Amanah Saham Nasional Bhd (ASNB), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB), today announced a 5.2 sen per unit income distribution for Amanah Saham Nasional (ASN) for the financial year ending Dec 31, 2009.
The income distribution will involve RM81.52 million in total payout as against RM79.9 million in financial year 2008.
PNB chairman Tun Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid said the payout was expected to benefit 1.19 million unitholders who had invested in over 1.57 billion ASN shares.
Ahmad Sarji said based on the net asset value (NAV) of RM0.7586 per unit as on Dec 22, 2009, the yield derived from the 5.2 per unit income distribution was 7.36 per cent while the returns was 25.75 per cent.
"Therefore, based on the increase in NAV of the ASN from RM0.5619 per unit on Dec 31, 2008, to RM0.7586 per unit on Dec 22, 2009, the total returns recorded by ASN was 35.01 per cent," he said at a media briefing here.
Ahmad Sarji said as at Dec 22, 2009, ASN had recorded a gross income of RM87.91 million.
Of the amount, the sale of shares contributed RM55.46 million or 63.09 per cent, followed by dividend income from invested companies at RM23.75 million or 27.02 per cent.
In addition, income from short-term investments contributed RM8.70 million or 9.89 per cent, he said.
Ahmad Sarji said all transactions for ASN would be suspended from today until Jan 3, 2010, for the calculation of income distribution.
He said unitholders could update their accounts at the offices of ASNB or its agents nationwide from Jan 4, 2010.
ASN is a growth fund launched on April 20, 1981. Its aim is to generate a reasonable level of income distribution and capital appreciation through a diversified portfolio of investments.
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