Norilsk Nickel owners nod 224.2 rbl/share in dividends for Jan–Jun

MOSCOW, Oct 2 (PRIME) -- The shareholders of Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel have approved paying 224.2 rubles per share, or a total of 35.479 billion rubles in dividends for January–June, the company said in a statement on Monday.

The record date for the dividends is October 19.

In 2016, the company paid no dividends for January–June, but paid 444.25 rubles per share totaling 70.3 billion rubles in dividends for January–September, and 446.1 rubles per share – a total of 70.593 billion rubles – in final dividends for the year.

Major shareholders of Norilsk Nickel include Interros of tycoon Vladimir Potanin with a 30.3% stake, aluminum giant UC RUSAL of Oleg Deripaska with 27.8%, and Crispian Investments of Roman Abramovich with 4.95%.

(58.0169 rubles – U.S. $1)

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