Sapiens Announces $7.2 Million Cash Dividend

HOLON, Israel, April 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

Sapiens International Corporation, (NASDAQ and TASE: SPNS), a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, with an emerging focus on the broader financial services sector, announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the distribution of a cash dividend of $0.15  per share. The dividend, which is approximately $7.2 million in the aggregate, will be distributed on Monday, June 1, 2015 to its shareholders of record as of Thursday, May 21, 2015. The payment of the dividend is subject to shareholders' prior approval, which Sapiens intends to seek at the Company's 2015 annual general shareholders meeting.

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Sapiens' general meeting of shareholders is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, and Sapiens Board of Directors will recommend that the Company's shareholders approve the distribution of the dividend. The record date for shareholders entitled to vote at the annual shareholder meeting will be April 22, 2015.

"Sapiens demonstrated significant organic growth over the past few years in all areas of our business across geographies, from both existing and new customers," said Roni Al-Dor, president and CEO of Sapiens. "We consistently grew our revenues and invested in R&D to ensure that our software solutions continue to lead the market. In 2014, we expanded our sales team to answer the growing demand for our solutions."

"Our strong cash position and positive cash flow generation, with zero debt, together with continued growth and improved profitability enable us to pursue and execute our merger and acquisition strategy and distribute dividend to our shareholders."

Roni Al-Dor continued, "I would like to thank our shareholders, customers, partners and employees for their continued loyalty and support."

About Sapiens  

Sapiens International Corporation (NASDAQ and TASE: SPNS) is a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, with an emerging focus on the broader financial services sector. Sapiens offers core, end-to-end solutions to the global general insurance, property and casualty, life, pension and annuities, reinsurance and retirement markets, as well as business decision management software. The company has a track record of over 30 years in delivering superior software solutions to more than 130 financial services organizations. The Sapiens team of approximately 1,000 professionals operates through our fully-owned subsidiaries in North America, the United Kingdom, EMEA and Asia Pacific. For more information: http://www.sapiens.com.

Forward Looking Statements 

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Investor and Media Contact:
Yaffa Cohen-Ifrah
Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Corporate Communications
Sapiens International
Phone: +972-3-790-2026
U.S. Mobile: +1-201-250-9414
Email: [email protected]

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