Astra International shares interim dividend

PT Astra International Tbk (ASII) announces the scheme of interim dividend sharing worth IDR290 per share unit for book year which ends December 31, 2009. Last year the company also shared interim dividend worth IDR300 per share unit.
Interim dividend is dividend taken from the current year balance sheet which in this case is the Astra net profit this year.
Corporate Secretary of Astra International Aminuddin said the interim dividend sharing scheme is decided on the meeting of directors October 7 and the approval from commissioner boards was given on October 9.
"interim dividend will be given November 16, 2009," he said last week.
Market players have anticipated the dividend sharing as seen from the drastic jump of the ASII corporate stock price October 6 when led the JCI with 12.7 points contribution.
Last week, Astra stock price rose 4.31 percent or IDR1,350 per share unit and this bolstered the rise of the year worth 218.01 percent.