Grieg Seafood ASA: Board's approval of final accounts 2017 and proposal for dividend, NOK 2.00 per share.
April 17 2018 - 10:52AM
The board has in a board meeting today, 17 April
2018, approved the annual accounts including the sustainability
report for 2017. Profit before tax is MNOK 798 and the profit
after tax is
MNOK 601. There are no significant changes from the preliminary
report (Q4 report).
An electronic version of the annual report and
sustainability report will be available on the company's web page
19 April 2018.
In the preliminary report (Q4 report) presented on
15 February 2018 it was informed that the board would return with
its recommendation for the size of the dividend. The board has
today 17 April 2018 proposed a dividend of NOK 2.00 per share
(111,662,000 shares, of which treasury shares 1,250,000) based on
the 2017 financial statements. The Annual General Meeting is
scheduled to 12 June 2018, and given approval, the shares will be
quoted ex-dividend from 13 June 2018.
The board has resolved to request that the
authorisation provided by the Annual General Meeting in 2017 to pay
additional dividend later in the year, is carried over.
For further information,
please contact:
- CEO Andreas Kvame (cell phone: +47 907 71 441)
- CFO Atle Harald Sandtorv (cell phone: +47 908 45 252)
This information is subject to
the disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the
Norwegian Securities Trading Act.
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Source: Grieg Seafood ASA via Globenewswire