Amidst the challenging financial and economic environment of 2009, ST Engineering delivered 4% growth in its turnover to $5.55b and PBT increased slightly to $546.6m. PATMI was lower by 6% at $443.9m with ROE at 28.3%. The Group continued to win orders in 2009 and ended the year with a healthy order book of $10.3b. The Board is proposing to pay shareholders a total of 13.28 cents per share as dividends for FY2009.