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Omantel proposes 50 per cent dividend

The board of directors of Oman Telecommunications Company (Omantel), the Sultanate’s largest telecom service provider, has recommended to the company’s annual general meeting a cash dividend of 50 per cent.
This is in addition to an interim dividend of 20 per cent paid to shareholders in August, 2017, the company said in a statement. Accordingly, the total dividend distribution amounts to 70 per cent of the telecom company’s paid up capital.
Omantel board has approved the audited results of the company for year 2017. Omantel recorded an increase of 44.7 per cent in revenue reaching OMR751.7 million compared to OMR519.4 million in 2016. The company’s net profit stood at OMR106.8 million compared to OMR115.8 in 2016. These results include Zain Group results for the period from November 15 to December 31 2017 following the acquisition of a strategic share of 21.9 per cent in Zain Group.
During 2017, Omantel has been able to grow the revenue from its domestic operations by 2.4 per cent despite the challenging environment in the Sultanate resulting from the increase in royalty from 7 per cent to 12 per cent and the increase of income corporate tax from 12 per cent to 15 per cent. The impact of the royalty change amounted to OMR17.6 million in 2017. The acquisition of a strategic share in Zain Group has enabled Omantel to grow its group revenue by 44.7 per cent in addition to enhancing the net profit.
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