Increased dividend In view of the encouraging development of business, the Executive Board will recommend that the Supervisory Board proposes an increase in the dividend for 2013 of 33 percent to EUR 0.20 (prev. year: 0.15 Euro) per share at the Annual General Meeting on 27 May 2014. This would correspond to a total dividend payout of EUR 5.27 million (prev. year: EUR 3.95 million). Additional key data In the fourth quarter of 2013, the GFT Group generated revenue of EUR 78.85 million (prev. year: EUR 56.08 million) and pre-tax earnings of EUR 6.31 million (prev. year: EUR 4.31 million). On 31 December 2013, the GFT Group had cash and cash equivalents of EUR 48.62 million (prev. year: EUR 40.42 million) and EUR 20.88 million after deduction of financial liabilities (prev. year: EUR 40.42 million). Outlook The GFT Group expects business to make further progress in 2014 and anticipates year-on-year revenue growth of 17 percent to EUR 310 million. The Executive Board expects pre-tax earnings (EBT) to improve to EUR 23 million with an increase in EBITDA to EUR 28 million.
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