2330 · 18/12/2018 15:12:24 · Announcement #52969 · View on Saudi Exchange

ADVANCED PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS DISTRIBUTION OF DIVIDEND FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 2018

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Introduction The Board of Directors of Advanced Petrochemical Company in their meeting held on 18th December 2018 reviewed the financial and operational performance of the Company and has recommended the General Assembly to distribute dividend to the shareholders for the fourth quarter of 2018 as follows:
Board Resolution Date 2018-12-18 Corresponding to 1440-04-11
Total Amount of Dividend Distributed SAR 137.8 Million
Number of eligible shares 196,794,000
Dividend per share SAR 0.70
Percentage of Dividend to the share book value 7 %
Eligibility date The eligibility of dividends shall be for the shareholders registered in the register of the Securities Depository Center at the end of 2nd trading day following the date of general assembly meeting which will be determined after the approval of the regulatory authorities.
Dividend distribution date will be announced later
Additional Information Accordingly, the total cash dividends for fiscal year ending on 31st December 2018 will be SAR 551.0 million which is equivalent to SAR 2.80 per share and represent 28% of the Face value of shares.

The Company urges its shareholders to update their data and to make sure to link their bank accounts numbers to their investment portfolios to ensure receipt of their dividends.

For non-resident investors, the dividend paid by the Company is subject to a withholding tax of 5.0% upon transfer to non-resident investors or credited to their bank accounts according to the provisions of Article (68) of the Income Tax Law and Article (63) of its Implementing Regulations.

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