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Bahri Stock Market Activity
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| Year | Value Traded (SAR) | Volume Traded | Transactions |
| 2007 | 21,386,755,076.00 | 1,067,846,678.00 | 358,549 |
| 2008 | 47,214,631,442.25 | 1,906,343,688 | 488,831 |
| 2009 | 12,697,216,269.90 | 734,872,867 | 224,683 |
| 2010 | 3,747,792,340.00 | 202,861,305 | 62,889 |
| 2011 | 5,197,543,672.00 | 378,520,007 | 113,574 |
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Bahri Dividend's Policy
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Dividend Distribution depends on the company's results of operations, cash liquidity, working capital needs and capital investments. Based on this data, the board of directors, in its meeting held on December 20, 2011, recommended to the General Assembly to distribute an amount of SAR (157.5) million in dividends to shareholders for the fiscal year 2011, i,e, at the rate of SAR 0.50 per share. The General Assembly was held on April 22, 2012, in which it was approved and payout distribution will be announced later. Dividends are distributed to shareholders after deducting all general expenses and other costs and statutory reserve in accordance with the provisions of Article (34) of the memorandum and articles of association of the company.
The following table shows the net profits generated during the years 2007-2011 and dividend distributions made proportionate to net profit averaging (70.7%) and dividend distributions proportional to capital averaging (10%) during the past five years.
| Fiscal Year | Net Profit (SAR'000) | Cash Dividends (SAR '000) | Bonus Share Distributions | Cash Dividends to Net Profit Ratio (%) | Distribution to Capital Ratio (%) |
| 2007 | 422,576 | 315,000 | --- | 74.5% | 10% |
| 2008 | 749,968 | 472,500 | --- | 63% | 15% |
| 2009 |
369,300 |
315,000 |
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85.3% |
10% |
| 2010 | 414,878 | 315,000 | --- | 76% | 10% |
| 2011 | 287,768 | 157,500 | --- | 54.7% | 5% |
| Total | 2,244,490 | 1,575,000 | --- | Annual Average 70.7% | Annual Average 10% |
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