EANS-News: Basler AG / Basler reports on 2010 results: Best performance in the company's history Positive outlook for 2011

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annual report

Ahrensburg (euro adhoc) - Press release
Business figures / annual balance sheet

- Increase in sales by 51.3 % to EUR 51.0 million (previous year: EUR
33.7 million) - Earnings before taxes amounting to EUR 5.0
million (previous year: EUR -7.3 million) - Significant increase
of cash flow from operational activity to EUR 11.8 million
(previous year: EUR 8.1 million)

Ahrensburg, March 30, 2011 - BASLER AG, one of the global leaders in
vision technology, is releasing its audited annual report for 2010.

The group's turnover increased in fiscal year 2010 by 51.3 % to EUR
51.0 million (previous year: EUR 33.7 million). The gross profit
margin increased to 43.5 % from 35.0 % in the previous year. The
earnings before taxes increased to EUR 5.0 million (previous year:
EUR -7.3 million). The pre-tax return amounted to 9.8 % (previous
year: -21.7 %). Resulting from newly valued capitalized loss carry
forwards the group's annual surplus increased to EUR 8.0 million
(previous annual deficit: EUR -10.1 million). The earnings per share
amounted to EUR 2.30 (previous year: EUR -2.89). The previous
forecast for fiscal year 2010 was surpassed again slightly due to the
fourth quarter having been better than expected.

Despite a strong increase in sales, Basler AG generated a very good
cash flow in the reporting period by significantly decreased average
delivery times, shorter collection periods for receivables, and an
intense working capital management. The cash flow from operational
activity amounted to EUR 11.8 million (previous year: EUR 8.1
million). The free cash flow calculated as the sum of cash flows from
operational activity and investment reached a value of EUR 5.7
million (previous year: EUR 3.0 million).

In 2010 Basler AG realized the best results in the company's history,
merely one year after the global economic and financial crisis.

"The strategic realignment of the company undertaken in the past 18
months, with focus on the camera business has proven successful" says
the chairman of the Management Board, Dr. Dietmar Ley. "We will
continue developing our product portfolio and our international sales
force in 2011 in order to increase the market share of Basler AG for
industrial cameras and video surveillance cameras."

For 2011, Basler AG expects a positive result in the middle
single-digit percentage range due to the unchanged positive trends
in incoming orders and sales.

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Basler Vision Technologies is a leading global developer and
manufacturer of high grade cameras for industrial and medical
applications, traffic control systems, and video surveillance.
Moreover, Basler produces solutions for surface inspection in
industrial mass production. Basler has more than 20 years of
experience in image processing and offers one of the widest product
portfolios in the industry. The company employs approximately 300
employees in its headquarters in Ahrensburg, Germany, and in the
subsidiaries in the USA, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan.

The annual report can be downloaded from
www.baslerweb.com/finanzberichte. Basler AG, Dr. Dietmar Ley (CEO),
An der Strusbek 60 - 62, D-22926 Ahrensburg, Tel. +49 - 4102- 463
100, ir/baslerweb.com, www.baslerweb.com, ISIN DE 0005102008

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Further inquiry note:

Verena Fehling
Investor Relations
Telefon: +49(0)4102 463-100
E-Mail: ir@baslerweb.com

Branche: Semiconductors & active components
ISIN: DE0005102008
WKN: 510200
Index: CDAX
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