Tunisia: UIB announces profit of 85 million dinars and proposes dividend of 0.850 dinars
The Union Internationale de Banques (UIB) announced on Thursday that its Board of Directors, meeting on March 3, 2025, approved the individual and consolidated financial statements of the Bank for the financial year 2024.
The individual financial statements show a positive equity of 1 billion dinars, including the profit for the year of 85.7 million dinars, against 126.6 million dinars in 2023, a decrease of about 32%.
The Board of Directors will therefore propose to the Annual General Meeting to be held on Wednesday April 30, 2025 the distribution of a total dividend of 29.3 million dinars, corresponding to a dividend of 0.850 dinars per share or investment certificate, the same as last year.
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