Axfood AB Declares Dividend into Two Payments, Payable on 29 March and 27 September 2023 Respectively
February 14, 2023 at 05:00 am EST
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Axfood AB (publ) at its annual general meeting to be held on 22 March 2023 proposed payment of a dividend of SEK 8.15 per share. The dividend amount will be divided into two payments, one of SEK 4.15 and one of SEK 4.00.
The record dates proposed for the payments are 24 March 2023 and 22 September 2023. With the specified record dates, dividends are expected to be paid out on 29 March and 27 September 2023. The last dates for trading in the Company's shares including the right to a dividend are 22 March and 20 September 2023.
Axfood AB is a Sweden-based company engaged in the food retail and wholesale trade in Sweden. The Companyâs retail business is conducted through three wholly owned chains: Willys, specializing in discount food retail; Hemkop, which is engaged in the sales of food retail products, and PrisXtra, which is a grocery chain serving the Stockholm market. The Company owns and operates over 200 retail stores. The Companyâs wholesale business is conducted through Dagab, which supplies Axfood Group and the Vi chain, and Axfood Narlivs, a convenience store wholesaler. Axfood has a portfolio of private labels, including Hemkop, Garant, Garant Ekologiska varor, Aware, Saklart, Func and Fixa. Among others, the Company operates via Middagsfrid AB. The Company's major shareholder is Axel Johnson AB.