Preliminary Results for the year ended 31 December 2014 

Focused marketing strategy and ongoing improvement in the strength of the Plus500 brand attracted new customers – active customers exceeded 100,000 for the first time

• Effective user experience across all platforms including smartphones and tablets
• Intuitive technology platform enabled a highly efficient operation and scalability at low cost

Financial Highlights

Highly cash generative, paying out $92m in dividends representing 90% of 2014 net profits

• Revenue increased 99% to $228.9 million (FY 2013: $115.1 million)
• EBITDA1 increased 116% to $145.4 million (FY 2013: $67.3 million)
• EBITDA margin increased to 63.6% (FY 2013: 58.5%)
• Net profit increased 102.6% to $102.5 million (FY 2013: $50.6 million)
• Earnings per share increased 89% to $0.89 (FY 2013: $0.47)
• ARPU increased 63% to $2,160 (FY 2013: $1,325)
• Operating cash flow of $118.9 million (FY 2013: $57.1 million)
• Final dividend per share of $0.3001 (total pay-out of $34.5 million) and a special dividend per share of $0.2657 (total pay-out of $30.5 million), for a total dividend pay-out of $65 million with ex-dividend date 19 March 2015
• Total dividend for 2014 of $92 million, representing a pay-out of 90% of net profit for the 12 months ended 31 December 2014
• Dividend policy increased to a 60% pay-out ratio with flexibility to pay special dividends as appropriate

1 EBITDA – Earnings before interest and taxes and depreciation and amortization

Operational Highlights

Second largest CFD provider in UK with vast majority of trading in 2014 occurring in UK and Western Europe

• Another year of strong growth delivered through combination of an efficient online-focussed marketing strategy and easy-to-use trading platform
  • Active customers increased 24% to 105,976 (FY 2013: 85,795)
  • New customers increased 17% to 66,553 (FY 2013: 56,819)

Grew to become second largest CFD provider in the UK2

ARPU increased in all countries in which the Company operates

Vast majority of trading occurred in UK and Western Europe

94% of total revenue derived from regulated markets, with remainder from countries where the Company operates under legal opinion

Improved Australian CFD market position following successful launch in 2013

Introduced 400 new financial instruments – now offer more than 2,000 in total

Granted CFD market maker licence from the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) and built-out Cyprus operational subsidiary

Development of Windows 8 app for PCs and launched new interface for iOS8

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Source: plus500 – Preliminary Results for the year ended 31 December 2014

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