BSF Approves Cash Dividend Distribution of 5.7% for First Half 2026
Item: Explanation - Introduction: Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF) announces the decision of the Board of Directors to distribute cash dividends to shareholders for the first half of the year 2026. Board decision date: 1448-02-06 corresponding to 2026-07-20. Total distributed amount: 1,419.65 million riyals. Number of shares eligible for dividends: 2,490,615,730 shares. Dividend per share: 0.57 riyal after deducting zakat. Dividend ratio to nominal share value (%): 5.7. Entitlement date: 1448-02-09 corresponding to 2026-07-23. Distribution date: 1448-02-28 corresponding to 2026-08-11. Names of other official entities and details of their non-objection…
Banque Saudi Fransi (BSF) decided to distribute cash dividends to shareholders at 5.7% of capital (equivalent to 0.57 riyal per share) for the first half of 2026, as shown in the following table:
Cash Dividend Details
Current Capital
25,000 million riyals
Number of Shares*
2,500 million shares
Total Distributed Dividends
1,419.65 million riyals
Percentage of Capital
5.7% (equivalent to 0.57 riyal per share)
Dividend Entitlement
July 23, 2026, for shareholders registered in the bank's shareholder register at the Securities Depository Center (Edaa) by the end of the second trading day following the General Assembly meeting date.
Distribution Date
August 11, 2026
*Number of shares eligible for dividends: 2,490.62 million riyals
It also indicated that today, the Saudi Central Bank's non-objection was obtained regarding the Board's decision to distribute cash dividends to shareholders.
Historical Development of Cash Dividends (riyal/share) Company Procedures
Notes: Cash Distribution * Total Cash Distributions (million riyals) Distribution Date Entitlement Date Announcement Date 0.57 1,419.65 2026/08/11 2026/07/23 2026/07/20 0.52 1,294.70 2026/06/11 2026/05/19 2026/01/27 0.55 1,371.56 2025/08/13 2025/07/27 2025/07/21 0.50 1,245.67 2025/05/29 2025/05/14 2025/01/30 0.48 1,198.11 2024/08/26 2024/08/07 2024/08/05 0.48 1,197.74 2024/06/11 2024/05/22 2024/02/06 0.46 1,139.52 2023/08/20 2023/08/03 2023/07/26 0.43 1,079.63 2023/06/12 2023/05/24 2022/12/13 0.36 900.64 2022/08/04 2022/07/21 2022/06/30 0.41 1,019.96 2022/06/30 2022/06/12 2021/12/23 Historical cash distributions per share adjusted for capital changes and bonus shares, if any.
Historical Development of Cash Dividends
Aggregate Cash Distributions: Cash Distribution per Share (riyal) * Share Price at Beginning of Period (riyal) Return on Base Price: Last 3 fiscal years: 2.98 19.68 15.14%; Last 5 fiscal years: 4.49 15.24 29.46%; Last 10 fiscal years: 7.64 13.55 56.35%; Based on the beginning of the period (January 1 of the base year).
Development of Cash Dividends
Original source: Argaam
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