Scomi Engineering Berhad (SCOMIEN) announced a special dividend on Thursday night 15^th July 2010.  This special interim dividend amounts to 29.5 sen per share, representing a dividend yield of 25.6% based on 15^th July closing price of RM1.15 for SCOMIEN.

The ex-date for the special interim dividend has been fixed on 28^th July and the entitlement date on 30^th July.  This normally would not have been any issue as shareholders are naturally very happy to have the ex-date fixed so soon after the announcement date.

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