Packaging manufacturer Mpact has delayed dividend payments of almost R73m to shareholders by five months due to uncertainty regarding the economic effects of the coronavirus.
A final gross dividend of 42c a share was meant to be paid on April 6, but will now be paid on September 7 so as to shore up the group’s balance sheet, the group said.
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that SA would enter a 21-day lockdown on Friday morning, though Mpact noted its facilities might remain open.
“Mpact is one of the critical links in the SA economy’s supply chain, producing paper and packaging for food, pharmaceuticals and other essential products,” the group said.
Mpact had swung into a loss in its year to end-December, as it battled with the effects of load-shedding and global oversupply of the material used to make corrugated boxes.
The group swung into a loss of R880.4m, from a profit of R317m previously, and wrote down some of its assets during the year.
Mpact’s share price fell 14.17% to R7.51 in afternoon trade on Tuesday, having fallen about 70% over the past 12 months. – BusinessLIVE
Mpact delays R73m in dividend payments due to outbreak
Packaging manufacturer Mpact has delayed dividend payments of almost R73m to shareholders by five months due to uncertainty regarding the economic effects of the coronavirus.
A final gross dividend of 42c a share was meant to be paid on April 6, but will now be paid on September 7 so as to shore up the group’s balance sheet, the group said.
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that SA would enter a 21-day lockdown on Friday morning, though Mpact noted its facilities might remain open.
“Mpact is one of the critical links in the SA economy’s supply chain, producing paper and packaging for food, pharmaceuticals and other essential products,” the group said.
Mpact had swung into a loss in its year to end-December, as it battled with the effects of load-shedding and global oversupply of the material used to make corrugated boxes.
The group swung into a loss of R880.4m, from a profit of R317m previously, and wrote down some of its assets during the year.
Mpact’s share price fell 14.17% to R7.51 in afternoon trade on Tuesday, having fallen about 70% over the past 12 months. – BusinessLIVE
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