EANS-News: TA Triumph-Adler group carries out action plan and aims at sales growth and neutral result for its 2010/2011 financial year

TA Triumph-Adler AG reports 2009 Revenue Decline, Loss Due to Weak
Demand

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Subtitle: TA Triumph-Adler AG reports 2009 Revenue Decline, Loss Due
to Weak Demand

Nürnberg (euro adhoc) - TA Triumph-Adler AG generated consolidated
revenue of more than EUR287.5 million in the 2009 financial year,
19.7 % less than in the 2008 financial year. This can be derived from
the consolidated financial statements published today. Essentially,
the decline is attributable to extremely weak demand due to the
crisis. Demand failed to stabilize, at a low level, until the second
half of the year. Due to the shortfall in revenue, a pre-tax loss of
EUR14.4 million was generated; in the previous year, the Group
achieved a pre-tax profit of EUR7.3 million. The Group net result for
the year amounted to a negative amount of EUR13.7 million, or
negative earnings per share of EUR0.25. The Group´s business model,
however, is stable. In the fourth quarter of 2009 the specialist for
efficiency in the document business for the first time again shipped
more machines than in the comparable quarters, 22.5 % more than in
the third quarter of 2009, and 2.1 % more than in the fourth quarter
of 2008. At the end of April 2009, TA Triumph-Adler AG fully redeemed
the syndicated loan entered into in summer 2007. The funds required
for this were sourced from loans provided by the Kyocera Mita Group.
As a consequence, there were hardly any bank borrowings left as of
December 31, 2009. The consolidated deficit of EUR13.7 million for
the 2009 financial year, however, raised the balance sheet loss from
EUR161.9 million to EUR175.7 million. The consolidated equity of the
TA Triumph-Adler Group consequently amounted to minus EUR87.0 million
as of December 31, 2009 following minus EUR73.3 million as of the
previous year's balance sheet date. Equity at TA Triumph-Adler AG as
the legally relevant parent company totaled EUR63.3 million as of
December 31, 2009 (prior-year balance sheet date: EUR97.4 million).
The equity ratio amounted to 21.7 % as of the 2009 year-end (previous
year: 29.9 %). Cash and cash equivalents of EUR21 million were held
as of the balance sheet date. For the next complete financial year,
starting April 1, 2010, the group plans to accomplish a comprehensive
action plan dedicated to further improving sales, solutions and
services. TA Triumph-Adler aims to yield revenues of EUR320 million
and a neutral result. For the 2011/2012 financial year, revenue is
expected to increase to EUR330 million to EUR350 million, and
earnings growth based on a pre-tax return on revenue of around 2 %.
At the end of November 2009, Kyocera Mita Corporation notified the
company that it wished to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting to
pass a resolution concerning the transfer to it, as the main
shareholder, of minority shareholders' shares in exchange for an
appropriate cash settlement pursuant to §§ 327a ff. of the German
Stock Corporation Act (AktG) (a so-called squeeze-out). With a letter
dated March 4, 2010, Kyocera Mita Corporation set the cash settlement
price at EUR1.90 per share. The Extraordinary General Meeting that
will adopt the respective resolution has been convened for April 20,
2010.

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