Ex-Dividend Date Amendment

RNS Number : 2399R

Seplat Petroleum Development Co PLC

04 March 2021

 

Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc

EX-DIVIDEND DATE AMENDMENT

Lagos and London - 04 March 2021: Seplat announced on 01 March 2021, in conjunction with its full year 2020 audited results, a proposed final dividend for 2020. The ex-dividend date and the date for determining foreign exchange rate for this dividend have been amended to 30 April 2021 and not 3 May 2021 as previously announced. This change is as a result of the Early May Bank Holiday in the UK.

Summary of Key Dates
1 March 2021	Dividend announcement date
30th April 2021	London Stock Exchange: Ex-Dividend Date Date for determining foreign exchange rate
4 May 2021	Nigerian Stock Exchange: Qualification date London Stock Exchange: Associated Record Date Foreign exchange rates will be communicated to shareholders
5 May 2021	Nigerian Stock Exchange: Register Close Date
18 May 2021	Closing date for election to the Company's Registrars of foreign exchange rates
20 May 2021	Annual General Meeting
28 May 2021	Dividend Payment Date

Other key dates remain as previously announced.

Mrs. Edith Onwuchekwa

Company Secretary

FOR: SEPLAT PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY PLC.

Enquiries

Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc
Emeka Onwuka, CFO	[phone]
Chioma Nwachuku, GM External Affairs and Communications
Edith Onwuchekwa, Company Secretary
FTI Consulting
Ben Brewerton / Sara Powell	[phone]
	[e-mail]

Notes to editors

Seplat Petroleum Development Company Plc is Nigeria's leading indigenous energy company. It is listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE: SEPLAT) and the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE: SEPL).

Seplat is pursuing a Nigeria-focused growth strategy and is well positioned to participate in future asset divestments by international oil companies, farm-in opportunities, and future licensing rounds. The Company is a leading supplier of gas to the domestic power generation market. For further information please refer to the Company website, http://seplatpetroleum.com/

 

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