Gazprom’s owners approve record 2018 divs of 16.61 rbl/share

ST. PETERSBURG, Jun 28 (PRIME) -- The shareholders of Russian gas giant Gazprom have approved payment of record dividends of 16.61 rubles per share, or a total of 393.217 billion rubles in final dividends for 2018, the company said in a statement on Friday.

The record date for the dividends is July 18.

The payment accounts for 27% of the company’s net profit for the year as calculated under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).

Previously, the company paid 8.04 rubles per share in final dividends for 2017.

The Federal State Property Management Agency owns 38.373% in Gazprom, while state oil and gas holding Rosneftegaz owns 10.97%, and state company Rosgazifikatsiya holds 0.889%.

(63.0452 rubles – U.S. $1)

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