Guinness Nigeria to Pay N1 Billion in Dividend in H1 2021

Guinness Nigeria Plc on Monday announced a final dividend of N0.46k per 50k ordinary share for the period ended 30 June 2021.

Going by Guinness Nigeria Plc’s total outstanding shares of 2,190,382,819, the company will be paying N1,007,576,096.74 to shareholders for the period.

According to the company, only shareholders whose names appear in the Register of Members as at the close of business on the 28th of September 2021 will be paid. Therefore, the Register of Shareholders will be closed from 29th September 2021 to 4th October 2021.

Dividends will be paid electronically to shareholders whose names appear on the Register of Members as at 28th September 2021, and who have completed the e-dividend registration and mandated the Registrar to pay their dividends directly into their Bank accounts.

However, Shareholders who are yet to complete the e-dividend registration are advised to download the Registrar’s E-Dividend Mandate Activation Form, which is also available on our Registrars’ website: https://www.veritasregistrars.com/Downloads/new-e-dividend.pdf, complete and submit to the Registrar or their respective Banks.

Shareholders with dividend warrants and share certificates that have remained unclaimed or are yet to be presented for payment or returned for validation are advised to complete the e-dividend registration or contact the Registrar.