KUALA LUMPUR: Amanah Saham Nasional Bhd (ASNB), a unit of Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB), on Tuesday announced an income distribution of 7.25 sen per unit and a bonus of 0.50 sen per unit for Amanah Saham Bumiputera (ASB) for the financial year ended Dec 31, 2015.
This is slightly lower than the 7.5 sen per unit income distribution declared for ASB last year.
PNB chairman Tun Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid said the income distribution portion would involve a total payout of RM10.41 billion, an increase of 4.3% compared with RM9.98 billion last year.
For the bonus portion, he said it would involve a total payout of RM451.73 million.
"The payment will benefit 8.87 million unit holders who currently hold a total of 142.54 billion units of ASB," he told a press conference after announcing the dividend distribution in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.
Ahmad Sarji said that up to Dec 23, 2015, ASB recorded a total gross income of RM10.06 billion.
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