The Board of Directors of Myronivsky Hliboproduct (MHP), the largest poultry producer in Ukraine, has approved the payment of interim dividends in the amount of $0.7492 per share, which is equal to $80 million. According to a company report on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) on Thursday, the decision was made after having carefully considered the performance of the company during the financial year 2017 and two months period ended February 28, 2018.
MHP said that the interim dividend will be paid on April 26, 2018 to the company’s shareholders whose name is entered in its register of members as of April 20, 2018. The Board of Directors approved that no dividend will be paid on the company’s shares held in treasury.
The Board of Directors of MHP SE also acknowledged the consent of WTI Trading Limited (the Company’s major shareholder) to be paid later than the dividend payment date (but not later than November 01, 2018) with no interest accrued on the amount of dividend paid later.
As reported, MHP increased its net profit 3.3-fold in 2017 compared to 2016, to $230 million with revenue growth of 13.4% to $1.288 billion.
