MD Medical Group to Introduce Interim Dividends
MD Medical Group Investments Plc (“MD Medical Group”, “MDMG” or the “Company” – LSE:MDMG), a leading Russian private healthcare provider, announces that its Board of Directors at a meeting today in Moscow approved changes to the frequency for considering dividend payments.
Going forward, the Company will consider payment of dividends to shareholders twice a year. Decision on payment of interim dividends will be made by the Board of Directors based on MD Medical Group’s results for the first six months of the year. Payment of dividends based on the Company’s full-year IFRS financial results will be approved by the General Meeting of shareholders.
Mark Kurtser, CEO of MDMG, said:
“We highly appreciate the long-standing support and trust of our investors. In return, we have achieved strong results and aim to share our success with the shareholders, including by increasing investment returns.“It is natural therefore that today the Board of Directors passed this important resolution. Because we care about our shareholders, we plan to pay dividends twice as often – not only for the full year, but also following the results of the first six months of the year.“Since our IPO, our results and achievements have proved that MD Medical Group is an efficient world-class company with an attractive investment case. Today’s resolution provides further support for this.”
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About MD Medical Group
MD Medical Group operates in the highly attractive Russian private healthcare service market and has a leading position in high-quality women's health and paediatrics. The company manages 30 modern healthcare facilities, including 4 hospitals and 26 outpatient clinics in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ufa, Perm, Samara and Samara region, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk, Yaroslavl, Ryazan, Kostroma, Novokuznetsk, Krasnoyarsk, Omsk, and Barnaul.
The Company’s shares have been listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE ticker “MDMG”) in the form of Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) since 12 October 2012.
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