Russia Surgutneftegas fails to pay full divs for lack of owner info

MOSCOW, Aug 23 (PRIME) -- Russian oil and gas company Surgutneftegas has failed to pay full 2015 dividends for the absence of information about the shareholders, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.

Surgutneftegas said it did not pay 15.649 million rubles in dividends on common and 585.516 million rubles on preferred shares.

The shareholders earlier approved payment of 0.6 rubles per common share and 6.92 rubles per preferred share in dividends for 2015, or a total of 74.733 billion rubles.

(64.2078 rubles – U.S. $1)

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