Shareholders of PJSC "MTS" at extraordinary meeting on December 30 approved the special dividend of $ 13.25 RUB per share in the first nine months of the current year. This is stated in the message company.
the amount of dividends takes into account the sale of Azerbaijani Bakcell, the Ukrainian subsidiary of MTS, "Vodafone Ukraine", as well as financial results for the third quarter of this year.
Total amount of dividends will be 26,48 billion. The register of shareholders entitled to special dividends will be closed on January 10.
we will Remind that in November, MTS entered into a binding agreement with Telco Solutions and Investments controlled by Bakcell. MTS, through its subsidiary Allegretto Holding S. a.r.l. sold 100% of the company Preludium offers BV, which is the only shareholder of "Vodafone Ukraine". The amount of the transaction amounted to 734 million dollars.
currently, the controlling shareholder of MTS is Sistema, which owns of 55.64% stake, the free float — 44,35% of the shares.
