Earnings release
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Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited and The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited take no responsibility for the contents of this announcement , make no representation as to its accuracy or completeness and expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any loss howsoever arising from or in reliance upon the whole or any part of the contents of this announcement . 北 控 水務集團 有限公司 BEIJING ENTERPRISES WATER GROUP LIMITED ( Incorporated in Bermuda with limited liability ) ( Stock Code : 371 ) INTERIM RESULTS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2021 HIGHLIGHTS Profit attributable to shareholders of the Company increased by 7 % to HK $ 2,420.8 million for the six months ended 30 June 2021 as compared to HK $ 2,268.4 million for the last period . EBITDA amounted to HK $ 5,464.7 million , representing an increase of 7 % as compared with that of HK $ 5,087.4 million in the last period . Basic and diluted earnings per share for the period were HK24.01 cents and HK23.83 cents respectively . Interim cash dividend of HK9.0 cents per share is declared for the six months ended 30 June 2021 , the dividend payout ratio is 37 % . Total daily design capacity for new projects secured for the period was 2,055,200 tons . Due to different reasons such as expiration of projects , the Group exited projects with aggregate daily design capacity of 748,605 tons during the period . As such , the net increase in total daily design capacity of the period was 1,306,595 tons . As at 30 June 2021 , total daily design capacity was 43,431,331 tons ( 31 December 2020 : 42,124,736 tons ) . 1