BKI INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED
Group Profile BKI Investment Company Limited (“BKI” or “the Group”) is a Listed Investment Company on the Australian Stock Exchange. The Group invests in a diversified portfolio of Australian shares, trusts and interest bearing securities. BKI shares were listed on the Australian Stock Exchange Limited commencing 12 December 2003.
Corporate Objectives The Group aims to generate an increasing income stream for distribution to shareholders in the form of fully franked dividends to the extent of available imputation tax credits, through long-term investment in a portfolio of assets that are also able to deliver long term capital growth to shareholders.
Investment Strategy The Group is a research driven, long term manager focusing on well managed companies, with a profitable history and that offer attractive dividend yields. Stock selection is bottom up, focusing on the merits of individual companies rather than market and economic trends.
Dividend Policy Having respect to prudent business practices, and ensuring the business retains sufficient working capital to allow the achievement of the Group’s Corporate Objectives and Business Strategy, the Group will pay the maximum prudent amount of realised profits after tax for that year to shareholders as fully franked dividends to the extent permitted by the Corporations Act and the Income Tax Assessment Act. Ordinary dividends will be declared by the Board of Directors out of the Company’s Net Operating Result, after tax but before special investment revenue. In circumstances where the Group accumulates sufficient special investment revenue after ensuring the business retains sufficient working capital in accordance with its capital management objectives, the Board will consider declaring special fully franked dividends to the extent permitted by the Corporations Act and the Income Tax Assessment Act. In circumstances where the Group generates sufficient qualifying capital gains, LIC Gains will be distributed to shareholders to the extent permitted by the Corporations Act and the Income Tax Assessment.
Management The portfolio management and advisory function of BKI is performed by Contact Asset Management Pty Ltd (“Contact”). Contact is majority owned by Mr Tom Millner and Mr Will Culbert, the former CEO and Portfolio Manager respectively of BKI, with the remaining 20% owned by Washington H Soul Pattinson and Company Limited. The BKI Board of Directors and Investment Committee meet regularly to review the portfolio and set the investment strategy of BKI. The Group also engages Corporate & Administrative Services Pty Ltd to provide accounting and group secretarial services. These services are overseen by the BKI Company Secretary, Mr Jaime Pinto.
5 2019 Annual Report
