Maxis Berhad
Annual Report 2015
page
68
The Directors hereby submit their Report to the members together with the audited financial statements of the Group and of the Company for the
financial year ended 31 December 2015.
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES
The principal activity of the Company is investment holding, whilst the principal activities of the Group, comprising the Company and its subsidiaries,
are the provision of mobile, fixed line and international gateway telecommunications services as well as Internet and broadband services, and corporate
support functions for the Group. Details of the principal activities of the subsidiaries are shown in Note 18 to the financial statements.
There have been no significant changes in the nature of the principal activities of the Group and of the Company during the financial year.
FINANCIAL RESULTS
Group
RM’000
Company
RM’000
Profit for the financial year attributable to:
- equity holders of the Company
1,738,952
1,617,748
- non-controlling interest
8,139
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Profit for the financial year
1,747,091
1,617,748
DIVIDENDS
The dividends on ordinary shares paid by the Company since the end of the previous financial year were as follows:
RM’000
In respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2014:
(a) Fourth interim single-tier tax-exempt dividend of 8.0 sen per ordinary share
on 7,507,139,600 ordinary shares of RM0.10 each, paid on 27 March 2015
600,571
(b) Final single-tier tax-exempt dividend of 8.0 sen per ordinary share
on 7,508,908,700 ordinary shares of RM0.10 each, paid on 26 June 2015
600,713
1,201,284
In respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2015:
(a) First interim single-tier tax-exempt dividend of 5.0 sen per ordinary share
on 7,508,908,700 ordinary shares of RM0.10 each, paid on 26 June 2015
375,445
(b) Second single-tier tax-exempt dividend of 5.0 sen per ordinary share
on 7,509,243,200 ordinary shares of RM0.10 each, paid on 25 September 2015
375,462
(c) Third single-tier tax-exempt dividend of 5.0 sen per ordinary share
on 7,509,896,600 ordinary shares of RM0.10 each, paid on 29 December 2015
375,495
1,126,402
Directors’ Report
