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Stanchart Ghana plans pay GH¢140million dividend to shareholders in 2020, here’s why

Berlinda Entsie

Standard Chartered Bank in Ghana has revealed that it will pay GH¢140million dividend to shareholders in 2020.

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This, the bank said, is due to the growth it recorded in the bank’s basic earnings per share which grew from GH¢1.54 in 2017 to GH¢2.09 in 2018.

Standard Chartered Bank Ghana captured this in a notice it shared with its shareholders.

In the notice, the bank announced the payment of dividend to its preference shareholders for the period of six months to March 2020.

In June this year, the bank declared a dividend of GH¢1.04 per share, which amounts to some GH¢140 million for the 2018 fiscal year.

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The amount represents 20 percent of the bank’s total revenue.

The payment of the dividend has been attributed to the growth in the bank’s basic earnings per share which grew from GH¢1.54 in 2017 to GH¢2.09 in 2018.

The bank recorded moderate growth in operating income which grew by five per cent year-on-year to GH¢712.9 million.

The bank’s profit before tax of GH¢325.8 million for 2018 represented a decline of 23 percent from the previous year.

The bank attributed the decline in profit to an increase in its impairment charges, which rose to GH¢91.2 million.

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Operating expenses also increased by 17 percent from GH¢244.9 million in 2017 to Gh¢286.3 million in 2018.

Berlinda Entsie Berlinda Entsie Berlinda Entsie a reporter at Pulse.com.gh/bi/. She reports on all your business related issues and always ready to promote your business through amazing reportage.

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