FPT spend VND 691 billion on paying dividend

FPT Corporation has just announced the release of dividend-paying stocks. Accordingly, FPT issued 51.8 million dividend-paying shares with a yield of 15%. Some undistributed after-tax profit was spent on the payment. After release, the number of outstanding shares increased from 345.6 million to 397.4 million, equivalent to the charter capital of 3,974 billion VND (treasury shares of FPT are 82, 376 units).

The stock dividend payment for 2014 was approved by FOT's BOD on April 27.

For 2014, besides 15% stock dividend, FPT shareholders also received a cash dividend yield of 20%, equivalent to VND 691 billion. The cash dividend payment was made on June 12.

With VND 14,800 billion in revenue for the first quarter, FPT came in second place among Top 20 listed companied by profit.

The Corp gained an impressive result in the first quarter with VND 14,840.50 billion in revenue, an increase of 35% compared to the same period of 2014. This result was mainly driven by Technology and Distribution – Retail sectors. Technology sector earned VND 1,468 billion in revenue, up 37%; Distribution and Retail sector reached VND 6,720 billion in revenue, an increase of 35%. Global integration - one of the important directions to promote the growth in the future - continuously obtained a positive result with VND 954 billion in revenue (approximately USD 45 million), a growth of 45%.