Takaful declares 10% second interim dividend

Takaful Malaysia today declared a second single tier interim dividend of 10 per cent for the financial year ending Dec 31, 2012, bringing the total dividends declared to 25 per cent.

In a statement today, the company said it translated into a dividend yield of 4.62 per cent based on its share closing price of RM5.41 as at Dec 13, 2012.

The total interim dividend represented a payout ratio of about 60 per cent of the net profits generated for the period ended Sept 30, 2012.

The dividend declaration follows the group's recently announced third quarter results, where it reported a 55 per cent growth in profits after taxation and zakat of RM67.4 million, from the same period last year.

The Group’s third quarter operating revenue, meanwhile increased by 24 per cent to RM1.29 billion.

Buoyed by three strong quarters of improvement in profits and barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Group is poised to achieve another record breaking year.

The directors on Aug 7, 2012, declared an interim dividend of 15 per cent or RM24.42 million single tier in respect of the financial year ending Dec 31, 2012, which was paid on Sept 21, 2012.

This translates into an annualised dividend yield of 3.85 per cent based on the closing price of RM5.20 as at Nov 19, 2012, solely based on interim dividend paid.