JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – PT Vale Indonesia Tbk (INCO) has today approved the declaration of a nominal interim dividend in respect of the year ended September 30, 2013 of total 0.00252 US Dollar per share, or equivalent to approximately US$25 million in aggregate.

Cum dividend in regular and negotiation markets is scheduled for November 29, 2013 while cum dividend in cash market at December 4, 2013.

The company booked net profit of US$47.28 million in first nine months of this year, jumped 68% from US$29.94 million in the same period of last year.

The dividend is payable on December 18, 2013 to shareholders of record as of December 4, 2013.

In addition to the final dividend in respect of 2012 paid in May 2013 of US$0.00252 per share,

this dividend payment will bring total dividend payments of approximately US$50 million to shareholders in 2013.

Revenue increased 4% to US$721.07 million from previous US$693.69 million. Cost of revenue reached US$605.24 million. Operating profit was US$77.3 million.