Final dividend of 9.5 sen per ordinary share less 25% income tax in respect of the financial year ended 31 March 2013

EX-date 11/09/2013
Entitlement date 13/09/2013
Payment date 07/10/2013

Pos Malaysia eyes international expansion

Pos Malaysia Bhd is still looking to expand with mergers and acquisitions via its international business division.

“We are still talking to the Middle East potential but we are not narrowing ourselves to just that,” said chairman Tan Sri Mohd Khamil Jamil on Thursday.

He said discussions have been ongoing for some time, but due to the intricacies of an international deal, the postal company is still looking for other targets overseas.

“With the appointment of the new chief executive officer Datuk Iskandar Mizal, we will have to sit down and firm up the details,” he said.

Pos Malaysia to cushion the fuel price hike

Pos Malaysia Bhd expects to feel the impact of the 20 sen fuel hike on its operating cost but will attempt to buffer the effect as best as it can.

Group chief executive officer Datuk Iskandar Mizal said 13 per cent of its cost comes from transport and now it may go up to 13.5 or 14 per cent.

"We will look at realigning all angles of our delivery sequence to buffer the impact or even neutralise it," he told the media after the company's annual general meeting here today.

Bonus for Pos shareholders?

A special dividend might be on the cards for Pos Malaysia Bhd shareholders as the national postal company explores its options to use its tax credit of RM317mil, which would expire by year-end.

It has been widely speculated since end of last that the special dividend might be 59 sen per share.

“We are trying our very best to ensure that the benefits go back to shareholders. We are looking at all the possibilities.

“I can’t say that it’s going to be a special dividend. We have to look at the amount of money required for our (Pos Malaysia) business expansion,” said chairman Tan Sri Mohd Khamil Jamil after the company’s AGM yesterday.

Investors expecting "special Bonus"

Key Statistics

Current P/E Ratio (ttm) 17.2647
Estimated P/E(03/2013) 16.4516
Relative P/E vs. FBMKLCI 1.0628
Earnings Per Share (MYR) (ttm) 0.2954

http://www.bloomberg.com/quote/POSM:MK

This post has been edited by davinz18: Sep 8 2013, 05:01 PM

Today (19/9/13) closed at RM5.32, up 6c

Interim dividend of 8.0 sen per ordinary share less 25% income tax in respect of the financial year ending 31 March 2014

EX-date 09/12/2013
Entitlement date 11/12/2013
Payment date 30/12/2013

Quarterly rpt on consolidated results for the financial period ended 30/9/2013
http://www.bursamalaysia.com/market/listed...cements/1470149



Last Done Price rm5.620 (+0.020) - 22 Nov 2013

Pos Malaysia Q3 earnings tumble 55.7%

Pos Malaysia Bhd saw its third quarter earnings ended Dec 31 tumble 55.7% year-on-year to RM22.8mil from RM51.6mil, despite revenue registering a 5.3% improvement to RM329.7mil from RM313.3mil.

The company said it had taken a hit in profit despite the higher revenue because of an increase in operating expenses – to the tune of RM33.5mil.

Profit before tax in the quarter fell 26.2% to RM33.7mil from RM45.6mil, and earnings per share went down to 4.25 sen from 9.64 sen.

Earnings in the nine months to-date were down 11.2% to RM105.5mil from RM118.8mil previously, with revenue rising 8.4% to RM1.002bil from RM925mil.

On its prospects, Pos Malaysia said it expected the performance of the group to remain satisfactory.

The company had, on Dec 30, paid a dividend of 8 sen per share, less 25% tax, amounting to RM32.222mil.