Shareholders of the Dubai Financial Market Company (PJSC) approved the Balance Sheet for the financial year ended on 31 December 2022, during the Company’s Annual General Meeting held today, Tuesday 21 March 2023, and headed by Helal Al Marri, Chairman of the Company. The shareholders also ratified the Board of Director’s report on the Company’s performance and its financial position for the fiscal year ended on 31 December 2022, the external auditor’s report as well as the Fatwa and Sharia’a Supervisory Board’s report.

During the AGM, the shareholders ratified the Board of Directors’ recommendation pertaining to the distribution of a cash dividend of AED134.7 million, equivalent to 1.68% of the capital. The shareholders also approved the Board’s recommendation to adopt a new fixed dividend policy for the Company, stipulating that the Company annually distributes a minimum of 50% of its distributable net profit as opposed to the current practice of cash dividend every two years.

Moreover, the shareholders elected the new Board of Directors for a 3-year term including Helal Saeed Almarri, Wesam Alabbas Lootah, Abdulqader Obaid Ali, Abdulwahid Abdulrahim Alulama, Mohamed Humaid Almarri, Saeed Rashed Al Yateem, Yuvraj Narayan, Moaza Saeed Almarri and Huda Sabil Abdulla.

The Company shareholders appointed Deloitte and Touch Middle East as the external auditors for the fiscal year 2023 and determined their fees in addition to discharging

members of the Board of Directors and the External Auditors from their liabilities for the fiscal year ended on 31 December 2022.

Moreover, the shareholders approved Special Resolutions including the ratification of related parties’ transactions during the year 2022 and approved to execute transactions with related parties provided that those transactions do not exceed 30% of the Company's capital for the year 2023 and are presented for approval during the next AGM.

The shareholders approved the appointment of the Fatwa and Sharia’a Supervisory Board members for the year 2023. The Zakat of shares for the year 2022 has been calculated according to the Net Assets Method at AED 9.13 per 1000 shares. The Sharia’a Board urged shareholders, who purchased the shares for holding purposes, to distribute this Zakat as per their shareholdings, while investors who acquired the shares with the purpose of trading, their Zakat is calculated by multiplying shares market value by the percentage of Zakat for the solar year, which is 2.5775%. The Sharia’a Board also calculated the Non Sharia’a-compliant income from the Company’s operations as well as its subsidiaries during the year 2022 at AED 3.1 per 1000 shares.

The Dubai Financial Market Company (PJSC) registered an increase of 41.7% in net profit for the fiscal year ending on 31 December 2022, to AED 147.1 million compared to AED 103.8 million in 2021. total revenue increased 19% to AED 351.2 million compared to previous year’s AED 294.6 million.