Jazeera Airways ‘shareholders’ OK voluntary reduction of capital – Cash payouts in 2015 to total KD 52.7 million

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KUWAIT CITY, Oct 12: In an Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders, Jazeera Airways shareholders approved a board recommendation to reduce the company’s capital from KD 42 million to KD 20 million through a share buyback program to readjust the company’s capital to match the size of current operations after exiting the aircraft leasing business.

The company will buy back 220 million shares at the nominal share price of 100 fils, resulting in a KD 22 million shareholder payout, which when combined with the company’s special dividends payout of KD 20 million in June, and with KD 10.7 million in 2015 accumulated earnings and other reserves that are required by law to be distributed as part of the capital reduction, the company’s cash payout to shareholders in 2015 will total KD 52.7 million.

Jazeera Airways Chairman Marwan Boodai said, “Today’s shareholder approval to adjust the company’s capital is the last step of the company’s successful strategic exit from the capital-intensive aircraft leasing business earlier in the year. Going forward, our focus will be on the growth opportunities available in our home market within the passenger airline business, which generated over 80 percent of the company’s net profit last year. We believe that passenger airline business in Kuwait will continue to grow strong and we are well prepared to take advantage of this growth”.

Cash payouts to Jazeera Airways shareholders in 2015: KD 52.7 million.

* Distributed

* KD 20 million in special dividends for 2014. Approved in May 2015, and distributed in June 2015.

* To be distributed by year-end:

* KD 22 million to buy back 420 million shares

* KD 10.7 million in accumulated earnings up to June 30, 2015, and other reserves

The capital reduction process will also include the settlement of all debts held by the company, resulting in a debt-free company by year-end.

The company’s share buyback program will be the first voluntary share buyback program exercise in Kuwait based on the new share buyback procedures stated by Kuwait’s new Commercial Companies Law (97/2013).

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