British American Tobacco Bangladesh PLC. (BAT Bangladesh PLC.) has approved a 30% cash dividend for the year 2025 at its 53rd Annual General Meeting (AGM), held online on Thursday and attended by a significant number of shareholders.
The shareholders unanimously approved the appointment of statutory auditors and corporate governance auditors. They also approved the company’s financial statement of 2025 and the election of its Board of Directors at the AGM.
Company’s Board Chairman Wael Sabra presided over the meeting, while shareholders joined virtually through the company’s AGM portal.
In 2025, BAT Bangladesh PLC. contributed Tk 39,144 crore as value-added tax, supplementary duty and other taxes to the National Exchequer, making it one of the highest taxpayers in the country.
The company’s independent directors Masud Khan, Prof Dr Melita Mehjabeen and Rupali Haque Chowdhury, along with non-executive directors Dr Ziaul Abedin, Niranjan Chandra Debnath, Stuart Kidd and Francisco Toso Canepa, and the company’s Managing Director Monisha Abraham, Finance Director Nirala Singh, Commercial Director Numayer Alam and Company Secretary Syed Afzal Hossain were also present at the AGM.