Salmat Ltd. reported consolidated earnings results for the half year ended December 31, 2012. For the half year, the company's revenue from continuing operations was AUD 243,407,000 against AUD 263,886,000 a year ago. Loss before income tax was AUD 582,000 against profit before income tax of AUD 8,641,000 a year ago. Loss from continuing operations was AUD 2,176,000 against profit from continuing operations of AUD 5,894,000 a year ago. Profit attributable to members of the company was AUD 41,450,000 or 25.85 cents per diluted earnings per share against AUD 13,509,000 or 8.45 cents per diluted earnings per share a year ago. Net cash provided by operating activities was AUD 4,485,000 against AUD 42,508,000 a year ago. Payments for plant and equipment were AUD 7,400,000 against AUD 10,351,000 a year ago. Underlying EBITA was AUD 15.0 million compared to AUD 16.4 million, underlying profit was AUD 9.5 million compared to AUD 6.5 million and sales revenue was AUD 241.5 million compared to AUD 263.8 million for the last year. The reduction in sale revenue was primarily due to reduced revenue from the direct sales business, which is involved in servicing the discretionary retail sector and the closure of an unprofitable contact centre contract.

Salmat Ltd., H1 2013 Earnings Call, Feb 26, 2013

The directors of Salmat Ltd. have recommended the payment of an interim ordinary dividend of $6.4 million or 4.0 cents per fully paid share and special dividend of $33.6 million or 21.0 cents per fully paid share to be paid on April 5, 2013 out of retained profits at December 31, 2012. The dividend is 100% franked at the corporate tax rate. A record date of March 18, 2013 has been set for the dividends due to be paid on April 05, 2013. The ex-dividend date will be March 12, 2013.