Hawesko raises dividend by 12.5% to ? 1.35 per share
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HAWESKO Holding AG / Hawesko raises dividend by 12.5% to ? 1.35 per share processed and transmitted by Hugin AS. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
* Tax-free distribution
* Final 2009 financial statements confirm preliminary figures
* Free cash flow at record high
Hamburg, 26 March 2010. The wine trading group Hawesko Holding AG (HAW GR,
HAWG.DE, DE0006042708) expects to increase the dividend from ?1.20 in the
previous year to ?1.35 per share for fiscal year 2009. At its meeting yesterday,
the supervisory board of the company approved the corresponding dividend
proposal of the management board, which will be put to a vote at the annual
general meeting on 14 June 2010. The proposed increase in the dividend
corresponds to a rise of 12.5%: a total of ? 11.9 million from the contribution
account for tax purposes is to be distributed to the shareholders (previous
year: ? 10.6 million). For most private investors domiciled in Germany the
distribution will remain tax-free.
Furthermore, the supervisory board reviewed, discussed and ratified the
parent-company and consolidated financial statements for fiscal year 2009; thus
the annual financial statements were approved. As previously reported, Group
sales in 2009 (1 January to 31 December) amounted to ? 338.5 million and thus
remained at the previous year's level (? 338.8 million). The final consolidated
financial statement posts the operating result (EBIT) at ? 22.4 million
(previous year: ? 25.5 million). This was the second-best result in the history
of the company. Consolidated net profit after deductions for taxes and minority
interests amounted to ? 13.1 million and ? 1.48 per share in 2009; adjusted for
a non-recurring expenditure in the financial result, it would have reached the
level of the previous year (? 14.6 million and ? 1.67 per share). The
consolidated balance sheet total was ? 173.6 million, while the equity ratio
rose to 47% (previous year: ? 170.1 million and 45%). Free cash flow (cash flow
from ongoing business activities minus investments and interest paid out) rose
to ? 20.8 million in 2009 (previous year: ? 17.5 million), the highest level in
the history of the company up to now.
The management board will give a detailed presentation of the results of fiscal
year 2009 as well as the figures for the first three months of the current
fiscal year on 6 May 2010 at the annual press conference of Hawesko Holding AG.
Hawesko Holding AG is a leading supplier of premium wines and champagnes. In
fiscal year 2009 the Group achieved sales of ? 339 million through its three
sales channels - specialist wine retail (Jacques' Wein-Depot), wholesale (Wein
Wolf and CWD Champagner und Wein Distributionsgesellschaft) and mail order (in
particular Hanseatisches Wein- und Sekt-Kontor), and employed 657 people. The
shares of Hawesko Holding AG are listed on the Hanseatic Stock Exchange in
Hamburg as well as in the GEX of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
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Hawesko Holding AG, 20247 Hamburg
Internet:
http://www.hawesko.com
http://www.hawesko.de
http://www.jacques.de
Jacques' Wein-Depot)
Press/Media:
Vera Maria Bau, VMB Consulting
Phone: +49 (0)228) 4496 406
Fax +49 (0)228 4496 9406
E-mail:vmb(at)veramariabau-pr.de
Investor Relations:
Thomas Hutchinson, Hawesko Holding AG
Phone: +49 (0)40 30 39 21 00
Fax +49 (0)40 30 39 21 05
E-mail:ir(at)hawesko.com
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HAWESKO Holding AG
Postfach Hamburg Deutschland
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