Dividend payment, page-12

I too miss autosime ...


From annual report …

NOTE 25. RETAINED PROFITS

	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
1		2016​	2015​
2		$'000​	$'000​
3	Retained profits (loss)
4	Movements in retained profits were as follows:
5	Balance at the beginning of the year	(85,976)​	203,413​
6	Profit (loss) for the year	92,903​	(277,814)​
7	Dividends paid	(5,787)​	(11,575)​
8	Balance at the end of the year	1,140 ​	(85,976)​

I think this is in a roundabout way telling me that they have historically distributed everything and anything distributable … is it not? Possibly in previous years they were a little overzealous … maybe??