Blue Bird GMS, Taxi Company Owned By Conglomerate Purnomo Prawiro Decides To Distribute Dividends Of IDR 150.12 Billion, There Are Also 3 New Commissioners

JAKARTA - The taxi company owned by Purnomo Prawiro conglomerate, PT Blue Bird Tbk (BIRD) held an Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) and resulted in the approval of dividend distribution of IDR 150.12 billion.

The President Commissioner of PT Blue Bird Tbk, Noni Sri Ayati said that the AGMS determined the distribution of cash dividends from a portion of the Company's retained earnings that had not yet been determined for the financial year ending December 31, 2021.

"Dividends of IDR 150,126,000,000 (6.72 percent of all retained earnings) which will be implemented on July 22, 2022. The rest will be recorded as retained earnings which have not yet been determined," said Noni in a statement quoted on Tuesday, June 28.

In addition to determining the distribution of dividends, the AGMS also discussed a number of agendas, namely approval of the company's annual report, including the report of the Board of Directors and the report on the supervisory duties of the Board of Commissioners for the 2021 financial year, the appointment of an independent public accountant to audit the consolidated financial statements of the company and its subsidiaries for the 2022 financial year.

In addition, approval of changes and reappointments of members of the Company's Board of Commissioners and determination of remuneration for members of the Board of Directors and Board of Commissioners of the Company for the fiscal year 2022. In the AGMS it was also approved to reappoint KAP Kosasih, Nurdiyaman, Mulyadi, Tjahjo & Partners, member of Crowe Global for audited the consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal year 2022.

On the same occasion, the AGMS also approved the reappointment of Gunawan Surjo Wibowo as Commissioner of the company, and Rinaldi Firmansyah as Independent Commissioner of the company and appointed 3 new members of the Board of Commissioners, namely Budi Setiyadi, Setyo Wasisto, and Alamanda Shantika, each as Independent Commissioner of the Company.

The AGMS of PT Blue Bird Tbk also determined the gross remuneration for all members of the company's Board of Commissioners for the fiscal year 2022, the same as the decision of the company's 2019 Annual GMS, which is a maximum total of IDR 5.65 billion.

In addition, the AGMS also agreed to authorize the company's Board of Commissioners to determine the amount of remuneration for all members of the company's Board of Directors for the fiscal year 2022 and determine its distribution among members of the company's Board of Directors.

President Director of PT Blue Bird Tbk Sigit Djokosoetono added, "Blue Bird is committed to continuously transforming according to customer needs in order to provide services that are safe, comfortable, and reliable.

"BIRD has demonstrated the success of its long-term growth strategy which includes organic growth, capturing opportunities for environmentally friendly mobility trends through rejuvenation and procurement of a fleet of compressed natural gas (CNG) and electric cars in major cities in Indonesia, expansion of services by collaborating with strategic partners, and improve the company's operational effectiveness," he explained.