Yemen: 97% of Aramco's dividends do not reach the shareholders A Yemeni military source warned investors in Saudi Arabia to beware of the trap of investing in Aramco. This source emphasized in a conversation with the "Saba" news agency that Aramco is in the sights of the Yemeni army: high dividends, if they cover risks or cause illusory stability in the long term, could be a trap for investors. In stating that 97% of Aramco's dividend is not real, he clarified: this dividend belongs to the Saudi government and is not distributed to the shareholders.