Perutnina to increase dividend payout five-fold before takeover

Ptuj, 13 December - The Russian-owned steel group SIJ, which is to sell poultry producer Perutnina Ptuj to Ukrainian holding MHP, has decided to speed up and increase the dividend payout in Perutnina from EUR 0.17 gross per share to EUR 0.84 gross per share. It was decided on Thursday that the EUR 9m will be divided among the shareholders on 18 December.