Enclosure No. 3
(Translation)
The dividend payment based on the Company's operating for the year 2024
The Company proposes paying the 2024 dividend at the rate of Baht 0.71 per share, totaling 2,845,508,283 Baht, comprising the interim dividend at Baht 0.15 per share on 12 September 2024 to the entitled shareholders in the amount of 601,142,131 Baht. Accordingly, the remaining year-end dividend shall be Baht 0.56 per share, in the amount of Baht 2,244,366,152.
In this connection, the dividend payment policy of Berli Jucker Public Company Limited would be complied the criteria of a payout ratio not less than 50 percent of net profit after tax and received funds from the 2024 operating performance by duly considering cash flow and/or investment in projects for existing and new business operations in the future as deemed appropriate. The dividend paid ratio was calculated to be 71.11 percent of net profit.
Statement of Dividend Payment for the Company's 2024 operating performance | (Unit: Baht) |
Inappropriate retained earnings at the beginning of 2024 | 29,399,326,652 |
2023 year-end dividend payment at Baht 0.65 per share duly paid on 23 May 2024 | (2,604,992,655) |
26,794,333,997 | |
Net profit after tax for the year 2024 (Owned by the Company) | 4,001,403,489 |
Comprehensive profit (loss) | (91,324,513) |
30,704,412,973 | |
Interim dividend at Baht 0.15 per share duly paid on 12 September 2024 | (601,142,131) |
Balance inappropriate retained earnings | 30,103,270,842 |
Proposed year-end dividend payment at Baht 0.56 per share | (2,244,366,152) |
Inappropriate retained earnings carry forward | 27,858,904,690 |
Dividend for 2024 | |
Interim dividend at Baht 0.15 per share duly paid on 12 September 2024 | 601,142,131 |
Proposed year-end dividend payment at Baht 0.56 per share | 2,244,366,152 |
Total dividend payment for 2024* | 2,845,508,283 |
Note *Calculated from the number of shares as of 5 Febnuary 2025 = 4,007,796,699 shares. The dividend payment amount may be changed subject to the number of shares on the closing date of the Company's share register book for the 2024 dividend payment.
Dividend payment record
Detail | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 |
Interim Dividend | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.15 |
Year-end Dividend | 0.56 | 0.65 | 0.65 |
Total dividend | 0.71 | 0.80 | 0.80 |