Company filings, disclosures and news on Maharaja Foods Plc (MFPE), Food: Major Diversified on the Colombo Stock Exchange, tagged by theme and scored for sentiment.
Sri Lanka's ASPI closed up 0.15% at 21,085.15 as positive sentiment followed a rating hike; turnover was Rs 1.32bn. Top contributors included Commercial Bank, Dialog Axiata, HNB and Hemas, while Carson Cumberbatch, Hayleys and Lion Brewery were among laggards; trades noted in Maharaja Foods, DIMO, Dipped Products and Browns Investments.
Dividend · 1:188.235487 at Rs 0.10 · XD Sep 28, 2026
Dividend; XD 2026-09-28; record 2026-09-29; payable 2026-10-28; FY 31st March 2026
The Sri Lanka Institute of Directors (SLID), with EY, will host an INED Forum titled 'Resilient Boards Amidst Rising Risks' on 10 September 2026 (5:00-7:00pm) at the Courtyard, Cinnamon Grand Colombo, featuring guest speaker Sanjeev Gupta and moderated by Maharaja Foods PLC Chairman Imran Furkan.
Dividend · Rs 0.10
Dividend of LKR 0.1/share; FY 31st March 2026
Colombo Stock Exchange rose: ASPI +0.33% to 21,395.11 and S&P SL20 +0.40% to 6,007.23, with turnover Rs 2.45 bn. Top gainers included Haycarb, Royal Ceramics, Dipped Products, Access Engineering and Dialog Axiata; HNB, Pan Asia, DFCC and SANASA Development Bank were laggards. Maharaja Foods issued an addendum setting an EGM on Sep 25, 2026 for its proposed scrip dividend.
Dividend · Rs 0.10
Dividend of LKR 0.1/share; FY 31st March 2026
Colombo Stock Exchange indices rose on Monday (ASPI +0.26% to 21,371.18; S&P SL20 +0.34% to 6,025.88) with market turnover at LKR 144.9m and capital goods leading turnover at LKR 66.6m. Maharaja Foods announced a final scrip dividend of Rs 0.10/share (net Rs 0.085), to be satisfied by issuing 730,468 new shares at Rs 16 each.
Sri Lanka's ASPI fell 0.29% to 21,416.57 while the S&P SL20 dropped 0.34% to 6,020.38, with market turnover at LKR 1.54 billion. Top positive contributors included Hayleys, Hemas, CTC and Central Finance, while Dialog, LOLC and DFCC were main negatives; Maharaja Foods saw director purchases and closed up 0.61%.
Maharaja Foods PLC appointed Imran Furkan as chairman and added Gimhan Sawinda Rajapaksha Dissanayake as an independent non-executive director. Former chairman Guganathan Vijayananth becomes an executive non-independent director focusing on retail expansion while Vithyanath Guganathan remains managing director.
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