euro adhoc: Mühlbauer Holding AG & Co.KGaA / other / Mühlbauer announces preliminary financial figures 2004 - Significant increase in sales and profitability (E)

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02.02.2005

Roding, February 03, 2005: The Mühlbauer Holding AG & Co. KGaA
(listed in the German Prime Standard) is a global manufacturer of
technology solutions for the security industry. The company's
provisional and unaudited financial figures posted a significant
increase in sales and profitability in fiscal year 2004.

With sales of EUR37 million in Q4, the technology company managed to
significantly improve its y-o-y performance (EUR25 million) and
reached a new alltime high of EUR128 million in 2004. This is the
best result in the company's 25-year history and is even 35% higher
than the previous year's total of EUR95 million.

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) honored the positive
development and will, according the provisional estimate of the
general partner, amount to at least EUR24 million. With sales of
EUR10 million in Q4, the company did not only generate higher results
than in the previous year (EUR3 million) but almost tripled its
profitability y-o-y. The expected sharp increase in net sales will be
distributed to shareholders in the form of significantly higher
dividends.

In 2004, the global company registered a significant increase in
order income. New orders in Q4 amounted to EUR38 million (previous
year: EUR26 million). For the total year, new orders stood at EUR175
million - which corresponds to an increase of 76% compared to the
previous year (EUR99 million). Order backlog was worth EUR68 million
at the end of the reporting period and is thus significantly higher
than last year (EUR28 million) - a plus of 145%.

This positive business trend was supported by increased activities in
all four business segments. The biggest contributors to growth were
the areas of Smart identification and semiconductor related products.

At the capital markets day on March 15, 2005 at the company's
headquarter, financial details will be given after its pre-market
disclosure. Apart from the analyst and press conference held on that
day, detailed information on the company's value chain will be
provided to investors, analysts and the financial press.

The Mühlbauer Group is a leading manufacturer of innovative and
refined ID system solutions for the security industry. The company
develops and manufactures high-tech machine lines for producing Smart
cards (multi-purpose chip cards) and Smart labels (intelligent
labels) and is the world's only provider for turnkey solutions - from
chip bonding to personalization processes.
Contact and additional information: Investor Relations, Tel.: +49 (0)
9461-952-653, Fax: +49 (0) 9461-952-8520,
[email protected], Mühlbauer Holding AG & Co. KGaA,
Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 3, D-93426 Roding, www.muehlbauer.de

Further inquiry note:
Hubert Forster
CFO
+49(0)9461-952-141
[email protected]

end of announcement euro adhoc 03.02.2005 06:30:00
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emitter: Mühlbauer Holding AG & Co.KGaA
Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 3
D-93426 Roding
phone: +49(0)9461-952-0
FAX: +49(0)9461-952-788
mail: [email protected]
WWW: http://www.muehlbauer.de
ISIN: DE0006627201
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sector: Machine Manufacturing
language: English

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