{"id":16055,"date":"2025-05-18T07:12:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T02:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=16055"},"modified":"2025-05-18T07:12:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T02:12:53","slug":"sto-announces-mvr-80-dividend-per-share-payout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=16055","title":{"rendered":"STO announces MVR 80 dividend per share payout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The State Trading Organization (STO), at its Annual General Meeting 2024 held on Saturday evening, announced a dividend payout of MVR 80 per share; maintaining the same payout as the year before.<\/p>\n<p>STO held its Annual General Meeting 2024 at Barcelo Nasandhura on Saturday evening, which was attended by 229 shareholders; 162 shareholders and 67 proxies.<\/p>\n<p>The company reported a gross profit of MVR 583 million in the first quarter this year, which is a decline from the MVR 617 million in the corresponding quarter last year. 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