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DO & CO Restaurants & Catering AG:

DO & CO Restaurants & Catering AG  / Key word(s): Half Year Results

17.11.2011 09:19

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Results for the first six months of the financial year 2011/2012 

SALES: EUR 244.5 million
EBITDA: EUR 27.0 million
EBIT:  EUR 18.9 million

DO & CO continues to grow, in spite of a difficult market
Sales and earnings boosted
Quality strategy prevails

Vienna, November 17, 2011. DO & CO Restaurants & Catering AG today
announced its results for the first six months of the financial year
2011/2012 (1 April 2011 to 30 September 2011) in accordance with IFRS.


Group                 HY1 2011/12in   HY1 2010/11in   Changein Mio Change
                            Mio EUR         Mio EUR          EUR      in%
Sales                         244.5           222.7         21.8     9.8%
EBITDA                         27.0            23.9          3.1    12.8%
Depreciation/                  -8.1            -8.7          0.6     6.9%
amortization
EBIT                           18.9            15.2          3.7    24.1%
EBITDA margin                 11.0%           10.7%
EBIT margin                    7.7%            6.8%


In the first six months of the financial year 2011/2012, DO & CO reports total sales of EUR 244.5 million, which represents an increase of EUR 21.8 million or 9.8% compared with the first six months of the previous year (PY: EUR 222.7 million). The consolidated EBIT of the DO & CO Group for the first six months of the financial year 2011/2012 amounts to EUR 18.9 million which represents an increase of EUR 3.7 million compared to the previous year (PY: EUR 15.2 million). EBITDA increased from EUR 23.9 million by EUR 3.1 million to EUR 27.0 million. EBIT margin rose from 6.8% to 7.7% and EBITDA margin rose from 10.7% to 11.0%. Airline Catering

Airline Catering      HY1 2011/12in   HY1 2010/11in   Changein Mio Change
                            Mio EUR         Mio EUR          EUR      in%
Sales                         182.8           170.6         12.3     7.2%
EBITDA                         21.2            19.2          2.0    10.4%
Depreciation/                  -7.2            -7.3          0.1     1.7%
amortization
EBIT                           14.0            11.9          2.1    17.9%
EBITDA margin                 11.6%           11.3%
EBIT margin                    7.7%            7.0%


Sales of the Airline Catering division amount to EUR 182.8 million (PY: EUR 170.6 million). EBITDA increased by EUR 2.0 million from EUR 19.2 million for the first six months of the financial year 2010/2011 to EUR 21.2 million for the first six months of the financial year 2011/2012. EBITDA margin amounts to 11.6% (PY: 11.3%). EBIT increased from EUR 11.9 million to EUR 14.0 million for an EBIT margin of 7.7% (PY: 7.0%). International Event Catering

International          HY1 2011/12in  HY1 2010/11in   Changein   Change
Event Catering              Mio EUR        Mio EUR     Mio EUR      in%
Sales                          28.5           22.6         6.0    26.4%
EBITDA                          3.1            2.4         0.7    28.4%
Depreciation/                  -0.4           -0.5         0.1    27.3%
amortization
EBIT                            2.8            1.9         0.8    43.1%
EBITDA margin                 10.9%          10.8%
EBIT margin                    9.7%           8.5%


Sales of the International Event Catering division amount to EUR 28.5 million (PY: EUR 22.6 million). EBITDA increased from EUR 2.4 million to EUR 3.1 million in the first six months of the financial year 2011/2012. EBIT amounts to EUR 2.8 million (PY: EUR 1.9 million). EBITDA margin amounts to 10.9% (PY: 10.8%), EBIT margin amounts to 9.7% (PY: 8.5%). Restaurants, Lounges & Hotel

Restaurants,           HY1 2011/12in  HY1 2010/11in   Changein   Change
Lounges & Hotel             Mio EUR        Mio EUR     Mio EUR      in%
Sales                          33.1           29.6         3.6    12.0%
EBITDA                          2.7            2.3         0.4    16.2%
Depreciation/                  -0.5           -0.9         0.3    39.1%
amortization
EBIT                            2.1            1.4         0.7    49.7%
EBITDA margin                  8.0%           7.8%
EBIT margin                    6.5%           4.8%


Sales of the Restaurants, Lounges & Hotel division amount to EUR 33.1 million (PY: EUR 29.6 million). EBITDA amounts to EUR 2.7 million (PY: EUR 2.3 million) in the first six months of the financial year 2011/2012. EBITDA margin amounts to 8.0% (PY: 7.8%). EBIT increased from EUR 1.4 million to EUR 2.1 million in the first six months of the financial year 2011/2012. EBIT margin amounts to 6.5% (PY: 4.8%). Stock In the first six months of the financial year 2011/2012, the price of DO & CO stock rose by 10.3% on the Vienna Stock Exchange, trading at a price of EUR 27.04 at the closure of 30 September 2011. Compared to this, the Austrian ATX index lost 32.4% over the same period, closing at 1,947.85 points on 30 September 2011. At the Istanbul Stock Exchange, DO & CO stock achieved a slight rise of 3.9% over the same period, closing with a price of TRY 67.00 at the ISE100 on 30 September 2011. With this increase, the DO & CO stock grew at a markedly better rate than the Turkish ISE100 index which fell by 7.3% to 59,693.47 points in the same period. According to the stock act 87 the interim report is available for the public at the company's headquarter, A-1110 Vienna, Dampfmühlgasse 5, as well as on the website www.doco.com. 17.11.2011 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: DO & CO Restaurants & Catering AG Stephansplatz 12 1010 Wien Austria Phone: +43 1 74000-0 Fax: +43 1 74000-1029 E-mail: organization@doco.com Internet: www.doco.com ISIN: AT0000818802 WKN: 81880 Listed: Freiverkehr in Berlin, München, Stuttgart; Wien (Amtlicher Handel / Official Market) End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------