The following is a Company Announcement by Simonds Farsons Cisk plc pursuant to the Malta Financial Services Authority Listing Rules Chapter 5.
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The Board of Directors of Simonds Farsons Cisk plc (the “Company”) has on Wednesday 29 April 2015 met and approved for publication the financial statements of the Company for the year ended 31 January 2015, and resolved to propose the same for the approval of the shareholders at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held on 25 June 2015.
A Preliminary Statement of Annual Results for the year ended 31 January 2015 is attached herewith and is available to the public on website http://www.farsons.com/.
The Board of Directors of Simonds Farsons Cisk plc has resolved to recommend for the approval of the Annual General Meeting the distribution, out of tax exempt profits, of a final net dividend of €2,000,000, that is €0.0666 per ordinary share of €0.30, to be paid by not later than 26 June 2015.
An interim net dividend of €1,000,000 that is €0.0333 per ordinary share was approved at the Board Meeting held on 24 September 2014 and distributed to shareholders on 17 October 2014. Therefore, the total net dividend to the ordinary shareholders relating to the financial year ended 31 January 2015 amounts to €3,000,000 that is €0.10 per ordinary share (last year € 2,500,000).
The Board of Directors has established 27 May 2015 as the Effective Date on which all shareholders, then on the register of members, shall be entitled to receive notice of and attend the Annual General Meeting, be paid dividends declared by the General Meeting and appoint directors or vote at the election of Directors.
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Antoinette Caruana
Company Secretary