Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)-The board of directors of Lafarge Surma Cement has declared 5.0 percent interim cash dividend for the year ending on 31 December 2014, out of the provisional net profits of the company for the period ended on 31 May 2014.

Record date for entitlement of interim dividend set on June 30, 2014.

The company has also reported consolidated profit after tax of BDT 1,144.16 million, consolidated EPS of BDT 0.99, consolidated NAV per share of BDT 10.51 and consolidated NOCFPS of BDT 0.44 for the period ended on May 31, 2014.

There will be no price limit on the trading of the shares of the company Tuesday following its corporate declaration.

BBN/BB/AD-10June14-11:10am (BST)