To consolidate its performance, TotalEnergies Plc has assured shareholders of the company’s commitment to becoming a multi-energy company that will play a key role in the country’s energy transition, particularly in renewable energy.
This was stated by the company’s chairman, Jean-Phillipe Torres, at the company’s 44th annual general meeting, which was held in Lagos over the weekend.
He expressed confidence in the company’s improved profitability as investments made during the review period begin to show in its operations.
Furthermore, shareholders present at the meeting approved a final dividend of N6.18 billion, or N18.20 kobo, for the fiscal year 2021. The company had previously paid an interim dividend of N1.36 billion, bringing the total to N4.00 per share.
Torres said, the company recorded a profit after tax of N16.8 billion representing 712 per cent rise when compared to N2.06 billion recorded by the company in the corresponding period of 2020 while turnover increased by 67 per cent from N205 billion in 2020 to N341 billion.
He restated the company’s commitment to solar business, adding that a total of 131 service stations had been solarized by the end of 2021 while over 1.5 million people have benefitted on the sale of 400,000 solar lamps.
The chairman pointed out that the N30 billion domestic Commercial Paper (CP) programme issued in 2020 to restructure and refinance the company’s debt profile contributed to improve liquidity and positive cashflow, adding that the CP issuance has been fully repaid from cash reserves in August 2021.
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On the lubricant business, Torres assured that the company remains active in the lubricant market and has continued to grow its market share which stood at 17 per cent at the end of 2021 financial year, saying that the company has also commenced installation of its end of line automated machines at its blending plants which would be concluded in this year.
He added that this would increase production output of small pack lubricants 1-5 litres by about 30 per cent. Shareholders at the meeting applauded the management for sustaining their dividend policy of paying both interim and final dividend to shareholders.
President of Issuers and Investors Alternative Dispute Resolution Initiative (IIADRI), Moses Igbrude said, despite that the government has become the sole importer of petroleum products in the sector, thereby crowding out the private sector, the company had consistently delivered good returns to shareholders.
He urged the company to consistently improve on its solar business to boost electricity generation in the country, while ensuring that the lubricants are of good quality to enhance competitiveness
