EANS-News: Hönle Gruppe realises operating profit of Mio. EUR 5.3

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Financial Figures/Balance Sheet

Gräfeling/München (euro adhoc) - In the first nine months of fiscal
year 2011/2012, sales of the Hönle Group increased partly due to the
consolidation of new subsidiaries from TEUR 48,036 last year to TEUR
51,725 in the current fiscal year. The reluctance in the printing
area in the run-up to the trade fair Drupa, and the decline in sales
and the value adjustments in the amount of EUR 1.1 million as a
result of the insolvency of Manroland had a negative effect on
business of the Hönle Group. The result was therefore under the
previous year's level. The Hönle Group generated in the first nine
months an operating profit (EBIT) of TEUR 5,316 (PY: TEUR 7,642).
Pre-tax earnings (EBT) amounted to TEUR 4,961, after TEUR 7,364 in
the previous year, consolidated net income fell to TEUR 3,285 from
TEUR 5,186 in the previous year. This corresponds to earnings per
share of EUR 0.55 (PY: EUR 0.92).

After 15.9% in the previous year the EBIT margin amounted to 10.3% in
the current year, the net profit margin decreased from 10.8% to 6.4%.
The operating cash flow amounted to TEUR 4,569 in the current fiscal
year, after TEUR 8,134 in the previous year. The Hönle Group's equity
capital ratio stood at 59.4%.

Outlook: The Management Board aims at achieving sales revenues of
more than EUR 70 million and an operating result of EUR 8 million for
the Hönle Group in the 2011/2012 financial year.

Hönle has weathered the impact of the Manroland insolvency good and
due to the restructuring created the basis to realize future earnings
level in the sheetfed sector at the level of the previous year. Hönle
presented this year to focus on the successful structural alignment
of all companies in the Hönle Group, in particular the Raesch group,
UV-Technik Speziallampen GmbH and Mitronic GmbH. Thereby Hönle
created the conditions, to grow in existing as well as new markets
and to increase sales with short-lived goods by strengthening the
segment 'Glass and Lamps'.

Provided that the general economic conditions do not deteriorate
significantly, the Hönle Group perceives good opportunities to exceed
the sales threshold of EUR 100 million in the next three years. The
aim is to achieve thereby an EBIT ratio of 14% to 16%.

About Hönle: Dr. Hönle AG is a listed technology company with head
office in Gräfelfing near Munich. With a staff level of nearly 500
employees, the Hönle Group is one of the world's leading systems
suppliers in the UV technology segment. The equipment is used for
drying inks and coatings, curing adhesives and plastics, disinfecting
surfaces, and for the simulation of natural sunlight. The Company's
business activities focus also on the development and sale of
industrial adhesives and casting compounds. In addition, the group
produces UV lamps particularly for water disinfection and
manufactures tubes and semi-finished products made of quartz glass,
which are used in different branches of industry. The Group is
represented worldwide at 50 locations in more than 20 countries by
own companies and sales partners.

Further inquiry note:
Peter Weinert
Tel.: +49 89 85608 173
E-Mail: peter.weinert@hoenle.de
Web: www.hoenle.de

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company: Dr. Hönle AG
Lochhamer Schlag 1
D-82166 Gräfeling/München
phone: +49 89 85608 0
FAX: +49 89 85608 101
mail: ir@hoenle.de
WWW: www.hoenle.de
sector: Instrument Engineering
ISIN: DE0005157101
indexes: CDAX, Prime All Share, Technology All Share
stockmarkets: free trade: Hannover, Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf,
Stuttgart, regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English