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As previously announced, Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (ACB – Code: ACB) will finalize its list of shareholders on May 26, 2025, to pay dividends in cash and stocks. The last trading day for entitlement is May 23, 2025.
Therefore, investors have only three days left to buy ACB shares (May 20-22) and hold them until at least May 23, 2025, if they wish to receive dividends.
According to the plan, ACB expects to use VND 4,467 billion to pay cash dividends to shareholders at a rate of 10% (one share will receive VND 1,000). Dividends will be paid on June 5, 2025.
Regarding stock dividends, ACB will issue a maximum of nearly 670 million new shares to pay dividends to shareholders at a rate of 15% (shareholders owning 100 shares on the record date will receive 15 new shares). The expected completion time for the share issuance plan for dividend payment is Q3 2025.
Following ACB, Saigon-Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SHB – Code: SHB) will also finalize its list of shareholders to pay cash dividends for 2024 at a rate of 5% on June 10, 2025. With nearly 4,066 billion shares in circulation, SHB expects to spend VND 2,033 billion to pay cash dividends to shareholders.
Previously, four banks had finalized their lists of shareholders to pay dividends.
Vietnam International Commercial Joint Stock Bank (VIB – Code: VIB) finalized its list of shareholders on April 23 to pay 2024 cash dividends at a rate of 7%. Accordingly, VIB expects to spend VND 2,085 billion to pay cash dividends to shareholders at a rate of 7% (VND 700 per share). Dividends will be paid on May 23.
Tien Phong Commercial Joint Stock Bank (TPBank – Code: TPB) also finalized its list of shareholders on May 14 to pay cash dividends at a rate of 10% (VND 1,000 per share). TPBank is expected to spend VND 2,642 billion to pay cash dividends to shareholders. Dividends will be paid on May 23, 2025
Vietnam Prosperity Joint Stock Commercial Bank (VPBank – Code: VPB) has also finalized its list of shareholders on May 16, 2025, to pay cash dividends. With a payout ratio of 5% of par value (VND 500 per share), VPBank expects to use VND 3,967 billion for dividend payment. Dividends will be paid on May 23.
Loc Phat Joint Stock Commercial Bank (LPBank – Code: LPB) will finalize its list of shareholders on May 20, 2025, to pay cash dividends at a rate of 25% (one share will receive VND 2,500). The last trading day for entitlement is May 19, 2025.
With an expected dividend payout of over VND 7,468 billion, LPBank is the bank with the highest cash dividend payout in the Vietnamese banking system in 2025, in terms of both payout ratio and payout scale. Dividends will be paid on May 28.
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