EANS-News: Basler AG / Business figures for 2011: Best results in the company's history

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annual report

Ahrensburg (euro adhoc) - - Increase in sales by 8 % to EUR 55.1
million (previous year: EUR 51.0 million) - Earnings before taxes
amounting to EUR 5.6 million (previous year: EUR 5.0 million) -
Increase of cash flow from operational activity to EUR 13.7 million
(previous year: EUR 11.8 million) - Preliminary sales expectations
for 2012 between EUR 50 million and EUR 54 million and a pre-tax
return of 6 - 8%

BASLER AG, one of the leading global companies in vision technology,
is presenting today its audited annual report for 2011.

The group's turnover increased in fiscal year 2011 by 8 % to EUR 55.1
million (previous year: EUR 51.0 million). The gross profit margin
increased to 44.3 % after 43.5 % in the previous year. The earnings
before taxes increased to EUR 5.6 million (previous year: EUR 5.0
million). The pre-tax return amounted to 10.2 % (previous year: 9.8
%). With these results the company's forecast communicated to the
capital market has been achieved.

The cash flow from operational activity amounted to EUR 13.7 million
(previous year: EUR 11.8 million +16%). The free cash flow calculated
as the sum of cash flows from operational activity and investment
reached a value of EUR 6.9 million (previous year: EUR 5.7 million,
+21%). The positive development of the cash flow is due to decreased
average delivery times and shorter collection periods for receivables
as a result of an intense working capital management.

In 2011 Basler AG achieved the best result in the company's history.
"Our new strategy alignment agreed upon 3 years ago with focus on the
camera business continues to prove successful", said Dr. Dietmar Ley,
Chairman of the Management Board.

Against this background, Basler AG will propose to this year's
general meeting the distribution of a dividend of 30 cent per share.

Due to the currently existing cyclical risks the Management Board
opted for a cautious forecast. Accordingly, the Basler group expects
in fiscal year 2012 approximately stable to slight declining sales
revenues within a corridor between EUR 50.0 million and EUR 54.0
million. Here, sales in the core business with digital cameras
(Components business segment) continue to increase compared to the
previous year, whereas sales revenues of the Solutions business
segment fall below the level reached in 2011 due to the current weak
demand from the LCD industry. Because of the sustainably attractive
growth opportunities in the camera business, investments in the
Components business segment will continue with unabated intensity.
Depending on the sales trend the company expects on the earnings side
a solid pre-tax return between 6 % and 8 %. "In parallel to the
expected improvement of the economic situation in the course of the
year, we assume sales and pre-tax results in the second half-year to
be above the figures of the first six months and then to show again
the level of return reached in 2011", said the Chairman of the
Management Board, Dr. Dietmar Ley, commenting on the forecast.

Basler AG is developer and manufacturer of high-quality cameras for
applications in industrial mass production, medical and traffic
technology, as well as video surveillance. Basler has more than 20
years of experience in image processing and offers one of the widest
product portfolios in the industry. The company employs approximately
300 employees in its headquarters in Ahrensburg, Germany, and in the
subsidiaries in the USA, Singapore, Taiwan, and, Korea.

The annual report can be downloaded from
www.baslerweb.com/finanzberichte.

Further inquiry note:
Verena Fehling
Investor Relations
Telefon: +49(0)4102 463-101
E-Mail: ir@baslerweb.com

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company: Basler AG
An der Strusbek 60-62
D-22926 Ahrensburg
phone: +49 (0) 4102 463 0
FAX: +49 (0) 4102 463 108
mail: info@baslerweb.com
WWW: http://www.baslerweb.com
sector: Semiconductors & active components
ISIN: DE0005102008
indexes: CDAX
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart,
regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English