Boustead Projects

BOUSTEAD Projects has reported record earnings for the second half of financial year 2021, following the divestment of interests in 14 properties to an industrial fund.

The property firm intends to reward shareholders with a special dividend of 14.5 Singapore cents in addition to a final dividend of 0.9 cent, Boustead Projects' regulatory statement to the Singapore Exchange on Tuesday showed.

Boustead Projects generated S$133.9 million in net profit for the second half of the financial year ended March, more than 10 times the S$12.6 million it chalked up in the corresponding period a year ago.

The property group was able to unlock value when it divested interests in 14 leasehold properties out of its portfolio of 25 to the Boustead Industrial Fund that it launched.

Excluding the one-off, it would, however, have made a loss of S$0.9 million for H2 FY2021, mainly attributable to lower profit from the engineering & construction segment.

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