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“Galnaftogaz” may allocate UAH 1.26 bln for dividends

JSC Concern Galnaftogaz may allocate most of its net profit for 2024 in the amount of UAH 1.424 billion, namely UAH 1.26 billion, for dividends, so that UAH 165.67 million is left undistributed at the disposal of the company, according to the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission.

It is reported that the initiative to distribute net profit at the shareholders’ meeting scheduled for April 30, 2025 belongs to the Cyprus-registered shareholder of GNG RETAIL LIMITED (Vitaly Antonov’s GNG RETAIL LIMITED), which owns 99.22619% of the company’s shares.

Another draft resolution on the distribution of net profit provides for leaving it undistributed at the disposal of the company.

As reported, Galnaftogaz operates one of the largest networks of OKKO filling stations, which includes more than 400 complexes with a network of catering facilities. The concern also includes other businesses.

Last June, the EBRD and OKKO signed a EUR60 million loan agreement at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin to build a new bioethanol plant in Ternopil region with a capacity of 83,000 tons per year. It is planned to be built in two years, and the products will be sold on foreign and domestic markets.

Recently, OKKO Group CEO Vasyl Danyliak said that its 20 MW energy storage facility, which was completed at the end of 2024, could start providing power system balancing services to NPC Ukrenergo next month.

He also noted that the group is diversifying its business, and as part of this diversification, it is developing a number of renewable energy projects.

According to him, active preparations are underway for the construction of a 147 MW wind farm in Volyn region, for which a number of IFIs have provided loans: the company plans to complete the first phase of the wind farm by the end of this year, and it will be fully operational at the end of the first quarter of next year. In addition, Danyliak noted that further plans include the implementation of a larger project in the Volyn region – a 190 MW wind farm, which the company has been working on for the past two years. He estimated its cost at EUR300 million, while the 147 MW wind farm is worth EUR240 million. According to him, the company is working with various financial institutions to raise funds for this project.

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“FED” to pay UAH 40 mln in dividends to shareholders for 2024

In the period from April 1 to December 31 of this year, Kharkiv-based aircraft manufacturer FED JSC will pay dividends to its shareholders based on the results of its operations in 2024 totaling UAH 40 million at the rate of UAH 4.575 thousand per share with a par value of UAH 57.9 thousand.

According to a report in the disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission of Ukraine (NSSMC), the relevant decision was made by the general meeting of shareholders on March 31.

According to the NSSMC, as of the third quarter of 2024, more than 98% of FED JSC shares are owned by the company’s director Viktor Popov.

In particular, the shareholders’ meeting re-elected the Supervisory Board for a new term in the same composition (three members, including the Chairman of the SB Valery Fadeev).

As reported, FED ended 2024 with a net profit of UAH 181.406 million, down 43% year-on-year in 2023.

At the end of 2023, FED JSC allocated UAH 32 million out of the net profit of UAH 318.3 million for dividends, at the rate of UAH 3.66 thousand per share with a par value of UAH 57.9 thousand.

FED JSC is one of the leading enterprises in Ukraine, specializing in the development, production, maintenance and repair of aviation, space and general engineering units.

The company has not yet announced the amount of revenue for the whole of last year, and in January-September 2024 it decreased by 35.2% compared to the same period in 2023 – to UAH 586.67 million.

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“Inter-Policy” will allocate UAH 60 mln for dividends

The shareholders of PrJSC Insurance Company Inter-Policy (Kyiv) plan to allocate 95%, or UAH 60 million, of the net profit received in 2024 to pay dividends.

This is stated in the draft decisions of the company’s shareholders’ meeting scheduled for April 28, 2025, published in the NSSMC information disclosure system.

In addition, according to the report, 5% of net profit is planned to be allocated to the company’s reserve capital.

The shareholders also plan to approve the amount of annual dividends per share and pay the above dividends within six months from the date of this decision.

As reported, Inter-Policy Insurance Company was founded in 1993. It has 20 licenses for voluntary and compulsory insurance, as well as branches and representative offices in all major regional centers of the country.

According to the National Securities and Stock Market Commission, as of the second quarter of 2024, JSC Ukrzaliznytsia owns 50.005% of the insurer’s shares, and six individuals own from 5% to 9.961%.

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“Galka” will pay UAH 4.5 mln in dividends despite decline in profits

In 2024, coffee producer Galka PrJSC (Lviv) reduced its profit by 7.5% to UAH 2.7 million compared to 2023.

According to the decision of the shareholders’ meeting published in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), it was decided to pay dividends in the amount of UAH 4,497,204, which is UAH 12.85 per ordinary registered share.

The Management Board was obliged to compile a list of persons entitled to receive dividends by April 23, 2025, and to pay dividends directly to shareholders within six months from the date of the general meeting’s decision to pay dividends by transferring them to shareholders’ bank accounts or, at their request, at the company’s cash desk.

“Pay the entire amount of dividends in full. To notify the persons entitled to receive dividends of the date, amount, procedure and term of their payment by posting a relevant notice on the company’s website,” the minutes of the general meeting read.

