The company's General Shareholders' Meeting approved the accounts for the fiscal year 2018.
The company closed the 2018 financial year with a turnover of 69.3 million euros, an increase of 7% compared to the previous year's results.
Altia's net profit in 2018 was 6.8 million euros, 10.2% higher than the same period last year. On the other hand, the Company's EBITDA amounted to 9.9 million euros, 11% higher than forecasts.
Distribution of more than two million euros in dividends
The General Shareholders' Meeting, held yesterday in A Coruña, resolved to distribute a total dividend of € 2,063,455.50 which, divided among the 6,878,185 shares, represents € 0.30 gross per share, 60% of the dividend foreseen for 2018 in the Business Plan. Of this amount, €1,238,073.30 (€0.18 per share) was paid on 11 December 2018 as an interim dividend and the remaining €825,382.20 (€0.12 per share) will be paid as a final dividend on 7 June 2019.
"The economic results achieved confirm once more that our project is solid and sustainable. These are above-average figures in the sector that allow us to think about achieving more ambitious goals and to perform adequately in a increasingly competitive and demanding environment", said Tino Fernández, President of Altia, before the shareholders. "After 25 years, we're still as excited as we were in '94. Our stimulus and driving force is to be able to accompany our customers, and even to integrate with them in the application of technology, with a view to the success of their business models and their presence in the market," concluded the head of the company.
