May 30 (SeeNews) - Slovenian steel producer Slovenska Industrija Jekla's (SIJ) shareholders have approved the payment of a gross dividend of 6.01 euro ($6.45) per share on July 30, down from 21.71 euro paid for the previous year, the company said on Tuesday.
The shareholders approved a dividend payout of 5.8 million euro from the profit for appropriation at their general meeting on May 30, SIJ said in a filing with the Ljubljana Stock Exchange.
The remaining part of the accumulated profit in the amount of 96.8 million euro will remain undistributed, SIJ said.
Last year, SIJ allocated for dividend distribution 21 million euro from the 108.8 million euro profit for appropriation.
SIJ booked a consolidated net profit of 95.4 million euro in 2022, up from 29.2 million euro in the previous year.
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