NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the Financial Year Ended 31 December 2023 (cont’d) 38. EARNINGS PER SHARE (a) Basic earnings per share The basic earnings per share are calculated based on the consolidated profit for the financial year attributable to owners of the Company and the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the financial year as follows: Group 2023 2022 RM’000 RM’000 Profit attributable to owners of the Company 487,648 398,662 Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue: Ordinary shares at 1 January (’000) 7,437,976 7,396,616 Effect of treasury shares buy-back (’000) (34,832) (14,550) Effect of new ordinary shares issued pursuant to DRP (’000) 22,889 19,269 Weighted average number of ordinary shares at 31 December (’000) 7,426,033 7,401,335 Basic earnings per ordinary shares (sen) 6.57 5.39 (b) Diluted earnings per share Diluted earnings per ordinary share equals basic earnings per ordinary share because there is no potentially dilutive instruments in existence as at the end of each reporting period. 39. DIVIDENDS Group and Company 2023 2022 RM’000 RM’000 In respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2021: - a final single-tier dividend of 1.03 sen per ordinary share, declared on 10 August 2022 and paid on 21 September 2022 - 76,071 In respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2022: - a first interim single-tier dividend of 0.25 sen per ordinary share, declared on 9 August 2022 paid on 25 November 2022 - 18,595 - a final single-tier dividend of 1.17 sen per ordinary share, declared on 10 August 2023 paid on 20 September 2023 86,644 - In respect of the financial year ended 31 December 2023: - a first interim single-tier dividend of 0.25 sen per ordinary share, declared on 21 August 2023 paid on 17 November 2023 18,654 - - first tranche of dividend-in-specie on 10 March 2023 (Note 46(a)) 50,899 - - second tranche of dividend-in-specie on 27 September 2023 (Note 46(a)) 8,696 - 164,893 94,666 ANNUAL REPORT 2023 237 (a) Basic earnings per share (b) Diluted earnings per share p y a final single tier dividend of 1 03 sen per ordinary share declared on FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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