Good News From Unilever Indonesia, They Will Distribute Interim Dividend Of IDR 2.51 Trillion, Check Out The Schedule!

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JAKARTA - There is good news from a consumer issuer, PT Unilever Indonesia Tbk (UNVR). They will distribute interim dividends in the 2021 financial year of IDR 66 per share for a total of IDR 2.51 trillion.

The interim dividend will be distributed based on net profit as of June 30, 2021, to holders of 38.15 billion shares. This was written by Unilever management in a statement published in one of the national print media, quoted on Tuesday, November 23.

The interim dividend payment will be carried out on December 16, 2021. Shareholders who are entitled to receive the interim dividend are registered shareholders until December 1, 2021, at 16.00 p.m.

The schedule for implementing the interim dividend is cum trading dividend on the regular market and negotiating market on November 29, 2021. Followed by ex-dividend trading on the regular market and negotiating market on November 30, 2021.

Next, the schedule for cum dividend trading on the cash market is on December 1, 2021, followed by ex-dividend trading on the cash market on December 2, 2021. The deadline for inclusion in the shareholder register or recording date is December 1, 2021.

Finally, the implementation of the interim dividend payment on December 16, 2021.

President Director of Unilever Indonesia Ira Noviarti said that the third quarter of 2021 is still challenging due to the second wave of COVID-19 cases resulting in the implementation of Community Activity Restrictions (PPKM) in various regions in Indonesia.

In addition to the challenges from the pandemic side, Ira also said that the continuous increase in commodity prices also affected the company's production costs.

"These various challenges affect consumers in choosing consumption patterns in various categories, and affect the company's growth rate," said Ira in an official statement, some time ago.

On the other hand, the increase in product costs caused by the increase in commodity prices, said Ira, cannot be directly accompanied by an increase in the selling price of Unilever products, considering the low purchasing power of the people during the pandemic.

Based on financial reports as of September 30, 2021, Unilever posted revenues of IDR 30.02 trillion, down 7.47 percent compared to the same period last year of IDR 32.45 trillion.

Judging from the contributors, food and beverage sales increased 6.20 percent year-on-year (YoY) to IDR 9.48 trillion from the previous IDR 8.93 trillion. However, sales of household needs and body care still contracted 12.94 percent YoY to IDR 19.23 trillion from the previous IDR 22.09 trillion.

Unilever's profit was recorded at IDR 4.37 trillion at the end of the third quarter of 2021, down 19.48 percent compared to the achievement of IDR 5.43 trillion in the third quarter of 2020.