5 Singapore Companies Paying Dividends in December

Distribution per unit (DPU) for FY2022 slipped 0.8% year on year to S$0.0762.
For its fiscal 2022’s second half (2H2022), DPU fell by 2.8% year on year to S$0.0377.
The 2H2022 distribution will be paid on 15 December 2022.

Mapletree Industrial Trust
Both revenue and NPI increased by 12.8% and 8.3% year on year, respectively, to S$175.5 million and S$130.3 million.
However, DPU dipped slightly by 3.2% year on year to S$0.0336.
The DPU will be paid out on 12 December, and MIT has applied the distribution reinvestment plan for this quarter’s distribution.

The airline’s 1H2023 numbers came in very strong as it reported a record-high operating profit of S$1.2 billion.
SIA also resumed its dividend payments, declaring an interim dividend of S$0.10 to be paid out on 22 December.
For context, its latest interim dividend was even higher than the S$0.08 that was paid out in November 2019 before the pandemic hit.

Singtel
Because of the divestment, Singtel declared a special dividend of S$0.05 to be paid out equally in two tranches – during its interim results and then again when it reports its FY2022 earnings in May next year.
The telco also announced an interim dividend of S$0.046.
Both dividends will be paid out on 9 December.