SIC announced that the Board of Directors of the company will be recommending to the shareholders at its upcoming Annual General Meeting the payment of a final dividend of GHS 0.0087 per share for the financial year ended December 31, 2017. All shareholders registered in the books of SIC at the close of business on August 7, 2018 will qualify for the final dividend. The Register of shareholders will be closed on August 8, 2018. In view of the foregoing, the ex-dividend date has been set as August 3, 2018. The proposed dividend if approved will be paid on September 28, 2018.