Ex-MTN boss paid R24m for ‘loss of office’

MTN’s former CEO, Sifiso Dabengwa, was paid R23.7m for loss of office after he resigned from the wireless operator.

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Johannesburg - MTN Group former CEO Sifiso Dabengwa was paid R23.7 million ($1.6 million) for loss of office after he resigned from Africa’s biggest wireless operator following a record $5.2 billion fine levied by Nigerian regulators.

The payout took Dabengwa’s total 2015 remuneration to R40.6 million, Johannesburg-based MTN said in the company’s annual report published on Monday.

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Phuthuma Nhleko, who returned as executive chairman to resolve the Nigeria penalty after

Dabengwa left, was paid R5 million for 2015 work from November 9.

The fine remains unresolved.

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MTN shares have declined 24 percent since the fine, later reduced to $3.9 billion, was made public in October.

The stock traded 1.5 percent lower at R145.23 as of 11.01am in Johannesburg, valuing the company at R268 billion.

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