34 DATASONIC GROUP BERHAD PERSPECTIVE 03 Dear Esteemed Shareholders, On behalf of the Board of Directors, I am delighted to share with you the Annual Report of Datasonic Group Berhad (“Datasonic”) for the financial year ended 31 March 2023 (“FY2023”). In the financial year under review, our business recovered healthily as we benefitted from the pent-up recovery effects from the pandemic. On the back of this, Datasonic registered a solid profit attributable to the owners of the Group (“net profit”) at RM76.4 million for FY2023. This was a surge of 7.5 folds from RM10.2 million achieved in the previous year. As for the top-line performance, FY2023 revenue rose 152.7% year-on-year (“YoY”) to an all-time high of RM344.7 million. Following the good performance, we declared a total dividend of 2.0 sen per share, amounting to RM56.7 million. This represents a dividend payout ratio of 74.2% based on FY2023 net profit of RM76.4 million. For more detailed analysis of our financial performance, please refer to the Management Discussion and Analysis section of this Annual Report. Datuk Haji Abu Hanifah bin Noordin Executive Chairman Chairman SPEECH FROM OUR
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