TNB Rewards Shareholders with RM1.5 Billion Dividends

Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) has just released its financial performance results for the first half of the financial year ended June 30th 2025 (1H 2025), reaffirming its ongoing role in nation building and community support, while delivering sustainable returns to shareholders.

TNB is keeping the lights on, literally

Reliability remains a cornerstone of TNB’s strategy. After all, electricity supply isn’t just about numbers on a balance sheet—it’s what keeps homes comfortable, businesses running, and industries growing.

To ensure that Malaysians continue to enjoy stable and secure electricity, TNB invested RM5.2 billion into reliability-related projects to meet rising demand, strengthen supply security, and support energy transition.

On May 28th 2025, TNB recorded a new maximum demand of 21,049MW, which underscores the importance of these investments. And the results are showing.

Customers experienced shorter outages, with the System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) improving to 23.56 minutes per customer in 1H 2025, down from 23.92 minutes last year.

RM1.5 Billion in dividends are surging back to the Rakyat

TNB recorded RM2.2 billion in earnings for 1H 2025; helped by robust demand, operational efficiency, and prudent financial management. This is also contributed by a foreign exchange translation gain of RM350.6 million – mainly from the ringgit’s appreciation (RM4.47/USD in Dec 2024 to RM4.21/USD in June 2025).

This strong performance enabled the Board to declare an interim dividend of 25 sen per share. This is estimated to add up to RM1.5 billion in payouts. Almost 60% of this goes to government-linked investment funds like Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP), Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), Khazanah Nasional Berhad (Khazanah) and Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP). This reflects TNB’s long-standing commitment to return value to shareholders and, by extension, the rakyat, as these funds channel benefits to millions of Malaysians through pensions and savings.

As TNB President/CEO Datuk Megat Jalaluddin Megat Hassan puts it:

“Our dividend commitment is to continue to reward our shareholders. Subsequently, this directly goes back to the people and nation building. This reflects TNB’s ethos of delivering value while giving back to the nation we serve.”

-Datuk Megat Jalaluddin Megat Hassan, TNB President/CEO

TNB… Building up people and communities

Beyond financial returns, TNB continues to give back through targeted initiatives that support everyday Malaysians and build stronger communities, while equipping the nation for a more sustainable and digital future.

Towards this goal, Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) will introduce new Bachelor’s and Master’s level Artificial Intelligence (AI) courses starting this September. These programmes are designed to meet growing job market demand and keep pace with global technological trends. By equipping students with advanced skills, UNITEN is preparing graduates for high value careers in energy and beyond, while contributing to Malaysia’s broader transition towards a digital and sustainable economy.

TNB also strengthened its social impact through zakat assistance, with RM5.4 million channelled to over 21,500 asnaf beneficiaries. The aid encompassed housing projects under Projek Baiti Jannati, home repairs and rewiring, assistance for the poor and needy, and support for Fisabilillah causes such as mosque and surau enhancements, aid to tahfiz institutions and other welfare initiatives.

Other community-driven initiatives during 1H 2025 amounted to RM99.7 million. Within this, total contributions include:

• Education Support: With assistance amounting RM64.3 million provided through UNITEN and Yayasan Tenaga Nasional (YTN), 1,515 students across the country were able to continue their education, creating opportunities for future talent and contributing to Malaysia’s long-term human capital development.
• Educational Welfare: RM3 million was distributed to 276 needy students and 50 schools under Program Sekolah Angkat TNB.
• Community Outreach Contributions: RM2.5 million was channelled to 93,000 recipients in the form of food aid, community events and religious programmes.
• Healthcare Initiatives: About RM335,000 was committed to programmes benefitting around 2,710 individuals. These included providing equipment to Hospital Rehabilitasi Cheras and Hospital Pakar USM, patient support at Hospital Sultan Zainal Abidin and initiatives by Pertubuhan Prihatin dan Sokongan Kanser Wanita and World Cancer Day 2025
• Disaster Relief: RM541,250 was deployed to assist 3,156 individuals affected by floods and storms across several states and Palestinians refugees.
• Sports Development: To foster national sporting excellence, more than RM4.8 million has been directed towards hockey development. Contributions to the Malaysian Hockey Confederation, training clinics and equipment provision have impacted almost 15,750 athletes and enthusiasts.
• Pulau Tenaga Hijau (PTH): A total investment of RM360,513 was channelled into the installation of solar rooftops at SK Pulau Redang and Masjid Kg Baru Pulau Redang, S.A. 2025/08/28_16 (HQ) Page 3 of 3 directly benefiting 723 individuals.This initiative supports cleaner energy use in schools and places of worship, while promoting sustainability awareness within the island community.
• Bringing Solar to the Community: A total of RM2.17 million for implementing rooftop solar and solar-powered street lighting projects across high-impact community sites, including Anjung Kasih hospitals, worship houses, island villages, rural schools and education hubs

TNB: World’s #2 and ASEAN’s #1 utility brand

All this ties back to TNB’s long-term Reimagining TNB 2.0 strategy – strengthening grid reliability, clean energy transition, maintaining financial discipline, community-focused initiatives and sustainable energy ecosystem.

And this commitment hasn’t gone unnoticed. In July 2025, Brand Finance ranked TNB as the world’s second strongest utility brand and ASEAN’s top utility brand, with brand value rising 35% to USD2.3 billion and a AAA strength rating.

So you might say that, with TNB in charge, we can continue moving towards a brighter future ahead.