United Labels AG

Earnings Release • Mar 25, 2009

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Ad-hoc | 25 March 2009 08:03

United Labels AG: United Labels AG expands in Key Account segment

United Labels AG / Final Results/Final Results

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• Group revenue grows by 2.3% to EUR 44.2 million
• Profit for the year doubles
• Proposed dividend of EUR 0.20 per share

Münster, 25.03.2009 - United Labels AG (ISIN: DE 0005489561), an enterprise
specialising in comicware sold under licence, increased Group revenue by
2.3% to EUR 44.2 million in the 2008 financial year (prev. year: EUR 43.2
million). Consolidated profit for the year doubled to EUR 0.8 million
(prev. year: EUR 0.4 million). EBIT amounted to EUR 0.6 million (prev.
year: EUR 1.3 million). Earnings per share stood at EUR 0.19 (prev. year:
EUR 0.10).

Within the Key Account segment, revenue grew by 5.9% to EUR 31.8 million,
which was attributable mainly to the subsidiary House of Trends.
Specialising in sales to discount retailers, this enterprise generated
revenue of EUR 3.9 million (prev. year: EUR 0.3 million).

In the financial year just ended, a 35% interest was acquired in Groupe
Montesquieu, France. Consolidated profit was influenced by investment
income, alongside the operating results of the separate entities and the
recognition of deferred taxes.

Net cash from operating activities increased substantially to EUR 7.1
million (prev. year: EUR 2.3 million). Cash and cash equivalents amounted
to EUR 5.0 million, while the equity ratio remained largely unchanged at
61%.

In view of the consolidated profit generated for the year, the proposal to
be put forward to the AGM in May will be for a dividend payment of EUR 0.20
per share, as in the previous years.

United Labels has made strategic preparations in response to the current
economic situation and plans to increase revenues and earnings in the
current 2009 financial year.

The audited financial statements for the financial year just ended will be
published as part of today's annual results press conference in
Münster/Germany.

For further information, please visit www.unitedlabels.com or contact the
following member of staff:

United Labels AG
- Investor Relations -
Timo Koch
Gildenstr. 6, D - 48157 Münster
Tel.: +49 (0) 251-3221-406, Fax: +49 (0) 251-3221-960
Mobile: +49 (0) 170-5 62 88 65
tkoch@unitedlabels.com

25.03.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

Language: English
Issuer: United Labels AG
Gildenstr. 6
48157 Münster
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)25 132 21-0
Fax: +49 (0)25 132 21-999
E-mail: investorrelations@unitedlabels.com
Internet: www.unitedlabels.com
ISIN: DE0005489561
WKN: 548956
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf

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