7 May 2014 16:31

VSMPO-Avisma could double dividend to 533.91 rubles a share for 2013

MOSCOW. May 7 (Interfax) - Directors at VSMPO-Avisma are recommending a dividend of 533.19 rubles per ordinary a share for 2013, the titanium producer said in a statement.

The register of shareholders entitled to the dividends closes on June 17.

The total payout could exceed 6.1 billion rubles.

VSMPO-Avisma paid a total of 3.226 billion rubles at 279.83 rubles a share for 2012.

The annual shareholders meeting takes place on June 6. Shareholders on record as of April 23 will be entitled to vote.

VSMPO-Avisma said in an explanatory note to a financial report to Russian Accounting Standards (RAS) on April 16 that Mikhail Shelkov, deputy chairman of the board of directors at VSMPO-Avisma, and management controlled 65.27% of the corporation's shares as of March 2014. Shelkov is the controlling beneficiary, with most of the shares in CJSC Expotrade, which controlled 50% plus one share in VSMPO-Avisma s of December 31, 2013.

Expotrade closed the acquisition of 15.27% of the corporation's shares in March 2014.

The state Rostec corporation owns 25% plus one share.