According to the Opendatabot service, in 2024, Galka slightly increased its revenue to UAH 5.274 million, which actually corresponds to the pre-war level of UAH 5.29 million in 2021. Debt obligations increased by 20.2% to UAH 504.2 thousand, while assets decreased by 6.6% to UAH 24.11 million.

Galka PrJSC was established in 1994 on the basis of a Lviv coffee factory that started its operations in 1932 as the Lviv Cooperative Factory of Coffee Additives “Suspilny Promyshl”. Since its inception, the company has specialized in the production of chicory and malt coffee “Luna”, as well as Prajin coffee substitutes. In 1971, the company installed Niro Atomizer equipment for the production of instant coffee, which Lviv Coffee Factory began exporting. The capacity of the Ukrainian-English manufacturer Galka is currently 120 thousand packs of coffee per day.

The major shareholders are Yaroslav Volynets (8.9%) and Lydia and Andriy Volynets (6.9% each), Natalia, Olga and Yuriy Dubovy (7.7% each), Roman and Volodymyr Pasternak (7.1% and 7.6%), Iryna Popovych (7.1%), and Galka Holding LLC (19.39%).

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“DnSZ” to pay UAH 420 mln in dividends to shareholders

Dneprovsky Railway Switch Plant JSC (DnSZ, Dnipro) will pay dividends to shareholders totaling UAH 420 million from its net profit of UAH 540.4 million between April 22 and October 1 this year.

According to a statement in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), the decision was made by the general meeting of shareholders on March 26. Dividends will be paid at the rate of UAH 1.65 thousand per ordinary share of UAH 10.5.

As reported, based on the results of its operations in 2023, SESP paid UAH 112 million in dividends to shareholders (out of the net profit of UAH 510.86 million) at the rate of UAH 440 per share of UAH 10.5.

As of the end of 2024, 20.154% of the shares of DnSZ JSC are owned by Johnen Capital Limited (Cyprus), 5% are owned by Dnipro City Council member Zahid Krasnov, his sons Ruslan and Artem own 10% and 11.228% of the shares, respectively, and another 18.2959% are owned by Israeli citizen Victoria Korban (sister of businessman Gennadiy Korban – IF-U).

Among the shareholders who own more than 5% of the shares of DnSZ JSC are also the chairman of the board Sergiy Taranenko (almost 10%), Iryna Taranenko (8.658%), and CFO Valeriy Kryachko (7.3%).

DnSZ specializes in the production of track superstructure elements: switches, blind crossings of various brands, and leveling devices. The products are sold mainly in Ukraine and exported to more than eight countries.

As reported, in 2024, the plant increased its consolidated net income by 29.3% compared to 2023, to UAH 2 billion 380 million.

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“Donbass Clays” increased its profit by 3 times and plans to pay dividends

According to the results of 2024, Donbass Clay PrJSC (Dorozhne village, Donetsk region) increased its net profit three times compared to 2023 – up to UAH 247.477 million from UAH 81.997 million.

According to the agenda of the annual general meeting of shareholders of the company scheduled for April 29, which will be held in person at the company’s Kyiv office, published in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), it is planned to consider the report of the executive body on the results of the company’s financial and economic activities for 2024 and make a corresponding decision.

In addition, the agenda includes consideration of the report of the Supervisory Board and the auditor, approval of the results of financial and economic activities for 2024, distribution of profits, and decision on the preliminary granting of consent to enter into significant transactions.

The draft resolutions, a copy of which is available to Interfax-Ukraine, propose, in particular, to distribute the company’s net profit among shareholders and consider the possibility of paying dividends, to approve the payment of net profit for 2024 as dividends to shareholders.

According to the information for the meeting, retained earnings at the end of 2024 amounted to UAH 557.511 million. In 2024, the company earned a net profit of UAH 247.477 million, with a per-share value of UAH 2 million 474.770 thousand and a number of shares of 100.

As reported earlier, in 2023, Donbass Clays PrJSC decreased its net profit by 2.5 times compared to 2022 to UAH 81.997 million, while net income decreased by 7.7% to UAH 371.889 million. Retained earnings at the end of 2023 amounted to UAH 310.034 million.

In 2022, Donbass Clays reduced its net profit by 9.4 times compared to 2021, to UAH 32.217 million from UAH 302.512 million. In 2021, the company increased its net profit by 51.1% compared to 2020, to UAH 302.512 million from UAH 200.216 million.

Donbass Clays was established in 1995. The company is engaged in the extraction and supply of clays and composites from deposits in Donetsk Oblast.

At the end of 2015, the Dutch Watts Blake Bearne International Holdings B.V., a part of the British Watts Blake Bearne (the world’s largest producer of lump clay – IF-U), increased its stake in the authorized capital of Donbass Clay PJSC to 99% from 49%.

According to the third quarter of 2024, Watts Blake Bearne International Holdings B.V. owns 99% of the shares in the company.

The authorized capital of Gliny Donbassa PrJSC is UAH 526.9 thousand, the nominal value of 1 share is UAH 5269.18.

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