July 16 (SeeNews) - Serbian blue-chip industrial gases producer Messer Tehnogas [BEL:TGAS] said its shareholders have approved a gross dividend payout of 425 dinars ($4.1/3.6 euro) per share on 2018 earnings, down from 500 dinars paid last year.
The total dividend payout on 2018 earnings will stand at 440.6 million dinars, the company said in a filing with the Belgrade bourse.
A total of 1.382 billion dinars of the 1.823 billion dinars profit recorded last year will remain undistributed.
The shareholders approved the proposed dividend distribution at a meeting held on June 14.
After the dividend payment, the undistributed profit of Messer Tehnogas, including contributions from previous years, will total 13.647 billion dinars.
(1 euro = 117.711 dinars)