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Dangote Cement Shareholders Unanimously approve a 10% share Buy-back Programme

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Non-Executive Director, Dangote Cement Plc, Halima Aliko-Dangote; Chairman, Dangote Cement Plc, Aliko Dangote;  Group Managing Director, Dangote Cement Plc, Michel Puchercos; and Non-Executive Director, Dangote Cement Plc, Olakunle Alake at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Dangote Cement Plc, held in Lagos on December 13, 2022.

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"Sov2PCic" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"ZHvt03Ko" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shareholders of Dangote Cement&comma; unanimously on Tuesday authorised the Management of the company to undertake a share buyback of up to 10 percent of its issued shares&comma; effective from the date of the resolution&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company had earlier indicated an interest in undergoing a share buyback programme&comma; in respect of up to 10 percent of its issued shares&comma; for the purpose of improving the company’s return on equity and its shareholders&&num;8217&semi; value&comma; so as to facilitate the future long-term growth of the company&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"O2DEWNRD" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The approval through voting&comma; which was given at the company’s Extraordinary General Meeting&comma; held in Lagos recorded a 100 percent approval from the shareholders&comma; with many of them describing the exercise as very laudable and a win-win situation for them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Among other resolutions&comma; the shareholders authorised that the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Memorandum and Articles of Association of the company be amended &lpar;as applicable&rpar;&comma; upon completion of the share buyback&comma; to reflect the company’s share capital&comma; following the cancellation &lpar;if any&rpar; of the shares acquired and&sol;or otherwise held by the company&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2022&sol;12&sol;14&sol;female-candidates-join-forces-to-win-2023-elections-in-kwara&sol;">Female Candidates Join Forces To Win 2023 Elections In Kwara<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Board was also authorised to ensure that the amendment of the Articles of Association of the company reflects the company’s share capital&comma; following the cancellation &lpar;if any&rpar; of the shares acquired and&sol;or otherwise held by the company&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It would be recalled that the Shareholders&comma; at the company’s recent 13th Annual General Meeting &lpar;AGM&rpar;&comma; also commended the Management of the company for an impressive performance despite the economic challenges in the year under review&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Unanimously&comma; they approved N20 per share for the year ended December 31&comma; 2021&comma; as against the N16 paid in the preceding year&period; That represented a 25 per cent increase in dividend compared to the 2020 dividend of N16&period;00 per share&comma; reinforcing the Company&&num;8217&semi;s commitment to maximising shareholder value&period; They also applauded the company for its drive in reducing unclaimed dividends of the company&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dangote Cement in the year under review achieved its highest profit before tax in its history at N538&period;4 billion&period; Also&comma; the Company recorded Group volumes of 29&period;3Mta&comma; up 13&period;8 per cent&period; Exceptional EBITDA of N684&period;6 billion was achieved&comma; up by 43&period;2 percent owing to strong cost control measures&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chairman of the company&comma; Aliko Dangote&comma; said that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Over the last decade&comma; Dangote Cement has recorded exponential growth across all areas&period;” According to him&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Group volumes are now at almost 30Mta&comma; our capacity has tripled to 51&period;6Mta and we export cement from five countries across Africa&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As the volatile global environment propels us into a new era of uncertainties&comma; we are fortunate that the last two years have taught us resilience&comma; adaptability&comma; and grit&period; These values are what we need to face in unpredictable times in the future&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Dangote Cement remains the leading cement company in Africa&comma; well-positioned for a positive and sustainable future&period; We are resolute in transforming Africa while creating sustainable value for our stakeholders&comma;” Dangote added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1004305389"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; 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