The 17th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Grameenphone Ltd. was concluded successfully at the Basundhara Convention Center today, April 9, 2014.
Chairman of Grameenphone Board Sigve Brekke and CEO Vivek Sood were present on the occasion along with the other Board members, and senior officials of the company. The AGM was conducted by the Company Secretary, Hossain Sadat.
The Chairman thanked the shareholders for their trust on the company and briefly talked about growth potential in Bangladesh telecom sector, regulatory uncertainties, Grameenphone’s ambition to provide Internet for All etc., while the CEO mainly highlighted the operational & financial performance of the company and successful 3G rollout in their respective speeches.
GP has paid 90% Interim Dividend (Cash) during 2013. The Board of Directors also recommended 50% Final Dividend (Cash) making a total dividend of 140% of the paid-up capital (i.e. BDT 14 per share) for the year 2013. The shareholders approved the above total dividend for the year 2013. The other activities of the AGM were adoption of the Directors’ report and Auditors’ report together with the Audited Financials 2013, election/ re-election of the Directors and appointment of Auditors.
It was the 5th AGM of the company after it becomes a listed company in 2009.
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