Ad hoc: Analytik Jena AG: Analytik Jena Announces Preliminary Figures for the 2008/2009
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(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Analytik Jena AG / / Ad hoc: Analytik Jena Announces Preliminary Figures for the 2008/2009Financial Year processed and transmitted by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sales rose to over EUR 71.0 m in the instrument business- Operating profit (EBIT) increased by 34.0 % to EUR 6.3 m- Earnings per share negatively impacted by increased incometax rateJena, November 10, 2009 - Analytik Jena AG (Frankfurt DE0005213508,Prime Standard: AJA) was still in line to achieve its main target inthe 2008/2009 financial year and continued to enjoy strong growthdespite the difficult overall economic climate. This was theannouncement made by the Company today at the German EquityConference held in Frankfurt am Main.Over the past 2008/2009 financial year, the analytical, bioanalyticaland optical systems and applications manufacturer achieved sales ofEUR 71.2 m (previous year: EUR 53.1 m) in its instrument business.The Company therefore posted sales growth of 34.1 % in its corebusiness, including the acquired subsidiaries CyBio AG and BiometraGmbH. Organic growth alone stood at 10.3 %. In the segmentsanalytical solutions and bio solutions, Analytik Jena gainedsignificant ground, whilst sales in optical solutions were downyear-on-year.Operating profit (EBIT) increased by 34.0 % to EUR 6.3 m (previousyear: EUR 4.7 m), which corresponds to an EBIT margin of 8.9 %.Earnings before taxes (EBT) rose from EUR 2.9 m in the previous yearto expectedly more than EUR 4.0 m in this period.Also the operating cash flow with nearly EUR 6.0 m compared with thenegative value of EUR -1.7 m in the previous year was developingpositively.For earnings per share the Company cannot report any resilientfigures so far. This is attributable to tax burden by subsidiariesabroad that need to be audited yet. An increased income tax comparedwith the previous year is expected, so earnings per share willprobably be close to the previous year's result.Considering the consolidating global economy and the positiveindustry forecasts, Analytik Jena expects to continue its positivedevelopment and its overall growth.The figures given in the announcement are preliminary figures. Thefinal results for the 2008/2009 financial year (as of September 30)will be announced by the Group on December 17, 2009.Contact:Dana SchmidtAnalytik Jena AGKonrad-Zuse-Strasse 107745 JenaTel: +49 3641 779281Mail: ir(at)analytik-jena.de --- End of Message ---Analytik Jena AGKonrad-Zuse-Straÿe 1 Jena GermanyWKN: 521350 ; ISIN: DE0005213508 ; Index: Prime All Share;Listed: Prime Standard in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, Freiverkehr in Bayerische Börse München, Freiverkehr in Börse Berlin, Freiverkehr in Börse Düsseldorf, Freiverkehr in Börse Stuttgart, Freiverkehr in Hanseatische Wertpapierbörse zu Hamburg, Freiverkehr in Niedersächsische Börse zu Hannover, Regulierter Markt in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse;
Datum: 10.11.2009 - 08:32 Uhr
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