CeWe Color Holding AG: CeWe Color doubles dividends

CeWe Color Holding AG / Dividend Ad-hoc-Announcement according to § 15 WpHG transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- CeWe Color doubles dividends Oldenburg, March 16, 2006 – CeWe Color Holding AG (SDAX, ISIN: DE 0005403901) has announced its dividend proposal for 2005. In the Supervisory Board meeting held on March 15, 2006 a unanimous resolution was passed to propose for approval at the Annual General Meeting on June 1, 2006 a dividend payout of Euro 1.20. The dividend increase from Euro 0.60 for 2004 to Euro 1.20 for 2005 represents an increase of 100 %. Attractive investment For many years now CeWe Color has been an attractive investment. The dividend payout of Euro 1.20 per share is equivalent to a 4.4 % yield on the current stock-exchange share price of Euro 27.50. The Board of Management and the Supervisory Board wish to give shareholders the chance to participate in the success of the company with this proposed dividend payout. Positive business year in 2005 The CeWe Color Group was able to close the business year of 2005 with good results, both in terms of pre-tax earnings (EBT), at Euro 25.5 million (+ 79.7 %), and in terms of earnings after tax , which totalled Euro 11.5 million (+ 883.9 %). Cash flow, at Euro 51.4 million, exceeded that of the previous year by 13.1 %. Free cash flow (cash flow – investments) rose to Euro 15.2 million (+ 85.4 %) thanks to a low investment volume. After several competitors had withdrawn from the market in the summer of 2004, CeWe Color was able to make various successful acquisitions, thus enhancing the market share of the company in Europe to more than 40 %. The latter half of the year focused on expansion in five new countries (Great Britain, Lithuania, Romania, Slovenia and Croatia). Two-thirds of the transition in technology completed In the period from 2002 to 2005 CeWe Color has managed to successfully handle the shift in technology from conventional to digital photography. Now that numerous structural measures, designed to expand digital capacities and products, have been implemented, the company is expected to experience a renewed growth phase in 2007 and 2008. The management is expressing its confidence in the earnings potential of the company in future with this latest distribution of profits. Should you have any queries, please: CeWe Color Holding AG, Hella Hahm, Tel.: 0441 / 404 - 400 (Secretary – 234) or 0171 / 34 50 530, Fax: 0441 / 404 – 421, Email: hella.hahm@cewecolor.de, Internet: www.cewecolor.com DGAP 16.03.2006 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- language: English emitter: CeWe Color Holding AG Meerweg 30-32 26133 Oldenburg Deutschland phone: +49 (0)441 40 4-1 fax: +49 (0)441 40 4-42 1 email: info@cewecolor.de WWW: www.cewecolor.de ISIN: DE0005403901 WKN: 540390 indexes: SDAX stockmarkets: Geregelter Markt in Berlin-Bremen, Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------