Banpu Power Public Company Limited Approves Dividend for the Year Ended 31 December 2020, Payable on 28 April 2021
April 02, 2021 at 06:44 am EDT
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Banpu Power Public Company Limited announced that at the AGM held on April 2, 2021, it has approved the declaration of the total annual dividend for the Company's performance of the year 2020 for the period during 1 January 2020 - 31 December 2020 at the rate of THB 0.65 per share, of which THB 0.30 was paid as an interim dividend to the shareholders holding 3,047,731,700 shares in the amount of THB 914 million on September 23, 2020. Therefore, the remaining of dividend payment for the Year 2020 performance for the period during 1 July 2020 - 31 December 2020 would be further paid to the shareholders holding 3,047,731,700 shares at the rate of THB 0.35 per share, which is considered to be the declaration of dividend at the rate of 54% of the Company's net profit, payable from the corporate income tax - exempted profit on which shareholders are not entitled to tax
credits. The dividend payment is scheduled to be on 28 April 2021 . In this regard, the Record Date was fixed on 12 April 2021 in order to determine the eligible shareholders who shall be entitled to have the right to receive such dividend.
Banpu Power Public Company Limited is a Thailand-based power-generating company operating both thermal power and renewable power businesses across the Asia-Pacific region, including Thailand, Lao PDR, China, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Australia and the United States. The Company operates through two segments: Energy Generation and Energy Technology. The Energy Generation segment is engaged in electricity generation, which consists of thermal and renewable energy both domestic and overseas. The Energy Technology segment consists of solar rooftop, electric vehicle, energy storage, and energy management systems. The Company has approximately 42 power plants and projects. The Company has approximately 3161 million watts of electric capacity (MWe) power generation capacity from operational power plants. Its subsidiaries include Banpu Coal Power Ltd., Banpu Power US Corporation, Banpu Power International Limited, and Banpu Power (Japan) Co., Ltd., among others.