Ad-hoc | 21 February 2006 09:50

United Labels AG increases consolidated sales for 2005 in line with targets

Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— – Consolidated revenue grows by 2.8% to EUR 40.3 million – EBIT stands at EUR 1.4 million – Start-up costs of UK subsidiary impact annual result Münster, Feb. 21, 2006 – Based on preliminary figures, United Labels AG (ISIN: DE 0005489561), an enterprise specialising in comicware sold under licence, increased consolidated revenue by 2.8% to EUR 40.3 million in the 2006 financial year (FY 2004: EUR 39.2 million). EBIT totalled EUR 1.4 million (FY 2004: EUR 1.5 million). This corresponds to an EBIT margin of 3.5% (FY 2004: 3.8%). Consolidated net profit for the year stood at EUR 0.8 million (FY 2004: EUR 0.8 million) and was thus well above par, as was the case in FY 2004. Based on this performance, the EPS for 2005 was EUR 0.19 (FY 2004: EUR 0.20). While start-up costs attributable to the newly founded UK-based subsidiary United Labels Ltd. reduced the Group’s consolidated earnings by EUR 0.5 million, the Italian subsidiary United Labels Italia Srl., which was also newly established, achieved a balanced bottom-line result. As at December 31, 2005, the order backlog had increased by 3.3% to EUR 12.5 million (FY 2004: EUR 12.1 million). The revenue target for the full 2006 financial year stands at approx. EUR 42 million, while EBIT is expected to be approx. EUR 1.9 million. United Labels AG Stefanie Frey Gildenstr. 6 D – 48157 Münster phone: +49 (0) 251-3221-406 fax: +49 (0) 251-3221-960 mobile: +49 (0) 170-5 62 88 65 sfrey@unitedlabels.com (c)DGAP 21.02.2006 ————————————————————————— language: English emitter: United Labels AG Gildenstr. 6 48157 Münster Deutschland phone: +49 (0)25 132 21-0 fax: +49 (0)25 132 21-999 email: investorrelations@unitedlabels.com WWW: www.unitedlabels.com ISIN: DE0005489561 WKN: 548956 indexes: stockmarkets: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt; Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————