JAKARTA - PT Martina Berto Tbk (MBTO) will distribute interim dividend of fiscal year 2023 of IDR 38.96 billion. Its revenue managed to increase in the first half of 2023, but still suffered a loss. 

Bryan David Emil, President Director of MBTO, said that the interim dividend distribution will not take up company's asset. "It will not lead to the company's failure to pay obligations to creditors, nor disrupting the company's business activities," he said in the information disclosure quoted Tuesday (24/10). 

As of H1 2023, MBTO suffered current year's loss of IDR 3.89 billion, way smaller than minus IDR 18.30 billion seen in the same period in 2022. Its sales managed to improve to IDR 212.19 billion from IDR 133.49 billion, while the gross loss worsened from IDR 75.46 billion to IDR 80.32 billion. 

In June 2023, MBTO's equity was recorded at IDR 400 billion, coming near to total equity seen in December 2022 worth IDR 404.79 billion.

As of September 2023, its shares were at 1.07 billion units, recording shareholder structure consisting of Bryan David Emil of 0.04%, PT Marthana Megahayu Inti (MMI) of 66.82%, the public of 32.2%, PT Marthana Megahayu (MM) of 0.45%, PT Bringin Wulanki of 0.48%, and Kilala Tilaar of 0.01%. (LK/ZH)