The Board of Directors of Meyer Plc has approved the payment of an interim dividend of N1.50 per ordinary share of 50 kobo for the period ended June 30, 2021.
The dividend will be paid on all the outstanding 531,237,723 ordinary shares of the company, thereby raising the total amount to be paid by the firm to N796, 856,584.50
According to a disclosure signed by the company’s secretary, Kalu O. Kalu and filed with the Nigerian Exchange Group Limited (NGX), the dividends will be disbursed electronically on the 25th of August, 2021, to all qualified shareholders whose names appear on the Register of Members as at 13th of August, 2021.
To fast track the process, the company announced that it will close the register of its shareholders from 16th of August to 20th of August, 2021. The qualifying conditions for shareholders to participate are succinctly captured below;
- Shareholders must have completed e-dividend registration.
- Shareholders must have authorized the company’s registrar (Greenwich Registrars & Data Solutions Limited) to pay the dividends directly into the respective shareholder’s bank account.
What you should know:
- Meyer Plc is a renowned manufacturer and marketer of high quality paint products in Nigeria. The firm had earlier reported a half year loss of N9.33 million for the period ended June 30, 2021
- As at the period of reporting this, Meyer Plc share price currently trades at 59 kobo.
