Seplat Energy Plc (NGX: SEPLAT) has announced an interim dividend and a special dividend for the third quarter (Q3) of 2025.
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The energy company declared an interim dividend of US5 cents (United States Five Cents) and a special dividend of US2.5 cents (United States Two point Five cents), making it a total of US7.5 cents per ordinary share of 50kobo each.
Qualification date for the dividend has been set for November 13, 2025. On the London Stock Exchange, the associated record date will be November 13, 2025, and the Ex-Dividend will be November 12, 2025.
On or around November 28, 2025, the interim and special dividends will be paid electronically to shareholders whose names appear on the Register of Members as of November 13, 2025 and who have completed the e-dividend registration and mandated the Registrar to pay their dividends directly into their Bank accounts.
Shareholders who are yet to complete the e-dividend registration are advised to download the form either from DataMax Registrars Limited’s website at http://www.datamaxregistrars.com or from Seplat Energy’s website at
https://www.seplatenergy.com/investors/dividend-information/, complete and submit to Datamax or their respective Banks. Holders of shares through depositary interests on the LSE should please provide their account details to the Company’s UK depositary, Computershare.
The dividend will be paid in Naira and US Dollars only. The default currency for the dividend will depend as follows:
- Shareholders holding their shares on the Nigerian Exchange Limited without a valid Nigerian Certificate for Capital Importation (“CCI”) will be paid their dividend in Naira as the default currency;
- Shareholders holding their shares on the Nigerian Exchange Limited with a valid CCI will be paid their dividend in US dollars as the default currency. Evidence of the CCI must be provided to Datamax. However, those shareholders may instead elect to receive their entire dividend payment in Naira (partial elections are not permissible); and
- Shareholders holding their shares through depository interests on the London Stock Exchange will be paid their dividend in US dollars as the default currency.
Seplat’s 9M 2025 profit before tax rose to ₦878,989 million, compared to ₦366,711 million in 9M 2024. Profit after tax for 9M 2025 was ₦146,639 million (9M 2024: ₦52,776 million).
Nnamdi Maduakor is a Writer, Investor and Entrepreneur
