Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway to pay 2025 semi-annual dividend

Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway Co., Ltd. has announced its 2025 semi-annual equity distribution, approved by shareholders on September 15, 2025. The company will distribute a cash dividend of 0.0385 yuan per share (including tax) to A-share holders. The total cash dividend amounts to 1,883,638,655.74 yuan, based on 48,925,679,370 shares prior to the distribution.

The equity registration date is October 24, 2025, with the ex-dividend date and cash dividend payment date both set for October 27, 2025. For unrestricted circulating shares, dividends will be distributed via the China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited, Shanghai Branch.

The announcement details varying tax treatments for different investor types. For individual shareholders holding shares for one year or less, a provisional withholding tax is applied. Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII) will see a 10% withholding tax, resulting in a net cash dividend of 0.03465 yuan per share. Hong Kong Stock Connect investors will also be subject to a 10% withholding tax, receiving 0.03465 yuan per share. Other institutional and corporate shareholders are responsible for their own tax payments.