Karachi, Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited informed Pakistan Stock Exchange about the recommendations made by the board of directors in the meeting held at Karachi on September 23, 2021.

The agenda of the meeting was discussion of profit and loss account for Year ended June 30, 2021 which portrayed a profit of Rs. 696.376 with earnings per share 0.87 basic and diluted respectively.

Further, 2% payment of cash dividend, bonus shares and right shares was agreed.

Furthermore, the share transfer books of the company will remain closed from October 22, 2021 to October 28, 2021 (both days inclusive).

The Exchange was incorporated in 1949 as a company Limited by Guarantee. As a result of demutualization, the Exchange stood corporatized and demutualized as a public company limited by shares under the name of ‘Karachi Stock Exchange Limited’, with effect from August 27, 2012. Subsequently, the three stock exchanges namely Karachi Stock Exchange, Lahore Stock Exchange & Islamabad Stock Exchange were integrated into Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited (PSX) on January 11, 2016.

PSX provides a reliable, orderly, liquid and efficient digitized market place where investors can buy and sell listed companies’ common stocks and other securities. For over 60 years, the Exchange has facilitated capital formation, serving a wide spectrum of participants, including individual and institutional investors, the trading community and listed companies.