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ZCCM-IH Shareholders in K85.2 million Dividend Payout

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December 9, 2022
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09th December 2022, Lusaka, Zambia: Shareholders of ZCCM Investments Holdings Plc (ZCCM-IH) have approved an K85.3 million dividend at K0.53 per share during the 18th Annual General Meeting held today virtually. 

This follows a Group profit of K2.1 billion (compared to K307 million in 2019)and a Company profit of K568 million (compared to K153 million in 2019) recorded for the 2020 financial year end. This represents 594% and 271% increase in profits compared to the previous year respectively. 

At the ZCCM-IH Group level, the recorded profit was  on account  of:

  • 254% growth in share of profit on equity accounted investee companies due to favourable copper prices recorded in 2020 of US$6,200 (2019: US$6,000)
  • 70% growth in dividend received due to improvement in performance of investee companies and growth in investee companies paying dividend to 2 this year (2019: 1 investee companies).

The profit recorded at Company was mainly due to:

  • 32% growth in investment income recorded of K226 million, (2019: K171 million).
  • Significant depreciation of the Kwacha against the US Dollars from an average of K13.2/US$ in 2019 to K18.6/US$ in 2020 resulted in significant increases in exchange gains, as majority of assets are denominated in US Dollars.

The Group total assets increased by 56% to K23.7 billion  (2019:K15.2 billion) mainly on account of 63%  increase in investment in associates,  and 219% increase in Cash and Cash equivalents due to receipt of dividends in Dec 2020 of K208 million. 

Further, the Group recorded a 95% increase in retained earnings to K4.2 billion profit reported in 2020  from K2.1 billion  reported in 2019 due to recorded a profit of K2.13 billion  for the year; and at Company level, retained earnings increased by 53% to K1.5 billion (2019:K978 million)  due to  recorded profit for the period of K568 million

This is the sixth consecutive time that the Company has declared a dividend in line with its strategic goal of ensuring shareholder return on investment. 

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