• AVA Risk Group suspends its dividend policy
• Capital to be retained within the business to fund growth plan
• Board to review the policy on an annual basis

AVA Risk Group Limited (ASX: AVA) has announced that it has, with immediate effect, suspended its dividend policy to allow capital to stay within the business to fund its growth plan. The Board intends to review the policy on an annual basis. The company is a global leader in providing technologies and services to protect critical and high value assets and infrastructure, operating three business segments - Future Fibre Technology (FFT), BQT Solutions (BQT) and GJD Manufacturing. FFT manufactures and markets 'smart' fibre optic sensing systems for security and condition monitoring, BQT is a specialist in the development, manufacture and supply of high security biometric readers, security access control and electronic locking products, and GJD is a specialist in the development and manufacturer of perimeter detectors, illuminators and ANPR cameras. AVA Risk Group's products and services are trusted by some of the most security conscious commercial, industrial, military and government clients in the world.