{"id":30850,"date":"2019-03-28T18:06:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T17:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=30850"},"modified":"2019-03-28T18:06:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T17:06:29","slug":"end-of-dividend-warrants-to-shareholders-now-dec-2019-sec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/end-of-dividend-warrants-to-shareholders-now-dec-2019-sec\/","title":{"rendered":"End Of Dividend Warrants To Shareholders Now Dec 2019—SEC"},"content":{"rendered":"

The securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has extended the deadline for the discontinuance of the issuance of dividend warrants to 31st December 2019.<\/p>\n

This the SEC said is to enable relevant stakeholders deliberate on and address all outstanding issues.<\/p>\n

According to A circular on the Commission\u2019s website, the decision of the Commission is in furtherance of its overriding mandate to ensure that all categories of shareholders and investors are adequately protected.<\/p>\n

However the SEC stated that the e-dividend initiative remains critical to the complete elimination of the phenomenon of unclaimed dividend and Management of the Commission encourages all shareholders who are yet to do so, to get mandated on the e-DMMS platform before 31st December 2019.<\/p>

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The Commission said that the SEC recently conducted a strategic assessment of the implementation of the e-dividend initiative across the country and reviewed feedback\/observations received from stakeholders and the general public.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe assessment revealed that while remarkable progress has been recorded in concerted efforts through robust enlightenment campaigns to mobilize more shareholders to get mandated on the e-DMMS platform, there remain a few pertinent issue that need to be resolved as a precursor to the total discontinuance of the issuance of dividend warrants by Registrars\u201d the Circular added<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has extended the deadline for the discontinuance of the issuance of dividend warrants to 31st December 2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":23145,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,1593,17],"tags":[5409,575],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-30850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-metro","category-news","tag-dividend-warrant","tag-sec"],"yoast_head":"\nEnd Of Dividend Warrants To Shareholders Now Dec 2019-SEC - National Wire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/end-of-dividend-warrants-to-shareholders-now-dec-2019-sec\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"End Of Dividend Warrants To Shareholders Now Dec 2019-SEC - 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