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HAL Proposes 200% Final Dividend With August 14 Record Date
Hindustan Aeronautics, a big company that builds defence aircraft, wants to give its shareholders some extra money for owning its shares.
This extra money is called a dividend.
The company plans to give Rs 10 for every share, which is twice the value of each share.
To get this money, you must own the shares by August 14.
The owners of the company will vote on this plan at a big meeting on August 28.
The meeting will happen online over video.
If everyone agrees, the money will be sent within 30 days, probably in the second half of September.
The company has given dividends before too, like Rs 35 earlier this year and Rs 15 last year.
Its shares have gone up a little recently, and it will also share its latest financial results on August 12.
This is how the company says thank you to the people who invested in it.
Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL) has proposed a final dividend of Rs 10 per share for 2026, a 200% payout on the Rs 5 face value.
August 14, 2026 has been fixed as the record date to determine shareholder eligibility for the dividend.
Shareholders will vote on the proposal at HAL's 63rd Annual General Meeting on August 28, 2026, held online via video conferencing.
Payment is expected in the second half of September, within 30 days of shareholder approval at the AGM.
HAL's Q1 FY27 financial results are due on August 12, and the stock has gained 5% over five trading days and 8% over the past month.
- Who
- Hindustan Aeronautics (HAL), a Maharatna defence public sector company in the BSE 100 index, and its shareholders, who will vote on the proposal.
- What
- A proposed final dividend of Rs 10 per share (a 200% payout on the Rs 5 face value) with a record date of August 14, 2026.
- Where
- The 63rd Annual General Meeting will be conducted online through video conferencing.
- When
- Record date August 14, 2026; voting at the AGM on August 28, 2026; payment expected in the second half of September 2026.
- Why
- To reward shareholders through a regular dividend payout, with final approval decided by a shareholder vote at the AGM.
Key facts
- Dividend per share
- Rs 10
- Payout
- 200% of Rs 5 face value
- Record date
- August 14, 2026
- AGM date
- August 28, 2026 (63rd AGM via video conferencing)
- Expected payment
- Within 30 days of AGM approval, likely second half of September
- Interim dividend 2026
- Rs 35 per share (record date February 18)
- Q1 FY27 results
- Due August 12, 2026
- Market capitalisation
- Around Rs 3.27 lakh crore (P/E ratio 35.85)











