Last checked at 1 Sep 2015 08:00
August, 31, 2015
Announcement by
ROS AGRO PLC (the Company)
ROS AGRО PLC (LSE: AGRO) has announced the Board of Director recommendations for the 1st half of 2015 dividend payment.
The Board of Directors of the Company has recommended to the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders of the Company to be held on October 02, 2015 to approve the dividends for 1 st half of 2015. The recommendation of the Board is to pay as dividends 25% of net income for the 1st half of 2015 or 1 800 958 835.73 Rubles or 27 091 090.96 USD. Given that the Company owns 2 212 648 of its own GDRs (5 GDRs represent 1 share), which will be excluded from dividend distribution, the dividend will be 76.45 (gross) Rubles per ordinary share or 15.29 (gross) Rubles per GDR. The payment of the dividends will be made in US dollars, based on the official foreign exchange rate established by the Central Bank of the Russian Federation on August 31, 2015, which is 66.4779. As a result the company will pay USD 1.15 (gross) per share or USD 0.23 (gross) per GDR.
The dividend Record date is October, 02, 2015 (the ex-dividend date is October, 01, 2015), the payment date is on or around October, 10, 2015. The payment date will be make not late then October, 10, 2015.