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SEG Announced 2024 Annual Results Total Value of New Contracts Exceeded RMB 100 Billion With Record Dividend Payouts

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HONG KONG, HK / ACCESS Newswire / March 16, 2025 / SINOPEC Engineering (Group) Co., Ltd. ("SEG" or the "Company", together with its subsidiaries collectively known as the "Group") (stock code: 2386) today announced its annual results for the twelve months ended 31 December 2024 (the "Reporting Period").

Over the past year, in the face of rapidly evolving industrial transformation, the complex and severe external situation and the fiercely competitive market environment, the Board and the management of the Company actively promoted market development, spared no effort in optimizing production and operation and accelerated the forging of new quality productive forces. We presented new vitality because of the high-quality development, delivering a satisfactory report to our shareholders: the Company achieved an annual operating revenue of RMB64.198 billion, a year-on-year increase of 13.9%; a net profit of RMB2.474 billion, a year-on-year increase of 5.5%; and a newly signed contract value of RMB100.613 billion, a year-on-year increase of 25.4%, the Company accomplished various production and operation tasks and QHSE targets. With an overall consideration of the profitability of the Company and the needs for sustainable development in the future, the Board proposed a final dividend of RMB0.208 per share, taking into account of the interim dividend already distributed, the total dividend for the full year was RMB0.358 per share with a dividend payout ratio of 65%, reaching a new high in the total annual dividend amount since the Company's listing.

The Group kept enhancing our value creation capability through engineering services, technological innovation, capital operations to seize the positions as a "Leader in the Engineering Industry" and a "Top Performer in the Capital Market".

Firstly, we aligned our efforts for high quality development and value creation of the Company. We paid great attention to the capital market's expectations for the Company's development and the concern for value enhancement. Through more transparent information disclosure and more proactive capital market communication, the high-quality development achievements have become more prominent. The Company attaches great importance to shareholder returns. The Company has maintained a dividend yield of 65% for four years in a row, achieved continuous growth in the amount of dividends paid out. The Company has actively safeguarded its value by conducting share repurchases for two consecutive years. The Company is committed to building itself into an enterprise with leading ESG performance. The MSCI ESG rating has been upgraded to BB level, making it the highest and the only company in the Chinese engineering industry to receive this rating.The recognition from the capital market continues increasing, and the goal of returning to "Southbound Trading" was successfully achieved. Secondly, we built its overall market competitiveness through comprehensive service capabilities. The Company made another historical breakthrough in market development. The total number of new orders maintained double-digit growth for three consecutive years and reached RMB100.613 billion, which signified our business successfully entering into the RMB100 billion club. New orders signed overseas made new highs in new markets, new varieties and new fields, and recorded USD5.349 billion, representing a significant year-on-year increase of 79.6%. The portfolio of our orders was further optimized. New orders signed in design consulting category exceeded RMB4.8 billion, representing a year-on-year increase of 16.1%. New orders signed in EPC category accounted for more than 70% of the total, laying a solid foundation for the Company to enhance its source competitiveness. Thirdly, we strengthened lean management to improve operational efficiency in all fronts. We strictly performed contracts and put greater emphasis on multi-objective comprehensive management and control of project quality, safety, progress and efficiency. The revenue scale from EPC and front-end business grew steadily and their weighting on out turnover continued to increase and stabilized overall project profitability amid the fierce market competition. Because of high standards, high quality and high efficiency of the construction and provision of a number of industry benchmark projects, we earned acclamation from the industry, including 9 provincial and ministerial quality awards, 9 provincial and ministerial design awards, and 9 first prizes of National Excellent Welding Projects. Fourthly, we continued promoting technological innovation to create high-quality technological supply. The amount of contracts related to technology development, technology licensing and technology transformation throughout the year reached RMB1.1 billion, representing a year-on-year growth of over 30%. Our ability to create profits in scientific research significantly improved. Relying on the gradual improvement of the technology matrix and synergetic efforts, we achieved major breakthroughs in exporting patented technologies such as polyolefins and aromatics, and entered the innovation and competition arena of core technologies in the global energy and chemical industry chain.