Al Rajhi Bank to vote on capital hike, dividends on April 3

12/03/2019 Argaam

Al Rajhi Bank’s extraordinary general assembly will vote on April 3 on a 53.8 percent capital hike through bonus shares to SAR 25 billion from SAR 16.25 billion.

 

Shareholders will also vote on paying a 22.5 percent cash dividend (SAR 2.25 per share) for the second half of 2018, as shown in the table below:

 

Key Figures of the Capital Hike

Current Capital

SAR 16.25 bln

Number of shares

1.625 bln shares

Hike (%)

53.8% (7 shares for every 13 shares)

New Capital

SAR 25 bln

New number of shares

2.5 bln shares

Method

Capitalizing SAR 8.75 bln from retained earnings

Record date

April 3, 2019

Driver

To boost the bank’s resources which assist in achieving good growth rates.

 

Dividend Details (H2 2018)

Current Capital

SAR 16.25 bln

Number of shares

1.625 bln

Dividend

SAR 3.656 bln

Percentage of capital

22.5% (SAR 2.25 per share)

Record date

April 3, 2019

Payment date

April 11, 2019

Dividend for FY 2018

Total dividend

SAR 6.906 bln

Percentage of capital

42.5% (SAR 4.25/share)

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