Annual Report 2023

228 2023 Annual Report Transport International Holdings Limited NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Expressed in Hong Kong dollars unless otherwise indicated) 10 Earnings per share (a) Basic earnings per share The calculation of basic earnings per share is based on the profit attributable to ordinary equity shareholders of the Company of $401,663,000 (2022 (restated): $549,047,000) and the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the year, calculated as follows: Weighted average number of ordinary shares 2023 2022 Issued ordinary shares at 1 January 474,940,075 465,469,414 Effect of shares issued in respect of scrip dividend 7,595,665 4,800,198 Weighted average number of ordinary shares at 31 December 482,535,740 470,269,612 (b) Diluted earnings per share There were no dilutive potential ordinary shares during the years presented and diluted earnings per share are the same as basic earnings per share. 11 Dividends (a) Dividends paid/payable to equity shareholders of the Company attributable to the year 2023 2022 Per share Total Per share Total $ $’000 $ $’000 Interim dividend declared and paid 0.30 146,074 – – Final dividend proposed after the end of the reporting period 0.50 247,172 0.50 237,470 0.80 393,246 0.50 237,470 The final dividend proposed after the end of the reporting period has not been recognised as a liability at the end of the reporting period. The interim dividend with a scrip dividend alternative in respect of the six months ended 30 June 2023 was paid on 18 October 2023, of which $74,360,000 was settled by the issuance of 7,428,592 shares at an issue price of $10.01 per share under the scrip dividend scheme.