Mutares SE & Co. KGaA

Earnings Release • Apr 15, 2015

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Corporate | 15 April 2015 16:08

mutares confirms record results and proposes a dividend of EUR 4.70 per share

mutares AG / Key word(s): Dividend/Final Results

2015-04-15 / 16:08

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Today, the mutares Group (ISIN: DE000A0SMSH2) published its Annual Report for the record year 2014. The Executive Board and Supervisory Board want their shareholders to participate in the great success of the company by proposing a dividend payment of EUR 4.70 per share.

The mutares Group ended FY 2014 with record consolidated revenues and operating earnings, and an unprecedented cash and equity position. Its revenues increased by 86.7% to EUR 648.1m (2013: EUR 347.0m). The consolidated operating earnings (EBITDA) increased more than 5 times to EUR 30.9m (2013: EUR 5.9m). Hence, mutares fulfilled its promise of establishing profitable growth.

Cash and cash equivalents increased by EUR 24.7m to the record level of EUR 69.8m (2013: EUR 45.1m). The Executive Board and Supervisory Board of mutares AG decided to let the shareholders participate in the company’s great success of 2014 and therefore propose the payment of a dividend of EUR 4.70 per share from retained profits to the Annual General Meeting on May 22, 2015.

The Annual Report 2014 of the mutares Group can be downloaded under www.mutares.de/investor-relations .

Company profile of mutares AG

mutares AG, Munich (www.mutares.de), acquires companies, that are being sold in the course of a repositioning process at their owners and that show a clear operational improvement potential. Getting engaged with its own teams, mutares actively supports its portfolio companies to achieve a clear value increase. The focus of the operational work is to ensure sustainable, long-term growth. The shares of mutares AG are traded in the Open Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Entry Standard) under the symbol MUX (ISIN: DE000A0SMSH2).

For further information, please contact:

mutares AG

Christoph Himmel

Investor Relations & Corporate Communications

Tel. +49 89 9292776-0

Fax +49 89 9292776-22

ir@mutares.de

www.mutares.de

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