Ad-hoc | 20 June 2005 08:16

ARQUES Industries AG: ARQUES publishes financial plan for 2005

Ad hoc announcement §15 WpHG ARQUES Industries AG: ARQUES publishes financial plan for 2005 Ad hoc announcement processed and transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— ARQUES publishes financial plan for 2005 Further growth expected Starnberg, June 20, 2005 – Building on the figures for the current 2005 business year already available and the forecast for the rest of the business year, the Executive Board of the Starnberg-based equity investment company ARQUES Industries AG (ISIN DE0005156004) has decided to publish the current financial plan of the ARQUES Group for the 2005 business year. ARQUES is responding in this way to the request made on several occasions by the financial world for better quantification of the ARQUES business model. In the 2004 business year, it was decided to refrain from publishing such information with the justification that it was not possible to make forecasts for future acquisitions. Now that more than eleven transactions have been concluded and also the acquisition process can be recorded in a model thanks to the sharp increase in company acquisitions and the associated equalising effects, the Executive Board is now in a position to present planned figures. According to these figures, ARQUES expects to record revenues of EUR367.0 million, up 185.4%, in the 2005 business year, to exceed EUR500.0 million on an annualised basis. The plans call for earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) to reach EUR20.0 million, an increase of 92.3%. Including any bargain purchases, which form part of the ARQUES business model, ARQUES is projecting a profit for the year of EUR32.0 million. The Company remains in a position to finance the planned growth with its own funds. Key figures for the ARQUES Group EUR millions 2003 BY 2004 BY Forecast Change, % 2005 BY* Consolidated revenues 28.7 128.6 367.0 + 185.4% EBITDA 5.6 10.4 20.0 + 92.3% EBIT 5.0 7.1 14.0 + 97.2% Profit from ordinary activities 4.8 6.8 12.0 + 76.5% Consolidated profit 5.0 38.7 32.0 – 17.3% Earnings per share (in EUR) 3.16 20.71 16.00 – 22.7% Shareholders’ equity 7.6 53.2 85.0 + 59.8% * as at June 20, 2005 Contact: ARQUES Industries AG Investor Relations Anke Lüdemann Tel.: +49 (0) 8151-651 0 Email: luedemann@arques.de ARQUES Industries AG Münchner Str. 15a 82319 Starnberg Deutschland ISIN: DE0005156004 WKN: 515600 Listed: Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Frankfurt, München und Stuttgart End of ad hoc announcement (c)DGAP 20.06.2005 200816 Jun 05