Tatneft may increase dividends on preferred shares for 2015 by 3.6%

Tatneft intends to spend 1.617 billion rubles to pay dividends on preferred shares for 2015, which is by 3.6% more than the level of payments in 2014, the company reports.

The authorized capital of Tatneft is 2.326 billion rubles and is divided into 2.178 billion ordinary and 147.509 preferred shares with par value of 1 ruble. Thus, the amount of dividends per one preferred share for 2015 could reach 10.96 rubles per share against 10.58 rubles per share for 2014. The company usually pays dividends of the same size on the common and preferred shares, thus the total amount of the payments in 2015 may reach 25.5 billion rubles against 25 billion rubles in 2014.