ING Bank .l.ski posts 2002 results and likely to pay healthy dividend

The board of ING Bank .l.ski, a unit of Dutch-based ING, will recommend a d ividend payment of zł. 2.4 per share from its 2002 net profit. Earlier, the bank said its 2002 profit rose to zł. 154 million from zł. 100 million in 2 001, when it paid a dividend of zł. 1.5 per share. "The management board wi ll recommend a dividend of zł. 2.4 per share, but the final choice will be made by the shareholders meeting," said Bank .l.ski spokeswoman Tatiana Kuw ak-Frentzel. The date of the meeting has not yet been set. (Reuters) A.Z.