RIB Software AG reported preliminary unaudited earnings results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2015. For the year, the company reported sales increased by 17.3% from EUR 70.0 million to EUR 82.1 million. Due to the special effects from phase-III order in fourth quarter of 2014, changes in the product mix and personnel investments in the areas development and consulting, EBITDA decreased by 29.0% to EUR 25.0 million compared to EUR 35.2 million a year ago.

For the quarter, the sales were EUR 3.1 million below the previous year of EUR 27.8 million with EUR 24.7 million in the fourth quarter despite of the special effects from the phase-III order in fourth quarter of 2014, which may be considered as an excellent result. The already described special effects, in particular from the phase-III order in fourth quarter of 2014, resulted in fourth quarter in a significantly lower EBITDA of EUR 9.8 million against EUR 13.7 million a year ago.