Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (STC) recently announced that December 11 would be the registration deadline for the National Seed Joint Stock Co (coded NSC) to close the shareholder list to pay 15% dividend in cash for the first phase of 2008, equalling to 1,500 dong per share.
The ex-interest date is on December 9.
The payment date is from December 26.
The Securities Depository Centre's HCM City branch would suspend deposits of NSC-coded shares on December 10, 11 and 12.
In Q3, NSC earned 12.78 billion dong in net revenue from sales and services, up 26.04% from last year and 4.545 billion dong in after tax profit, rising 107.63% from last year, bringing the total figures during the first nine months of the year to 121.8 billion dong and 21.42 billion dong respectively.
The company's EPS in January-September reached 3,715 dong.
For the year 2008, NSC targets revenue of 169.89 billion dong, 16.021 billion dong in after tax profit, a minimum growth rate at 20% and 20% dividend payment.
Ending the trading session on December 1, NSC-coded shares jumped 200 dong or 0.81% to 25,000 dong per share with 6,130 shares changing hands.
