CAIRO - Eastern Co will conduct a 5:1 share split on September 27, Egypt's top cigarette maker said on Wednesday.

The nominal value of each share will be 1 Egyptian pound ($0.0560) instead of five, it said.

($1 = 17.8600 Egyptian pounds)

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