March 20 (SeeNews) - Serbian company Aerodrom Nikola Tesla [BEL:AERO] has said its shareholders approved a gross dividend of 1,530.44 dinars ($14.7/13 euro) per share on 2018 earnings.
The total dividend payout will stand at 52.928 billion dinars, up from 1.965 billion dinars distributed last year, the company said in a bourse filing on Tuesday.
The company plans to pay 234 million dinars of the net profit to employees, Aerodrom Nikola Tesla said.
Aerodrom Nikola Tesla's net profit rose to 53.155 billion dinars in 2018 from 3.266 billion dinars in the previous year.
In March 2018, France's Vinci Airports signed a 25-year concession contract covering the airport’s financing, operation, maintenance, extension and upgrade. Under the terms of the deal, Vinci Airports will pay 417 million euro to the Serbian government for the concession plus an annual concession fee of between 4.4 million euro and 15.1 million euro.
Belgrade serviced record-high 5.641 million passengers in 2018, up 5.4% over the prior year.
(1 euro = 117.856 dinars)