Last checked at 12 Feb 2013 12:32
Press Release
12 February 2013
O'KEY GROUP ANNOUNCES INTERIM DIVIDEND OF USD 0. 18953 PER SHARE
O'Key Group S.A., ("O'Key Group", "the Group" or "the Company"), one of the leading food retailers in Russia (LSE ticker: OKEY), today announces the decision to pay interim dividend for 2013. All related materials have been published on the company's website, http://okeyinvestors.ru/.
The Company is announcing that today on February 12, 2013 the Board of Directors has approved the payment of an interim dividend (2013) for an amount of USD 50,997,595.22.
Dividend per Share in issue equals to USD 0.18953.
Local dividend payment will be made on February 14, 2013 to the shareholders on record on February 13, 2013 at 6 p.m.
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COMPANY OVERVIEW
"O'KEY" is one of the largest retail chains in Russia. Its primary retail format is the modern Western European hypermarket under the "O'KEY" brand, complemented by "O'KEY - Express" supermarkets.
The Company opened its first hypermarket in St. Petersburg in 2002 and has demonstrated continuous growth ever since. As at 30 June 2012, O'KEY operated 75 stores in 18 cities across Russia: 45 hypermarkets with an aggregate selling space of approximately 329,000 square meters and 30 supermarkets with an aggregate selling space of approximately 39,000 square meters. As of 30 June 2012 OKEY employed more than 20,000 people.
In accordance with the unaudited consolidated financial statements for 1H 2012, O'KEY's revenue was RUR 54,122 million, like-for-like revenue growth rate was 7.9% and its EBITDA margin was 6.8%.
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For further information please contact:
Maksim Kravtsov Artem Glushenko
Head of Investor Relations Head of Public Relations
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