Corporate | 25 May 2011 16:08

Annual general meeting of HOMAG Group AG

Homag Group AG / Key word(s): AGM/EGM/Dividend

25.05.2011 / 16:08

Homag to distribute dividend of EUR 0.30

Freudenstadt/Schopfloch, May 25, 2011. At today's annual general meeting of HOMAG Group AG, the shareholders present agreed to the proposal by the management and supervisory boards to distribute a dividend for fiscal 2010 of EUR 0.30. This marked the return to dividend payments after last year's interruption on account of the difficult business conditions in 2009. The annual general meeting agreed to the proposed dividend and the other items of the agenda with a clear majority of over 98 percent in each case. Overall, around 260 shareholders attended the annual general meeting in Freudenstadt, representing 73 percent of capital stock.

In his speech, CEO Rolf Knoll looked back at the successful fiscal year 2010 in which the HOMAG Group made a fast and sustainable recovery from the economic crisis. He also reported on the good first quarter of 2011 and confirmed the forecasts to date for the current year, which project further growth for the HOMAG Group and a significantly higher net profit compared to 2010. Rolf Knoll also reconfirmed the sales revenue target to match the pre-crisis levels of 2007 and 2008 from 2013 onwards.

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Background information
With its 16 specialized production companies worldwide, 21 group-owned sales and service companies and approximately 60 exclusive sales partners, HOMAG Group AG's market position is excellent and its portfolio as a comprehensive system supplier and technology partner makes it unique. Backed by a workforce of some 5,000 employees, the company sees itself as the leading global manufacturer for plants and machinery for the woodworking and wood materials industry for the production of furniture and construction elements as well as timber frame houses. The group also offers its customers a wide range of services in related areas for production machines and equipment. HOMAG Group AG shares have been trading on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since July 13, 2007 and were listed on the SDAX of the German Stock Exchange on October 2007.

Disclaimer
This press release contains certain statements relating to the future. Future-oriented statements are all those statements that do not pertain to historical facts and events or expressions pertaining to the future such as 'believes', 'estimates', 'assumes', 'forecasts', 'intend', 'may', 'will', 'should' or similar expressions. Such future-oriented statements are subject to risks and uncertainty since they relate to future events and are based on current assumptions of the company, which may not occur in the future or may not occur in the anticipated form. The company points out that such future-oriented statements do not guarantee the future; actual results including the financial position and the profitability of the HOMAG Group as well as the development of economic and regulatory framework conditions may deviate significantly (and prove unfavorable) from what is expressly or implicitly assumed or described in these statements. Even if the actual results of the HOMAG Group including the financial position and profitability as well as the economic and regulatory framework conditions should coincide with the future-oriented statements in this press release, it cannot be guaranteed that the same will hold true in the future.

Information:

HOMAG Group AG
Investor Relations
Simone Mueller
Phone: +49 7443 13-2034
simone.mueller@homag-group.com
www.homag-group.com

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Language:	English
Company:	Homag Group AG
	Homagstr. 3-5
	72296 Schopfloch
	Deutschland
Phone:	+49 (0)7443 / 13 – 0
Fax:	+49 (0)7443 / 13 – 2300
E-mail:	info@homag-group.de
Internet:	www.homag-group.de
ISIN:	DE0005297204
WKN:	529720
Listed:	Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München, Stuttgart

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