Gazprombank will increase dividend payments by half

After the crisis, banks with state began to review the strategy towards increasing payments to shareholders. Gazprombank board of directors recommended that shareholders approve dividends for 2010 amounting to 2.2 billion rubles. That is almost two times higher than in 2009. Half of this money will go to the NPF Gazfond and become a kind of gift to future retirees by Gazprom, the amount of pension reserves is closer to 300 billion rubles. About this newspaper writes RBC daily on Monday, May 23. On Friday, Gazprombank board of directors recommended that shareholders approve dividend for 2010 of $ 108 USD. per share. On the basis of the share capital, consisting of 19.9 billion shares, dividend payments will be about 2.2 billion rubles. against 1.2 billion rubles. for the year 2009. In 2009, the Bank sent the payment of dividends 60.2 rubles. per ordinary share, despite a decline in profit in 2,7 times, and in 2008 - 65,5 rubles. per share (total benefits - 17.6 billion rubles).. As noted by RBC daily, the generosity of Gazprombank on hand for pensioners Gazfond. 50% plus one share in the bank belongs to NPF Gazfond, the amount of pension reserves by the end of 2010 amounted to 290 billion rubles. Gazprom holds 41.73% of the bank. Gazprombank not edoinstvenny from banks with state participation, increase after the crisis, the size of dividends. In chastnsti, Sberbank, whose dividend payouts over the past five years remained unchanged at 10%, this year may increase the dividend by 15%. Another state bank - VTB may send the payment of dividends for 2010 14% of net profit under RAS that, although almost half of dividends paid in 2009 (6.65 billion rubles., Or 25.54% of net profit) . As explained in the bank, due to the fact that VTB Group has adopted a new strategy to 2013 and part of the net profit of Supervisory Board recommends to extend the effective development of the group. In addition, this year the bank has adopted a new dividend policy, whose essence is to ensure the predictability of earnings per share for each shareholder. "No less than 10% and not more than 20% of net profits each year for the reporting of VTB Group, as well as transfer of dividends from the calculation of net profit under IFRS", - the press service of the VTB.