The shareholders' meeting of Reply SpA (listed in the Star segment and belonging to the Mid Cap index of Borsa Italiana) approved the financial statements for 2013, confirming the distribution of a gross dividend of €0,70 per share. The dividend will be paid starting from 25 April 2014, with the ex-dividend date set for 22 April 2014.
The Reply Group closed the 2013 financial year with a consolidated turnover of 560,2 million euro, up by 13,2% compared to the 494,8 million euro of the 2012 financial year. The Ebitda amounted to 72,6 million euros (62,4 million euros in 2012) while Ebit stood at 64,2 million euros (52,2 million euros in 2012). The group net result was 34,5 million euro (27,1 million euro in 2012).
The shareholders' meeting authorized a new program for the purchase of treasury shares, revoking the one currently underway approved on 23 April 2013: the primary objective of this program is the purchase of shares to service share incentive plans, transactions aimed at 'acquisition of shareholdings, extraordinary finance operations and conclusion of agreements with strategic partners.
The plan has a duration of 18 months from the date of the resolution, for a maximum of 1.869.564 ordinary shares (equal to 19,9892% of the current share capital) with a par value of €0,52 each for a maximum par value of € 972.173,28, within the limit of a maximum financial commitment of 50.000.000 euros. The purchase price cannot be higher than the official price of the trades registered on the MTA market the day before the purchase increased by 15%.
“Reply – said Mario Rizzante, president of Reply – is today, in terms of skills, size and solidity, a consultancy and technological reference in the new scenario defined by the convergence between the physical and digital worlds. Our goal is to continue investing in those components that will increasingly enable the transformation of business models by companies in every industrial sector: Big Data, Cloud Computing, Digital Services, Mobile, Social Media and the Internet of Things ”.
