Company filings and market news from across Sri Lanka's stock market.
Lanka Tiles is supporting the 23rd Annual Geoffrey Bawa Memorial Lecture, delivered by architect Junya Ishigami, on 23 July in Colombo; admission is free but registration is required.
LANKATILES PLC launched Sri Lanka's first COOL ROOFTOP TILE®, a solar-reflective roof tile with an independently verified Solar Reflectance Index (SRI) above 96. The product, unveiled at a media event, is aimed at reducing rooftop heat gain for residential buildings.
Dividend · Rs 0.20 · XD Jul 1, 2026
Final dividend of LKR 0.2/share; XD 2026-07-01; record 2026-07-01; payable 2026-07-20; FY 31st March 2026
Dividend · Rs 1.50 · XD Mar 12, 2026
First Interim dividend of LKR 1.5/share; XD 2026-03-12; record 2026-03-12; payable 2026-03-31; FY ending 31st March 2026
Lanka Tiles PLC has appointed Harsha Amarasekera as a Non-Executive Director; he also joins the board of Lanka Walltiles PLC. Amarasekera is an experienced attorney and currently holds leadership roles at Sampath Bank, CIC Holdings, Swisstek, Vallibel Power Erathna and Royal Ceramics.
Colombo Fashion Week will introduce a new Couture + Trousseau season in November 2025 focused on bridal and destination-wedding fashion; Nations Trust Bank, Cinnamon Grand and Lanka Tiles are named partners for the season.
ASPI rose 96.45 points (0.49%) to close at 19,923 as the CSE opened with mixed sentiment; foreigners were net sellers with a net outflow of Rs.117.2m. Banking led turnover (25%) while Capital Goods and Diversified Financials together contributed 28% of turnover.
Brand Finance published Sri Lanka's 100 Most Valuable Brands for 2025, ranking Bank of Ceylon top with a brand value of Rs.57,411m; Commercial Bank, Dialog and People’s Bank follow the top positions. The list covers firms across banking, telecoms, FMCG, healthcare, hospitality and other sectors.
ASPI rose 0.9% to lift its YTD return to 10.74% as turnover reached Rs.5.68 billion led by LVEF (Rs.500m), RCL (Rs.304m) and TILE (Rs.269m), with banking and capital‑goods/construction counters among the session’s key drivers.
Dividend · Rs 0.40 · XD Jul 1, 2025
Final dividend of LKR 0.4/share; XD 2025-07-01; record 2025-07-01; payable 2025-07-21; FY 31st March 2025
Lanka Tiles PLC appointed Haresh Somashantha as an Executive Director. He currently serves as Director Finance of Royal Ceramics Lanka PLC and is also a director of Hayleys Fabric PLC and Vallibel Power Erathna PLC.
Swisstek (Ceylon) PLC disclosed that its subsidiary Swisstek Aluminium raised Rs. 807 million via a rights issue (16 for 29 at Rs.11), allotting 73,365,266 shares and raising stated capital to Rs. 1.409 billion. The subscription reduced PARQ's holding in the subsidiary to 67.987% (potentially 66.772% if remaining minorities accept) and remaining entitlements were renounced in favour of Vallibel One.
Priyantha Talwatte has been appointed Managing Director of Lanka Tiles PLC as long-standing MD Mahendra Jayasekera resigned from Lanka Tiles PLC and Swisstek (Ceylon) PLC effective 1 April. Talwatte is an experienced financial services executive and an Independent Non‑Executive Director at L B Finance PLC.
Dividend · Rs 1.70 · XD Mar 14, 2025
Dividend of LKR 1.7/share; XD 2025-03-14; record 2025-03-16; payable 2025-04-03; FY ending 31st March 2025
Lanka Business TV held an Entrepreneur Business and Investment Summit in Kurunegala; Lanka Tiles MD Mahendra Jayasekara delivered the keynote and NDB Wealth Management CEO Ruwan Perera spoke on investing, with sessions on fraud prevention and transaction digitisation.
Rocell launched a 1m x 1m 'Eterno' premium tile, billed as Sri Lanka’s largest manufactured tile, introducing matt-polished surfaces and new designs. The product is available islandwide and may intensify competition among local tile manufacturers.