Shareholders of Jamaican Teas will consider a 2 for 1 stock split at their Annual General Meeting scheduled for tomorrow April 12, to be held at the Courtyard Marriott hotel in Kingston.
The resolution which will be considered will see a recommendation being put forth, for the authorized shares to be increased to 1 billion units from 500 million units.
The issued shares will move from 337,416,730 units at the end of September last year, to 678,833,460 shares of no par value. Subsequent to the 2016 year end, directors exercised the option to acquire 2 million new shares under a share option plan, thus increasing the number of issued shares prior to the record date of April 19. The stock is slated to start trading ex-split on Thursday April 13. in 2016, the company also approved a 2 for 1 stock split as well.
The shares traded on the Jamaica Stock Exchange Junior Market at $7.75 on Tuesday.
Jamaican Teas ex split Thursday
April 11, 2017 by
