28 Sep 2015 19:20

Cherkizovo to pay 22.75 rubles per share in H1 dividends for H1

MOSCOW. Sept 28 (Interfax) - Shareholders in the Cherkizovo meat group voted at an extraordinary meeting to accept a H1 2015 dividend of 22.75 rubles per share, the company said in a statement.

The dividend record date is October 9.

The company could pay more than 1 billion rubles in total. This is its first interim dividend.

The company paid its first ever dividend in 2014 of 34.44 rubles a share or 1.514 billion rubles in total on profit earned in 2012 and 2013. The dividend for 2014 went up to 54.6 rubles a share.