$0.50 per ADS), or
approximately US$295 million, on June 26, 2008 with a record date of June 25,
2008 and an ex-dividend date of June 23, 2008.
The
general shareholders’ meeting approved the re-election of the current members of
the board of directors, with the exception of Bruno Marchettini who
did not stand for re-election, and the election of Alberto Valsecchi, our former
Chief Operating Officer, to serve as members of the board of directors until the
next annual shareholders’ meeting, which will be held in June 2009.
The board
of directors subsequently confirmed Amadeo Vázquez y Vázquez, Jaime Serra Puche
and
Roberto
Monti as members of the Company’s audit committee, with Mr. Vázquez y Vázquez
to
continue
as chairman. All three members of the audit committee are independent
directors.
The
company re-appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers as its independent auditors for the
2008 fiscal year.
Tenaris
is a leading global supplier of steel tubes and related services for the world’s
energy industry and certain other industrial applications.