At a general meeting held 19 June shareholders in Cigarette Factory Plovdiv AD approved the proposal for dividend distribution of 2.35212 leva for 2006, BSE announced.

Ex-dividend date is 29 June 2007.

Dividend will be paid between 3 September and 28 September 2007.

We would like to remind you that shareholders in Plovdiv BT AD decided to change the statute of the company to Cigarette Factory Plovdiv AD at a general meeting held 12 April.

The company posts net profit for 2006 in the amount of 5.076 mln leva, against 13 139 mln leva a year ago.

Bulgartabak Holding AD controls 78.18% of the company's capital and Finance Consult Ltd has 12.89%.

The company's stock added 10.34% today with 190 shares changing hands at an average of 25.93 leva.