[ET Net News Agency, 27 March 2018] China Communications Services (00552) said its
profit attributable to equity shareholders for the year ended 31 December 2017 rose 7%
year-on-year to Rmb2,714.
Basic earnings per share were Rmb39.2 cents.
Revenues amounted to Rmb94,572 million, an increase of 6.9% from a year earlier.
The Group's overall gross profit margin for the year was 12.9%, representing a
year-onyear decrease of 0.3 percentage point. The decline rate obviously moderated as
compared with the same period of last year.
The proposed final and special dividend are Rmb11.76 cents (2016: Rmb10.98 cents) and
Rmb2.35 cents (2016: Rmb2.2 cents) per share, payable on or about 17 August. (HL)