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FINANCIAL REPORTS
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Bursa Malaysia •
Annual Report 2015
DIRECTORS’
REPORT
The Directors have pleasure in presenting their report together with the audited financial statements of the Group and of the Company for the financial year
ended 31 December 2015.
Principal activities
The Company is an exchange holding company, whose principal activities are treasury management and the provision of management and administrative
services to its subsidiaries.
The principal activities of the subsidiaries are to operate the Malaysian securities, derivatives and offshore exchanges and the Shari’ah compliant commodity
trading platform, to operate the related depository function and clearing houses, and to disseminate information relating to securities quoted on the
exchanges. The principal activities of the subsidiaries are disclosed in Note 15 to the financial statements.
There have been no significant changes in the nature of these principal activities during the financial year.
Results
Group
Company
RM’000
RM’000
Profit for the year
206,455
188,752
Profit attributable to:
Owners of the Company
198,613
188,752
Non-controlling interest
7,842
-
206,455
188,752
There were no material transfers to or from reserves or provisions during the financial year, other than those disclosed in the financial statements.
In the opinion of the Directors, the results of the operations of the Group and of the Company during the financial year were not substantially affected by
any item, transaction or event of a material and unusual nature.
Dividends
The amount of dividends paid by the Company since 31 December 2014 were as follows:
RM’000
In respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2014, as reported in the Directors’ report of that year:
Final dividend under the single-tier system of 18.0 sen per share, on 533,770,000 ordinary shares,
approved on 31 March 2015 and paid on 16 April 2015
96,079
In respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2015:
Interim dividend under the single-tier system of 16.5 sen per share, on 534,614,000 ordinary shares,
declared on 15 July 2015 and paid on 12 August 2015
88,211
Total dividends paid since 31 December 2014
184,290