Turkish president says the move is also aimed at increasing the amount of humanitarian aid entering Gaza
The Gulf’s largest dairy firm made SR379.5 million ($101.2 million) in the three months ending June 30, compared with SR349.3 million in the same period a year earlier, it said.
Almarai said the rise in second-quarter net profit was due to increased sales in all sectors as well as fully consolidating International Dairy & Juice, in which Almarai now holds a majority stake. “Sales have increased by SR164.6 million as a result of this first time consolidation,” it said.
Operational profit for the second quarter increased by seven per cent to SR434.6 million compared with SR405.8 million in the same period a year earlier.
Almarai raised SR1 billion through its first sukuk, or Islamic bond, in March, which it said was 4.7 times oversubscribed.
In May the dairy firm’s board approved a SR15.7 billiob, five-year investment plan, that will draw on finance from bank loans and Islamic bonds.
The money will replace the company’s existing investments base and fund expansion between 2013 to 1017 of its operations in farming, manufacturing, distributio nand logistics, it said.
Turkish president says the move is also aimed at increasing the amount of humanitarian aid entering Gaza
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