FPT Retail (FRT) is about to issue more than 34 million shares to pay dividends.

VHO - On July 17, FPT Digital Retail Joint Stock Company (FPT Retail, stock code: FRT) will close the list of shareholders to pay 2024 dividends in shares at a rate of 25%, corresponding to shareholders owning 4 shares will receive 1 additional share.

Shareholders owning 4 shares will receive 1 more share. Illustration photo

With more than 136.2 million shares outstanding, it is estimated that FPT Retail will issue more than 34.06 million shares to pay dividends in the upcoming issuance.

The number of newly issued shares will be rounded down to the nearest unit, and any resulting decimal fractions (if any) will be cancelled.

The total issuance value calculated at par value is more than VND 340.6 billion. The capital is taken from the parent company's undistributed profit after tax as of December 31, 2024, recorded in the audited separate financial statements for 2024.

In another development, FPT Retail previously announced a report on changes in ownership of a group of foreign investors who are major shareholders, investors holding 5% or more of the company's shares.

Accordingly, in the trading session on June 11, 2025, the foreign fund group Dragon Capital, through 5 member funds, successfully sold 410,200 FRT shares.

Specifically, Amersham Industries Limited fund sold 30,000 shares; DC Developing Markets Strategies Public Limited Company fund sold 150,200 shares; Hanoi Investments Holdings Limited fund sold 100,000 shares; Norges Bank fund sold 45,000 shares; Vietnam Enterprise Investments Limited sold 85,000 shares.

After the successful transaction, Dragon Capital reduced its ownership of FRT shares from nearly 11.3 million shares to nearly 10.9 million shares, equivalent to a decrease in ownership ratio from 8.2803% to 7.9792% of capital at FPT Retail.

It is known that the dividend payment in 2024 at a rate of 25% is in the context of positive business results in 2024 when the Company recorded a 25.9% increase in revenue, up to VND 40,104 billion and after-tax profit recorded a profit of VND 408 billion (in the same period, the profit recorded a negative VND 329 billion).

Regarding business performance, according to the consolidated financial report for the first quarter of 2025, FPT Retail recorded net revenue of more than VND 11,669.8 billion, an increase of 29.1% over the same period last year. After deducting taxes and fees, FPT Retail reported a net profit of nearly VND 212.8 billion, 3.5 times higher than the same period.

Source: https://baovanhoa.vn/kinh-te/fpt-retail-frt-sap-phat-hanh-them-hon-34-trieu-co-phieu-de-tra-co-tuc-149112.html