SEC directs companies to honour unclaimed dividend requests

Promptnewsonline | 11-06-2025 07:53am |

By Tony Obiechina Abuja The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has directed all public companies and registrars to stop treating unclaimed dividends older than 12 years as “statute-barred”—especially those dating from before the enactment of the Finance Act 2020. The SEC said in a statement on Tuesday that the directive reaffirms the provisions of Section [...]

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