The amount has been reached after itissued additional shares to give new stock dividends to shareholders.The enterprise issued 51.8 million shares to pay dividends toshareholders at a rate of 15 percent. The capital for paying dividendswas taken from its retained earnings. After the issuance, the totalnumber of its shares increased to 397.5 million, equivalent to thecharter capital of 3,975 billion VND.
Last year, FPT shareholdersreceived cash dividends at 20 percent, equivalent to 691 billion VND(31.4 million USD). The dividends were paid on June 12.
At theend of April, the firm issued more than 1.7 million employee stockownership plan shares to its workers who made notable contributions in2014.
This year, the corporation targets to increase its revenueby 13 percent. In the first five months of the year, FPT gained nearly16 trillion VND (727.27 million USD) in consolidated revenue, a 30percent increase over the same period last year. Its profit before taxreached more than 1,100 billion VND (50 million USD), marking a 12percent year-on-year increase, while its earnings per share got 2,128VND (0.096 USD), posting a year-on-year increase of 19 percent.
Theresults were mainly contributed by the Technology Division and theDistribution and Retail Division. The Technology Division raked in 2,778billion VND (126.27 million USD) in revenue, registering a 38 percentyear-on-year increase. Of this, the revenue from international marketswas 1,442 billion VND (65.54 million USD), accounting for 52 percent.
TheDistribution and Retail Division recorded more than 10,800 billion VND(490.9 million USD) in revenue, marking a 34 percent year-on-yearincrease. The retail segment saw a 66 percent increase in accumulatedrevenue in comparison with the same period last year.
FPT'sglobal revenue reached nearly 1,700 billion VND (77.27 million USD) inthe first five months of 2015, posting a 54 percent year-on-yearincrease.-VNA