£4.8 MILLION DIVIDEND PAYMENT - 4.5% YIELD

RNS Number : 2504J

Zegona Communications PLC

21 December 2020

 

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ZEGONA COMMUNICATIONS PLC ("Zegona")

LEI: 213800ASI1VZL2ED4S65

  21 December 2020

ZEGONA ANNOUNCES £4.8 million DIVIDEND PAYMENT - 4.5% Yield

On 15 December 2020 Euskaltel shareholders approved a €0.14 per share dividend to be paid in February 2021. Zegona has committed to pass 100% of all Euskaltel dividends straight through to its shareholders so Zegona's Board of Directors has yesterday declared an interim dividend of 2.2 pence per share, equivalent to £4,817,342.  In total, 4.8 pence per share, equivalent to £10,523,356, will have been paid to shareholders in the 12 months ending March 2021, equating to a dividend yield of 4.5¹%

The expected timetable for the dividend is²:

Ex-dividend date	11 February 2021
Record date	12 February 2021
Payment of the dividend	9 March 2021

Enquiries

Tavistock (Public Relations adviser - UK)

Tel: [phone]

Jos Simson -  [e-mail]

Lulu Bridges - [e-mail]

IMPORTANT NOTICES

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¹   Based on the closing price of Zegona's shares on 18 December 2020 of 106.5 pence per share

²   The payment of the dividend to eligible holders of shares is expected to be effected through CREST or by BACS/cheque (in the case  of shares held in certificated form)

 

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