euro adhoc: Fielmann AG / other / Preliminary figures for the 2008 financial year External sales: EUR 1.06 billion Dividend: EUR 1.95 per share Staff: 750 new jobs

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Preliminary figures

26.02.2009

Our expectations for the 2008 financial year have been met. 6.1
million pairs of glasses were sold (previous year: 6 million).
External sales incl. VAT rose to EUR 1.06 billion (previous year: EUR
984 million), and the consolidated sales increased to EUR 903 million
(previous year: EUR 839 million). The pre-tax result went up to an
estimated EUR 161 million (previous year: EUR 136 million) and annual
net income to approximately EUR 113 million (previous year: EUR 82
million).

Fielmann is debt-free and has a lot of safely invested liquidity. The
group equity ratio is 60%. At the end of the reporting year we had
620 branches (previous year: 599).

The Supervisory Board and Management Board recommendation for the
Annual General Meeting on 9 July 2009 is to pay a dividend of EUR
1.95 per share for the 2008 financial year (previous year: EUR 1.40).

One reason for our success is our competent and dedicated staff.
Fielmann created 750 additional jobs in the 2008 financial year, of
which 588 were in Germany, and it is the largest employer and trainer
in the German optical industry. As at the end of 2008, Fielmann
employed 12,608 members of staff (previous year: 11,858), of whom
2,212 were trainees (previous year: 1,941). The company´s success in
training is reflected by nationwide awards. In 2008, Fielmann
produced the national winners of the German optical industry´s
training competition and 91% of the state winners in the assistants´
category.

The German government is expecting an economic slump in gross
domestic product of 2.25 per cent for 2009. Fielmann is confident
that it can strengthen its market position. In difficult economic
times, consumers buy from companies that offer high quality at fair
prices: in the optical industry, Fielmann offers precisely this. We
are planning to open 25 new branches this year, and to create several
hundred additional positions. Financial independence is providing us
with the opportunity, even in the current climate, to press ahead
with our expansion strategy.

Hamburg, February 2009

Fielmann Aktiengesellschaft
The Management Board

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Further inquiry note:

Ulrich Brockmann

Head of Finance

Telefon: +49(0)40 27076-442

E-Mail: u.brockmann@fielmann.com

Branche: Retail
ISIN: DE0005772206
WKN: 577220
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