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Ecobank to Pay $40 Million in Final Dividend for 2021 Financial Year

Published

3 years ago

April 2, 2022

Following a 334% increase in profit after tax for the financial year ended 2021, shareholders of Ecobank have approved a total sum of $40 million as the final dividend for the year.

In a statement obtained by Investors King, shareholders of the leading financial institution will be paid $0.0016 per ordinary share (translating to $40 million), subject to appropriate withholding tax and approval. The final dividend will be paid only to shareholders whose names appear in the Register of Members at the close of business on 3 June 2022.

According to Ecobank, the Register of members will be closed from 6 -10 June 2022. While dividend will be paid electronically on 6 July 2022 to shareholders whose names appear on the Register of Members as of 3 June 2022 and have completed the e-dividend registration and mandated the Registrar to pay their dividends into their bank accounts.

Therefore, the lender encourages shareholders to complete the e-dividend registration form using the E-Dividend Mandate Activation Form link. The form is also available on the website of the Registrars, www.gtlregistrars.com. Please complete and submit to the Registrar or their respective banks.

However, Ecobank advised shareholders with unclaimed, yet to be presented for payment or returned for validation, dividend warrants and share certificates to complete the e-dividend registration form or contact the Registrar.

Speaking on the dividend approval, Company Secretary, Madibinet Cisse, “We are pleased to inform our shareholders and the public that the Board of ETI, at its meeting of February 25, 2022, approved the Ecobank consolidated audited accounts for the year ended December 31, 2021 subject to relevant regulatory approvals.

“The Board also recommended the payment of a dividend of USD0.16 cents per share is a total amount of circa USD40 million. The relevant resolutions will be presented for shareholders’ approval at the upcoming Annual General Meeting of ETI.”

He further stated that “The details of the audited accounts will be published upon approval of relevant regulators. Consequently, the closed period which commenced from January 1, 2022, will continue until 24 hours after the Audited Accounts for the year ended December 31, 2021, are released to the Stock Exchanges on which Ecobank Transnational Incorporated is listed.”

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Access Holdings to Pay N15.99 Billion Interim Dividend, Aig-Imoukhuede to Receive N1.151 Billion

Published

1 month ago

September 24, 2024

Samed Olukoya

Access Holdings Plc has announced an interim dividend of 45 kobo for every ordinary share of 50 kobo held in the company in the first half (H1) of 2024.

With 35.545 billion in outstanding shares, this translates to N15.99 billion in interim dividend. However, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhued, the chairman of Access Holdings, will take home N1.151 billion in dividend.

The chairman presently holds 119,231,715 direct shares and 2,438,256,720 indirect shares in the company, according to the company’s latest financial statement obtained by Investors King.

According to the lender, subject to appropriate withholding tax the dividend will be paid to shareholders whose names appear on the Register of Members at the close of business on Thursday, October 3, 2024.

The bank will pay dividends on Thursday, October 17, 2024 to all shareholders whose names appear on the Register of Members at the close of business on Thursday, October 3, 2024.

These shareholders are expected to 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 https://theaccesscorporation.com/ and complete and submit it to either the Registrar, their respective Banks or any Access Bank Plc branch.

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.

Access Holdings grew profit after tax by 108% to N347.922 billion from N167.601 billion filed in H1 2023 while gross earnings jumped 133.5% from N940.311 billion in the first half (H1) of 2023 to N2.196 trillion in H1 2024.

Dividends

Guaranty Trust Holding Company Declares N1 Interim Dividend, Sets October 7 for Payout

Published

2 months ago

September 13, 2024

Investors King

Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc has announced its plan to pay a sum of N1 per share of 50 kobo as interim dividends, to all registered shareholders on October 7, 2024.

According to a recent statement issued by the company on NGX , “the dividend is subject to withholding tax deduction, and will be paid to shareholders whose names appear in the register as of September 25, 2024.”

In its recently released audited consolidated and separate financial statements for the period ended June 30, the Group reported profit before tax (PBT) of N1.004 trillion, becoming the first Nigerian financial institution to cross the N1 trillion mark in profit.

This represented a 206.6 percent increase over N327.4 billion recorded in the corresponding period that ended June 2023.

The group’s profit for the period was slated at N905.67 billion, a 222 percent increase from 280.52 recorded in the corresponding period that ended June 2023.

“On October 7, 2024, the dividend will be paid electronically to ordinary shareholders whose names appear on the Register of Members as at September 25, 2024, and who have completed the e-dividend registration and mandated the Registrar to pay their dividends directly to their bank accounts,” the statement said.

Dividends

Stanbic IBTC to Pay N25.913 Billion in Interim Dividend for H1 2024

Published

2 months ago

September 4, 2024

Samed Olukoya

Stanbic IBTC has announced a proposed interim dividend of N1.50 per ordinary share of 50 kobo each for the first half (H1) of 2024. This amounts to a total payout of N25,913,996,000.

Subject to regulatory approval and deduction of withholding tax, the dividend will be paid to shareholders whose names appear on the Register of Members as of the close of business on Wednesday, 18 September 2024.

The Register of Shareholders will be closed from Thursday, 19 September 2024, to Thursday, 25 September 2024.

Shareholders can expect to receive their dividends electronically on Monday, 30 September 2024, provided they are registered on the Register of Members as of Wednesday, 18 September 2024, and have completed the e-dividend registration process, ensuring that their dividends are directly deposited into their bank accounts.

Shareholders who have not yet completed the e-dividend registration are encouraged to download the Registrar’s E-Dividend Mandate Activation Form from the First Registrars website: https://firstregistrarsnigeria.com/download-forms/, complete it, and submit it to the Registrar or their respective banks.