ASB announces dividend and bonus for its unitholders

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KUALA LUMPUR: Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB) unitholders will receive 7.50 sen dividend per unit for the financial year ending Dec 31, 2014 compared with 7.70 sen declared last year.

The wholly-owned subsidiary of Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB) also announced that 8.60 million unitholders would also receive a bonus of 1.00 sen per unit.

PNB chairman Tun Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid said the unitholders collectively held 137.07 billion ASB units.

He said the income distribution portion involved a total payout of RM10.16 billion, up 10.8 per cent, from RM9.17 billion paid last year while the bonus portion rose 19 per cent and accounted for RM804.43 million.

“ASB’s total gross income on Dec 16 was estimated at RM10.55 billion.

“Dividend income from investee companies contributed RM4.64 billion or 44.0 per cent of gross income while the profit from the sale of shares contributed RM4.23 billion or 40.1 per cent of the gross income.

“The balance of RM1.68 billion or 15.9 per cent was derived from other incomes,” he told reporters after announcing the income distribution here yesterday.

Ahmad Sarji also said ASB’s overall performance for the financial year ending Dec 31, 2014 was satisfactory although the local stock market was volatile in recent days. — Bernama