Bupa Arabia BOD Recommends Distributing SR540 mln Profits for 2021

The Board of Directors of Bupa Arabia for Cooperative Insurance Company has recommended, on 05/06/2022, the distribution of dividends to the shareholders for the 2021 fiscal year.

The total amount distributed is SR540,000,000. The dividend per share is SR4.50.The percentage of dividend to the share par value (%) is 45 %.

The eligibility of dividends shall be for the shareholders registered in the registers of the Securities Depository Center (Tadawul) on owning shares at the end of the day of the General Assembly meeting of the Company and who are registered in the shareholder’s Register of the Company in the Securities Depository Center (Edaa) at the close of the second trading day after the date of the General Assembly (GA) Meeting which approves the dividends. The company will announce for the GA later, after obtaining the necessary approvals from the relevant authorities.

The dividend distribution date will be confirmed after the approval of the General Assembly which the company will be announcing for later after obtaining all the approvals from the relevant authorities.

The Company want to draw its shareholders’ attention to the following regulation regarding the payment of dividends: For foreign non-resident investors the dividend paid by the Company is subject to a withholding tax of 5.0% upon transfer to the non-resident investor or credit to its account according to the provisions of Article 68 of the Saudi Arabia Income Tax Law and Article 63 of the Implementing Regulations of the Saudi Arabia Income Tax Law.