Polish company plans to pay dividend, announces buyback of own shares
The IMS company, which deals with audio marketing, sensory marketing and advertising, among others, in 2024 had revenues of PLN 37.4 million, compared to PLN 41.29 million a year earlier. Net profit for the past year amounted to PLN 8.82 million, and in 2023 it was PLN 5.55 million.
The Management Board recommends the payment of a dividend from the profit for 2024 in the amount of PLN 0.16 per share, for which PLN 5.6 million will be allocated.
In December 2024, the company paid an advance payment towards the planned dividend of PLN 0.16 per share, which exhausts the requested amount.
In April this year, IMS changed its dividend policy and announced that, in addition to the classic dividend, it is also possible to buy back its own shares.
Now the board recommends to the general meeting to pass a resolution on the purchase of 625 thousand treasury shares at PLN 8 per share. The purchase would be carried out by the end of July, and the acquired shares would be subject to cancellation. The average share price in recent days is PLN 3.70 per share.
The company's main shareholders are: Michał Kornecki (18.19%), Dariusz Lichacz (18.15%) and Artur Czeszejko-Sochacki together with an associated entity (10.12%). IMS has been listed on the stock exchange since January 2012.
Journalist, graduate of political science at the Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University. Associated with the media for over 40 years. After graduating in 1982, he worked in the editorial offices of "Gazeta Krakowska" and "Kurier Polski". Member of the editorial team of "Przegląd Techniczny". He published texts in "Student", "Przekrój", "Życie Literackie". Since the economic and political changes, for over 20 years associated with the Reuters agency as a correspondent in Krakow. For the next three years, he conducted practical classes with students at the Institute of Journalism, Media and Social Communication of the Jagiellonian University. Since December 2021, he has joined the PTWP Group and works on the WNP.PL portal. His main professional interests are economics and politics at the global level and the participation of Polish business in this, especially companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Winner of the "Ostrego Pióra" award, granted for "spreading economic education" by the BCC, as well as the Golden Pear - a journalistic award of the Małopolska Branch of the Association of Journalists of the Republic of Poland.
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