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“Stalkanat” to re-direct UAH 60 mln for dividends

PrJSC “Production Association ‘Stalkanat’ (Odesa) will allocate UAH 60 million 511,837 thousand for dividends at the rate of UAH 0.29 per share from the profit for 2024.

The relevant decision was made by the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders on June 11 this year in remote mode.

According to the minutes of the meeting dated June 16, 2025, a copy of which is available to Interfax-Ukraine, the dividend payment period is from July 4 to December 11 this year.

Earlier, Stalkanat’s shareholders made a similar decision at their meeting on March 10, 2025, to pay UAH 60 million 511,837 thousand from the 2024 profit with a dividend payment period from April 4 to September 7 this year.

At the meeting held on November 13, 2024, the shareholders decided to allocate UAH 170 million 59,127 thousand, or UAH 1.63 per share, for dividends, with the dividend payment period from December 2, 2024, to May 13, 2025.

The shareholders’ meetings held on February 22, April 18, July 11 and October 16, 2024 decided to allocate UAH 60 million 511,837 thousand for dividends each time.

At the meeting held on November 6, 2024, the shareholders voted to conduct an additional issue of shares with a doubling of the company’s authorized capital to UAH 35 million 472 thousand 456.02 from UAH 17 million 736 thousand 228.01. Additionally, 104 million 330,753 thousand shares were placed among the shareholders in one stage from December 23, 2024 to January 22, 2025. All the funds raised from the additional issue will be used to repay the principal amount of the debt under the loan agreement with FUIB dated September 29, 2012.

As reported, in 2024, Stalkanat reduced its net profit by 34% year-on-year to UAH 184.808 million from UAH 280.060 million, but increased its net income by 33.3% to UAH 4 billion 436.786 million. Retained earnings at the end of 2024 amounted to UAH 437.815 million.

“Stalkanat is one of the largest producers of steel ropes and reinforcing strands in Eastern Europe and a leader in the production of hardware products in Ukraine.

As of the first quarter of 2025, David Nemyrovsky holds a 50% stake, Anton Mikhalenko (non-resident) – 23.7%, and Maria Kondratyuk – 23.1%. Earlier, the company reported that an individual, Vitaliy Dubovich, owned 3.199998% of its shares.

The authorized capital of Stalkanat currently amounts to UAH 35.472 million, with a share price of UAH 0.17.

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Dividends of Ukragroleasing for 2024 amount to more than UAH 1.5 mln

The State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPFU), which solely performs the function of the general meeting of NJSC “Ukragroleasing”, obliged the company to distribute profits based on the results of financial and economic activities in 2024 and allocated 80% to pay dividends, as well as approved the total amount of annual dividends in the amount of UAH 1,592,192.

According to a publication in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), the SPFU ordered NJSC “Ukragroleasing” to pay annual dividends to the state budget within the statutory period, i.e. no later than July 1, 2025.

As of June 19, Ukragroleasing has already paid the first part of the annual dividend in the amount of UAH 592.19 thousand, and plans to transfer the balance of the annual dividend in the amount of UAH 1 million by June 30, 2025.

Ukragroleasing was founded in 1999. It is engaged in financial leasing of agricultural machinery and equipment for agriculture at 7% of annual unadvertised prices for equipment for five to seven years. The NAC includes maintenance, logistics, and machine repair stations.

According to the Opendatabot service, in 2024, Ukragroleasing increased its revenue by 38% to UAH 213.17 million, net profit by 4.3 times to UAH 5.228 million, assets by 15.9% to UAH 430.69 million, and liabilities by 2.8 times to UAH 21.7 million. The company currently employs 165 people. The authorized capital is UAH 1.17 billion.

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Astarta to pay EUR12.5 mln in dividends for 2024

Agroholding Astarta will pay dividends for 2024 in the amount of EUR0.5 per share for a total of EUR12.5 million, which is in line with the previous two years.

The decision was made at the company’s annual general meeting on June 12, according to a statement on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

The shareholders instructed the board of directors, which proposed the dividends, to determine the payment dates.

In addition, the meeting approved a new version of the company’s remuneration policy, which provides for a new long-term incentive (LTI) mechanism for the remuneration of executive management through the allocation or transfer of company shares to a special trust to be established by the board of directors for the benefit of such persons.

Astarta’s shareholders also approved the issue of new shares in the amount of up to 5% of its authorized capital without preemptive rights, provided that they are distributed solely for the purpose of implementing an employee incentive program, and delegated to the board of directors the authority to issue such shares.

