But they have still managed to pay £1.7billion in dividends from 2011 to 2019
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“Hong Kong's richest family extracted £130million in dividends last year from one of Britain's biggest water companies.
Details of the payments at Northumbrian Water Limited can be revealed just days before regulator Ofwat announces a crucial decision on the company's strategic plans, including dividends.
Northumbrian Water Limited has now paid out a total of £1.7billion in dividends to its owners, the Hong Kong billionaire Sir Li Ka-shing and his family, since they bought the business for £2.4billion in 2011.”