CEWE COLOR Holding AG: Targets for 2012 achieved; dividend to rise slightly

CEWE COLOR Holding AG / Key word(s): Final Results/Results Forecast 26.02.2013 18:44 Dissemination of an 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 Holding AG: Targets for 2012 achieved; dividend to rise slightly Oldenburg, 26 February 2013. CEWE COLOR Holding AG (SDAX, ISIN: DE0005403901) generated turnover amounting to EUR 503.3 million in the business year of 2012 (2011: EUR 469.0 million). This means that CEWE COLOR has also achieved its own target of sales of at least EUR 500 million. EBIT amounted to EUR 28.9 million (target for 2012: EUR 27 to 33 million) after EUR 30.1 million in the previous year. Earnings after tax rose by 1.3 percent to EUR 18.8 million. The Board of Management intends to propose a slight dividend increase. The Board of Management of CEWE COLOR Holding AG has resolved to propose a change in the form of the company at the Annual General Meeting on 5 June 2013. The company would take on the legal form of a limited joint-stock partnership. This change in form is also to involve the transfer of the operative business conducted by CEWE COLOR AG & Co. OHG to the company. This will eliminate a structural tax drawback, and enable a tax benefit of a probable cash value of around EUR 10 million to be achieved in the coming few years. The transaction still requires the approval of the bodies in charge. The information is all based on preliminary results which have not yet been audited. CEWE COLOR will present full, audited annual financial statements during an annual report and analysts' press conference to be held in Frankfurt am Main on 27 March 2013. Should you have any queries, please contact: CEWE COLOR Holding AG, Axel Weber (Investor Relations) Tel.: 0441 / 404 - 2288, Fax: 0441 / 404 - 421, e-mail: IR@cewecolor.de 26.02.2013 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: CEWE COLOR Holding AG Meerweg 30-32 26133 Oldenburg Germany Phone: +49 (0)441 40 4-1 Fax: +49 (0)441 40 4-42 1 E-mail: IR@cewecolor.de Internet: www.cewecolor.de ISIN: DE0005403901 WKN: 540390 Indices: SDAX Listed: Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München, Stuttgart End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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