April 3 (SeeNews) - UniCredit Bank Banja Luka [BANJ:NBLB], part of Italy's UniCredit Group, said on Wednesday its shareholders have approved a plan to distribute a dividend of 164.26 marka ($90.5/84 euro) per share for 2023.
UniCredit Bank Banja Luka will distribute a total of 22.8 million marka as dividend for last year, using retained earnings from that year, the lender said in a bourse filing.
The bank booked a net profit of 22.8 million marka in 2023, down 2.6% year-on-year.
Last year, UniCredit Bank Banja Luka distributed a dividend of 409.74 marka per share for 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Its shares last traded on the Banja Luka stock exchange on March 26, when they closed 10.44% higher at 2,000 marka.
UniCredit Bank Banja Luka is based in the Serb Republic, one of two autonomous entities that form Bosnia and Herzegovina. UniCredit Group has another bank in Bosnia, UniCredit Bank Mostar, headquartered in the other entity - the Federation.
(1 euro = 1.956 marka)