Ad-hoc | 19 January 2006 15:35
Eckert & Ziegler AG: 20% Revenue Growth, Earnings Affected by Start-up Cost.
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Berlin, 19.01.2006 – Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen- und Medizintechnik AG (ISIN DE
0005659700), a specialist for medical devices and components used in the
diagnosis and treatment of cancer, closed its fourth quarter with record
revenues of 12.3 mm EUR. Based on preliminary calculations the increase
translates also in record revenues of 42.3 mm EUR for the full 2005 business
year, an increase of close to 20% over the 2004 numbers (35.5 mm EUR).
According to yet un-audited numbers, the Earnings before Tax and Minority
interests decreased in 2005 to 2.4 mm EUR (2004: 3.6 mm EUR), mostly because
of start-up cost for the new radiopharmaceutical activities. In 2006 the
management team expects revenue growth to about 50 mm EUR and a return to the
previous year’s earning levels. Details on the 2005 numbers and the
projections for 2006 will be presented at the annual press conference in
Berlin on 31 March 2006.
For further questions please contact:
Karolin Riehle, Investor Relations
Phone: +49 (0) 30 / 94 10 84-138
www.ezag.de
ECKERT & ZIEGLER Strahlen- und Medizintechnik AG
Robert-Rössle-Str. 10
13125 Berlin
Deutschland
ISIN: DE0005659700
WKN: 565970
Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin-
Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover und Stuttgart
End of ad hoc announcement (c)DGAP 19.01.2006