Ad-hoc | 20 February 2006 14:16

DEUTZ AG: Operating profit 2005 climbs to € 62.5 million

Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— Based on preliminary calculations DEUTZ achieved an operating profit (EBIT) before one-off items of € 62.5 million (2004: € 53.5 million). This represents a rise of around 17 percent versus the previous year. On a comparable basis, i.e. without the contribution from the marine service business for the months April to December 2004, EBIT was up by more than double. Net profit for the year was € 71.4 million (2004: € -18.7 million) and was, among other things, influenced by the positive one-off items amounting to € 52.2 million, that mainly result from the sale of the marine service business. For 2005, DEUTZ switched from the HGB (German Commercial Code) reporting system to the international IFRS standard, and this also affected 2004 as the comparison period. The table below compares the figures under the HGB and IFRS rules. in € million 2004 HGB 2004 IFRS 2005 IFRS EBIT before one-off items 50.1 53.5 62.5 One-off items -35.0 -35.0 52.2 EBIT n.a. 18.5 114.7 Net loss/profit -18.6 -18.7 71.4 The final results for the financial year 2005 will be published at the balance sheet press conference on 2 May 2006. For more Information about DEUTZ AG, go to http://www.deutz.com/ Contact: Andrea Bleesen Tel.: +49 (0) 221 8 22-24 92 Fax: +49 (0) 221 8 22-21 16 E-mail: bleesen.a@deutz.com (c)DGAP 20.02.2006 ————————————————————————— language: English emitter: DEUTZ AG Deutz-Mülheimer Str. 147-149 51063 Köln Deutschland phone: +49 (0)221 822 0 fax: +49 (0)221 822 3525 email: info@deutz.com WWW: www.deutz.com ISIN: DE0006305006, DE000A0BNUN0, DE000A0DMKV2, DE000A0HN461 WKN: 630500, A0BNUN, A0DMKV, A0HN46 indexes: SDAX stockmarkets: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt, Düsseldorf; Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Hannover, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————