EANS-News: Hönle doubles operating result to EUR 11.3 million

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Gräfeling/München (euro adhoc) - According to preliminary figures,
the Hönle Group doubled its sales revenues from EUR 54.6 million in
the previous year to EUR 67.9 million in the 2010/2011 financial
year. At the same time, the operating result (EBIT) jumped from EUR
5.5 million to EUR 11.3 million, and consolidated income from EUR 4.8
million to EUR 7.7 million, which translates into earnings per share
of EUR 1.32 (PY: EUR 0.89). Despite two acquisitions in financial
year 2010/2011, the Hönle Group´s liquid assets increased from EUR
6.7 million as at 30 September 2010 to EUR 12.9 million as at 30
September 2011. The equity capital ratio stands at 68.9 %.

Hönle benefited from the general economic upswing that spread to
almost all sales markets. In all, revenues in the equipment and
systems segment rose from EUR 38.5 million in the previous year to
EUR 50.2 million in the 2010/2011 financial year. From January 2011
onwards, revenues in the equipment and systems segment have included
proceeds earned by UV Technik Speziallampen GmbH and, since July,
2011, the proceeds of Mitronic GmbH. Revenue in the adhesives segment
climbed from EUR 16.1 million to EUR 17.7 million.

The Dr. Hönle AG Management Board and the Supervisory Board plan to
have the shareholders participate in the company´s business success
and will propose to the Annual General Meeting that a dividend of EUR
0.50 per share be paid out.

Outlook: Incoming orders and Hönle Group´s order portfolio are
stable. A detailed forecast respecting the group´s further
development cannot be provided at this time. On the one hand, the
effects of the insolvency petition filed by manroland AG are still
unclear and, on the other, the impact of the current debt crisis on
global economic development is difficult to predict.

manroland AG filed a petition to initiate insolvency proceeding on 25
November. The insolvency proceedings are to enable speedy
restructuring of the company and provide manroland AG with an
opportunity to make a successful new start on the basis of improved
general conditions. Dr. Hönle Group will initiate all measures
required within the short term in order to keep the impact of the
printing machine manufacturer´s insolvency on Hönle Group´s sales and
earnings development as low as possible.

In addition to strictly organic growth, the acquisition of companies
will continue to be important for the further development of the
group structure in the future also.

The Annual Report will be published as planned on 16 January 2012.

About Hönle: Dr. Hönle AG is a listed technology company with
registered head office in Gräfelfing, near Munich. With a staff level
of ca. 400 employees, the Hönle Group is one of the world´s leading
systems suppliers in the UV technology segment. The equipment and
systems are used for drying inks and coatings, curing adhesives and
plastics, disinfecting surfaces, and in the simulation of natural
sunlight. The Company´s business activities focus also on the
development and sale of industrial adhesives and compounds. The Group
is represented by own companies and sales partners worldwide at about
50 locations in more than 20 countries.

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: regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt, free trade: Berlin,
Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Hannover, München
language: English