Grupo SURA’s General Assembly of Shareholders declared a dividend payment of COP 2,000 per share and approved changes to the Company’s Board of Directors

Dividends Financial results Grupo SURA SHAREHOLDER'S MEETING Strategy
  • The General Assembly of Shareholders declared a dividend payment of COP 2,000 per share, which was 33.3% higher than for the previous year.
  • The Company’s Board of Directors has been expanded to include three new independent members.
  • Grupo SURA has now launched “Visionistas”, the Company’s new shareholder benefits program.

Last Friday, Grupo SURA held its Annual Ordinary Meeting of its General Assembly of Shareholders at the Teatro Metropolitano in Medellín. At this meeting, the proposed dividend for 2026, the appointment of three new Board members, and the 2025 Financial Statements were all approved. 

The Company ended last year with a sound financial performance, underpinned by the strong levels of commercial and operating performance of its three core investments: Suramericana, SURA AM, and Grupo Cibest.  The Organization also completed the year serving more than 77.3 million customers across 10 countries in Latin America.

“Here at this Shareholders’ Meeting, we were able to present our Company’s results for a pivotal year — a year of evolution and changes that are enabling us to move forward into our future as an increasingly prominent Financial Group in the Latin American region. Our entire team shall remain committed to further enhancing the profitability of our different lines of business for the benefit of our shareholders, while focusing on identifying opportunities for greater synergy among our companies so as to create greater value for the various stakeholder groups within our region,” stated Ricardo Jaramillo Mejía, Grupo SURA’s Chief Executive Officer.

Approving the 2025 Financial Statements and projections for 2026

The General Assembly of Shareholders  approved the Company's 2025 Financial Statements, in which the Company reported COP 2.3 trillion[1] in recurring net income, for a 39.9% increase over the previous year thereby exceeding market expectations.This allowed Grupo SURA to end the year with an adjusted ROE of 13.7%[2] and net earnings per share of COP 7,092 this showing a 2.8-fold increase compared to 2021. 

For 2026, Grupo SURA projects recurring net income of between COP 2.3 and 2.5 trillion[3], as well as an adjusted return on equity of between 13% and 14%. Similarly, the Company estimates it shall receive more than COP 2.2 trillion in the form of cash flow, given the amount of dividends receivable from its investments. With this, the Organization shall continue to have the financial strength and flexibility needed for continuing to move ahead with our strategy.

Approved Dividend Payment 

The General Assembly of Shareholders approved a dividend payment of COP 2,000 per share, which is 33.3% more than for the previous year. This dividend shall be paid in four equal installments of COP 500 per share on the following dates: April 24, 2026, July 15, 2026, October 15, 2026 and January 15, 2027.

This increase consolidates the upward trend in the Organization’s dividend payments, which have consistently outpaced inflation in Colombia, while remaining in keeping with Grupo SURA’s objective of creating greater value for its shareholders.  In fact, since 2021, the dividend paid per share has increased 3.3-fold.

 

New members of the Board of Directors  

The General Assembly of Shareholders also approved the appointment of three new independent Board members for the period 2026 to 2028. With this, independent members shall now account for five out of a total of seven members, effective immediately.

The profiles of the new Board members are as follows:

  • Raquel Bernal Salazar: an economist holding a Ph.D. and M.A. in Economics from New York University, USA as well as an M.A. and an undergraduate degree in Economics from the Universidad de los Andes. Since 2006, she has built her career at the Universidad de los Andes, where she has served as Rector since 2022. She previously held positions at this educational institution as an assistant, associate, and full professor, Director of the Center for Economic Development Studies (CEDE), and Academic Vice Rector (2019–2021).
  • Bernardo Vargas Gibsone: an economist holding a Master´s degree in Business Administration from Columbia Business School (New York, United States).  He is a co-founding partner of Colabora Capital Partners, a fund management firm that, in partnership with the IDB Invest initiative, pursues investment opportunities for the purpose of driving infrastructure development in Latin America. He served as CEO of ISA from 2015 to 2022, leading this Latin American infrastructure conglomerate with operations in seven countries. He subsequently joined Digital Bridge, a leading global digital infrastructure management firm, as Managing Director, where he was responsible for its operations throughout the region. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Grupo Manuelita  
  • Claudia Bentancourt Azcárate: She holds a degree in Economics from the Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario in Bogotá. She currently serves as General Manager of Amalfi S.A.S. Previously, her professional career unfolded primarily at Corporación Financiera del Valle - Corficolombiana, where she held various positions, including Director of the Investment Portfolio, Vice President of the Investment Portfolio, and Vice President of Risk Management.   She is a principal member of the Boards of Directors of Promigas S.A. E.S.P., Grupo Argos, and Gases de Occidente S.A., and serves on the Boards of Trustees of the ProPacífico Foundation, Palmar de Altamira S.A.S., the Scarpetta Gnecco Foundation, the Notas de Paz Foundation, and Inversiones Mobex S.A.S.

Launching the Visionistas Program

During this past Shareholders´ Meeting, the Organization launched its shareholder benefits program called Visionistas.  This program, which is one of the first of its kind in Colombia for a company listed on the local stock market, shall offer  more than 40,000 shareholders of Grupo SURA the opportunity to become members of a community that will enjoy a range of benefits in health care and mobility solutions from our SURA companies, together with access to discounts from various business partners as well as a diverse array of offerings linked to the Company’s Art and Culture platform.

These benefits applying to shareholders holding both ordinary and preferred shares shall be organized into three different tiers, these determined based on the number of shares held and the length of time each shareholder has held them. Full details of this program can be found at visionistas.gruposura.com

 

[1] Adjusted data excludes the non-recurring effects of the Nutresa share swap (2023-2024), the gain associated with the spin-off by absorption, the increase in the liability for preferred shares issued in 2025 and the impairment posted by Grupo Cibest as a result of having announced the divestiture of Banistmo.
[2] Adjusted ROE corresponding to Grupo SURA, excludes the amortization of intangibles from acquisitions, the equity investment in Grupo Argos (due to not applying the equity method since 2025), non-recurring earnings (the Nutresa share swap 2024, the spin-off by absorption, the increase in the liability relating to preferred shares in 2025 the impairment posted by Grupo Cibest and the health care subsidiary EPS SURA in 2024. escisión por absorción, aumento de pasivo por acciones preferenciales 2025, deterioro Grupo Cibest) y EPS SURA en 2024.
[3]Projected recurring net income excludes possible extraordinary effects.