JOHANNESBURG, Feb 12 (Reuters) - South Africa's Absa Group plans to return some of its excess capital toshareholders by paying a special dividend, its chief financialofficer said on Tuesday.
"The use of our excess capital will be through a specialdividend," David Hodnett told Reuters following the bank'spresentation of its full-year earnings.
Absa is the South African unit of Britain's Barclays Plc.