A dividend per share of euro 0.18 for 2007 has been approved be the Annual Shareholders Meeting of Autohellas SA, that took place on the 29th of May 2008. Shareholders who are on record at the end of the trading day on the 3rd of June 2008 are entitled to the dividend. Ex dividend date is the 4th of June 2008 and payment will be made on Thursday 12th of June 2008 through the National Bank of Greece.
As far as the economic results are concerned, Autohellas reported an increase in consolidated turnover, reaching euro 127 mill from euro 116.9 mill in 2006, an increase of 8.6%, while earnings before tax, financial, investment activities and depreciation were euro 75.1mill from euro 69.1mill, an increase of 8.6% as well.
Consolidated earnings after tax and minority rights for 2007 were euro 15.5 mill, reporting a decrease of euro 2.5mill, but if we exclude from the previous year the one-off event of the sale of our participation in the company MULTIFIN, which resulted in a surplus value reported in the P&L statement of euro 4 mill, then EAT and minority rights are increased by 11%.