According to information on the stock exchange, the largest shareholders of Astarta are currently Albacon Ventures Ltd, CEO Viktor Ivanchik – 41.4%, which held 53.3% of the votes at the meeting, as well as companies controlled by Fairfax Financial Holdings: Odyssey Reinsurance Company – 7.67%, HWIC Global Equity Fund – 7.29%, and United States Fire Insurance Company – 6.93%.

In addition, the company reported that on June 12, Ivanchik’s Albacon purchased another 5.28 thousand shares on the stock exchange at an average price of PLN59.97 ($14.04 at the current exchange rate) and increased its stake to 10 million 364.50 thousand shares.

As reported, Astarta paid EUR12.155 million in dividends for the first time in June 2021 based on its 2020 results, in the same amount as now – EUR0.5 per share. In the war-torn year of 2022, the company refused to pay dividends, but then paid them in 2023 and 2024.

Astarta shares fell by 1.2% on Friday, June 13, to PLN58.4 per share, while about a year ago, when the dividend decision was approved, the price was PLN29.25 (about EUR6.81) per share, and a year earlier – PLN32.80 (about EUR7.28) per share.

Agro-industrial holding Astarta, Ukraine’s largest sugar producer, increased its net profit by 34.5% to EUR83.25 million in 2024, while its consolidated revenue decreased by 1.1% to EUR612.15 million.

The family of Astarta CEO Viktor Ivanchik owned about 41.48% of the shares at the beginning of this year, having bought 1.22% last year. Fairfax Financial Holdings is also a major shareholder with 29.91%, and another 2.12% of the shares belong to the company itself and were previously bought back.

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PrivatBank transferred record UAH 32.1 bln in dividends to budget

State-owned PrivatBank (Kyiv) transferred UAH 32.1 billion in dividends to the state budget, which is more than half of all dividend income from state-owned and municipal enterprises planned for 2025.

According to a statement released by the bank on Thursday, PrivatBank, following a decision by its shareholder, transferred UAH 32.1 billion to the budget, which was transferred in full to the treasury accounts.

It is noted that the state budget of Ukraine for 2025 provides for UAH 50 billion in dividend income from state-owned and municipal enterprises.

In accordance with the Cabinet of Ministers’ decision on the distribution of profits, PrivatBank transferred 80% of its net profit for 2024, which amounted to UAH 40.1 billion, to the budget. Thus, the amount of dividends from the bank reached UAH 32.1 billion.

In addition, PrivatBank paid almost UAH 41 billion in income tax in 2024, which is the highest figure among all banks in Ukraine.

According to the National Bank of Ukraine, as of April 1, 2025, PrivatBank ranked first in terms of total assets with UAH 945.4 billion, or 25.2% among 61 banks.

As reported, PrivatBank topped the ranking of the most profitable banks in the first quarter of 2025 with a net profit of UAH 16.8 billion.

 

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PZU Ukraine will pay shareholders over UAH 84 mln in dividends for 2023–2024

Shareholders of PJSC IC “PZU Ukraine Life Insurance” (Kyiv) at a meeting on June 6 decided to allocate UAH 84.549 million of the profit received in 2023-2024 to the payment of dividends.

As reported by the company in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), the total amount of dividends per one ordinary registered share of PJSC IC “PZU Ukraine Life Insurance” has been set at UAH 452.10.

Dividends will be paid directly to shareholders in accordance with Ukrainian law.

As reported, PZU Ukraine Life Insurance collected UAH 312.913 million in premiums in 2024, which is 29.2% more than in 2023. It paid out UAH 55.6 million to customers, which is UAH 9.2 million more than in 2023.

The insurer’s pre-tax financial result amounted to UAH 104.136 million, compared to UAH 176.805 million a year earlier.

The company also reported that it ended last year with a net profit of UAH 84.136 million, which is 41.8% less than in 2023.

PJSC “IC ‘PZU Ukraine Life Insurance’ has been operating since 2003. It is part of the PZU Group, one of the oldest and largest in Poland in terms of gross premiums written (according to the Polish Financial Supervision Authority).

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MetLife to pay UAH 270 million in dividends 

The shareholders’ meeting of MetLife (Kyiv) on May 28, 2025, decided to pay dividends in the amount of UAH 270.486 million (UAH 32.85 per share), according to information published by the insurer in the disclosure system of the National Securities Commission of Ukraine.According to the published data, the payment will be made in US dollars, subject to the restrictions imposed by the National Bank of Ukraine on the transfer of foreign currency by residents abroad to foreign investors/non-residents for the payment of dividends from July 1, 2025, to January 1, 2026.The company has been operating in Ukraine since 2002. Its main areas of business are life insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, corporate insurance, and bancassurance.

 

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