The Board of Directors MFC Industrial Ltd. announced that its Board of Directors has declared an annual cash dividend for 2013 of $0.24 per common share. The dividend is 9% higher than the dividend paid in 2012. The 2013 cash dividend will be paid in equal quarterly installments of $0.06 by the company.

The first payment of $0.06 per common share will be paid on February 8, 2013 to shareholders of record on January 25, 2013. For such payment, the company's common shares will trade ex-dividend on January 23, 2013. The remaining quarterly dividend payments of $0.06 per common share in 2013 are expected to be made to shareholders of record in March, June and September of 2013.