Dispatch of 3rdinterim dividend warrants of Engro Corporation Limited

Karachi: Engro Corporation Limited informed Karachi Stock Exchange that 3rdinterim dividend warrants at Rs.5 per share i.e. 50% for year ended December 2015 have been dispatched to all shareholders except those who have not yet provided their computerized national identity cards by registered post or through courier service on December 31, 2015.

Engro Corporation Limited is a publically listed company incorporated in Pakistan under the Companies Ordinance, 1984. The company is engaged in the business of managing investments in subsidiary companies and joint venture, engaged in chemical fertilizers, PVC resin manufacturing, food, energy, exploration, LNG and liquid chemical terminal and storage businesses. The registered office of the company is located in Karachi. The shares of the company are quoted on the Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad Stock Exchanges of Pakistan.

The business ventures of the company started in 1957 from the search for oil by Pak Stanvac an Esso/Mobil joint venture which led to the discovery of the Mari Gas field near Daharki. Later, Esso proposed the establishment of a urea plant in that area which led to a fertilizer plant agreement signed in 1964. In the subsequent year, Esso Pakistan Fertilizer Company Limited was incorporated, with 75% of the shares owned by Esso and 25% by the general public.

The subsidiary companies of the group are Engro Fertilizers Limited, Engro Foods Limited, Engro Polymers And Chemicals Limited, Engro Powergen Limited, Engro EXIMP Private Limited, Engro Vopak Terminal Limited and Elengy Terminal Pakistan Limited.

The symbol “ENGRO” is being used by the stock exchange for the shares of Engro Corporation Limited.