PZ Cussons Nigeria to pay interim dividend of N0.20 naira per share

Nigeria’s PZ Cussons, the local unit of British soap and shampoo maker, said on Friday its nine-month pretax profit fell 23 percent to N3.99 billion ($205 million) from a year earlier.

Turnover dropped slightly to N52.88 billion from N52.59 billion during the period to end-February compared with a year earlier, it said in a statement.

It added that it would pay an interim dividend of 0.20 naira per share.