By InvestAdvocate

Lagos (INVESTADVOCATE)-Guinness Nigeria Plc Wednesday announced a change in closure date of its Register to October 04 -07 2011 for the payment of N10.00 dividend declared for the period ended June 30 2011.

According to the firm, the Company made the change in date in view of the public holiday on Monday October 3, 2011, its closure of Register has been changed to October 04 -07 2011 and the EX-Div Date is October 04, 2011; while the payment Date is November 07, 2011.

Guinness Nigeria September 12, 2011 released its Audited Year End Result for the period ended June 30, 2011, declaring a Turnover of N123.7 billion from N109.4 billion the previous year.

Also, Profit before Tax (PBT) recorded a significant grew by 31 percent (31%) from N19.988 billion in year 2010 to N26.176 billion in the review period.

While Profit after Tax (PAT) increased from N13.736 billion in year 2010 to N17.927 billion in year 2011 end; indicating an increase of 30.51%.