Kota Kinabalu: Saham Amanah Sabah (SAS) for the 10½ months period ended 16th October 2026 has achieved a gross income of RM80.797m.
The income is derived from (i) SAS’s Investment in the stock market – 83.87pc; (ii) Dividend income – 15.42pc; (iii) Money market – 0.71pc;After deducting manager’s expenses, provision for taxation and the 1st income distribution of RM35.682m, the distributable income amounted to RM37.813m.
With this positive achievement, SAS declared the 2nd and Final Income Distribution of 1.50pc or 1.50 sen net per unit for 2026.
This 2nd and Final Income Distribution for 2026 at 1.50 sen per unit will involve a net total payment of RM21.701 m. The income distribution is based on 1,446,753,000 units as of 16th October 2026, being the last day of entitlement.
With the declaration of the 2nd and Final Income Distribution of 1.50 sen per unit and the 1st Interim Income Distribution of 2.50 sen per unit declared on 27th March 2026, SAS has paid to date, a total of 4.00 sen per unit for the year 2026 which is an income return of 13.38pc for the year based on the Net Asset Value (NAV) per unit of RM0.2989 as at 1st January 2026.
The income distribution will be paid to 44,414 investors comprising of 44,334 (99.82pc) individual investors, 39 (0.09pc) investors with bank loans and 41 (0.09pc) corporate investors.
Since its inception thirty-two (32) years ago, inclusive of this 2nd and Final Income distribution for 2026, SAS has declared 31 distributions involving a total payment of RM895,887,333.30 or 109.30 sen a unit (net) or 109.30pc including a distribution in the form of units reinvested at the rate of 0.40 sen per unit (0.40pc)Going forward, Saham Sabah Berhad as the Manager of the SAS Fund Scheme, will continue to generate reasonable returns consistent with its investment objective.
To facilitate the payment of the income distribution, all transactions of SAS will be suspended from 19th October to 23rd October 2026. Trading will resume on Monday, 26th October 2026.
Potential and existing investors especially the State Government Agencies who have the means to diversify their investment are invited to come forward and invest or increase their investment in SAS as the Fund still has units available for sale.
