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Aramco

Aramco boosts 2023 dividends 30% with second-highest profit on record

Aramco’s shares were up about 1.7 per cent to SAR32.3 a share, slightly above their 2019 IPO price of SAR32

Empower posts Dhs2.27bn in nine-month revenue

UAE’s Empower posts Dhs2.27bn in nine-month revenue

The cooling firm reported a net profit of Dhs685m during the period under review and paid a cash dividend of Dhs425m for the first half of 2023

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Emaar Properties approves dividends equal to 25% of share capital

The property developer plans to continue making healthy investments in its workforce while attracting top global talent to foster more inclusive growth

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UAE’s e& approves cash dividends for H2 2022 at Dhs0.4 per share

According to the group, the total annual dividend per share stands at Dhs0.8

ADNOC Distribution

ADNOC Distribution reports 39% rise in nine-month net profit

The company’s non-fuel transactions increased by 18 per cent during the period

Agthia Group

UAE’s Agthia Group announces interim cash dividend of Dhs65.31m for H1 2022

Its group net profit reached Dhs118m for the first half of the year, rising 74 per cent year-on-year

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank approves cash dividend equalling 48.5% of net profit for 2021

The bank’s shareholders also elected a new board of directors

Saudi Aramco reports $110bn in net income for 2021, up 124% year-on-year

Aramco declared a dividend of $18.8bn for the fourth quarter, to be paid in Q1 2022

Saudi Investment

Saudi wealth fund rakes in $5bn as demand for stocks booms

The Saudi benchmark index has jumped about 9 per cent this year

Saudi Aramco

Aramco starts debut sale of dollar-denominated Islamic bonds

The firm is raising cash to help finance its plans to pay out $75bn in dividends

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank posts 38% dip in net profit for 2020; approves 46.6% cash dividend

Its revenues also pared to Dhs5.35bn in 2020

Saudi firms will cut dividends to fund $1.3 trillion investments

The new plan comes after the coronavirus pandemic and oil market turmoil created a double crisis for Saudi Arabia

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank recommends Dhs1.878bn in cash dividends for 2020

The dividend payout equals to 49 per cent of the lender’s net profit for 2020

Cash dividends worth Dhs29bn proposed by 38 UAE listed companies for 2020

Banks are the largest distributors of profits

Kuwait Central Bank allows lenders to distribute 2020 dividends

The Kuwait Banking Association said in June that there would be no distribution of dividends to shareholders for 2020

World’s biggest oil firm Saudi Aramco sells $8bn in bonds

Aramco sold $8bn in tranches maturing in three, five, 10, 30 and 50 years

Oil giant Aramco sticks with dividend even as profit crashes

Aramco will pay a dividend of $18.75bn for the quarter