Fatter years past allow companies to pay a decent dividend

  • 2010-02-27
  • Helsinki Times

Finland's listed companies may have suffered in the recession, but many of their shareholders have less reason to worry.

LARGE companies listed on the Finnish stock exchange have been far from stingy in distributing dividends this spring – assuming recommendations by the boards of directors survive the company's annual general meeting (AGM). Seven of the 12 listed major companies have either increased or maintained the size of their dividend to shareholders, despite a year in which company profits took a beating.

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