Access Holdings Plc will resume dividend payments this year, driven by optimism around its planned capital structure adjustment and potential last-resort capital raise to eliminate the N10.99 billion regulatory shortfall that caused the group to skip its interim dividend for the first time in a decade.
According to a note by CardinalStone Research, a Sub-Saharan research firm, the holding company explained that the group could not declare an interim dividend because it was deemed non-compliant with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) guideline
