The Board of Directors of OJSC PhosAgro has recommended that the annual General meeting of shareholders to decide on dividend payment in the amount 1,943 billion rubles at the rate of 15 rubles per ordinary share (or 5 rubles per global Depositary receipt) from undistributed net profit for 2017
The annual meeting of shareholders will be held on 30 may 2018.
The closing date for participation is determined on may 5, 2018.
The meeting also discussed the main results of the work of the Company in 2017: the results of its production activities, material aspects of activity of the enterprises entering into Group "FosAgro" and responsible for the implementation of mineral fertilizers in 2017. In addition, were presented for approval at the annual shareholders ' meeting annual report "FosAgro" for 2017.
The Board of Directors has recognized the successful operational and financial performance of the company in 2017.
"In 2017, the company showed the best in its history and growth dynamics of production volumes by more than 12% compared to last year's production of mineral fertilizers — up to more than 8.3 million tons. For Apatite concentrate was also achieved record levels over the past 25 years — produced over 9.5 million tons. "FosAgro" has maintained its position as the undisputed leader for the supply of all types of fertilizers on the Russian market, where it sells more fertilizer than any other country in the world, having increased in the past year, the supply of fertilizers to Russian farmers by 12% — to a record high of 2.34 million tons. The product range has expanded by 4 new types of fertilizer to 39 brands for different soil types and climatic conditions. Last year our company became the first and only in the history of the all-Russian contest of RSPP "Russian business Leaders: dynamics and responsibility" winner of the Grand Prix, topped the list of Russian companies with the best labour productivity growth over 5 years according to the newspaper "Vedomosti" and became the first ever American Forbes ranking of the best employers in the world, becoming one of four Russian companies ranked in the TOP 500," — said General Director, member of the Board of Directors of JSC "FosAgro" Andrey Guriev, summing up last year.
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