Matas — Earnings Release 2013

Jun 4, 2014

Company announcement no. 3 2014/15

Allerød, 2014-06-04 08:01 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Board of Directors of
Matas A/S today considered and adopted the annual report for the period 1 April
2013 – 31 March 2014.

Terje List, Chief Executive Officer, said: "We are delighted to present our
first annual report as a listed company with an adjusted EBIT slightly above
our guidance. In a year with a continuing weak retail market, we are very
pleased to report like-for-like growth of 3.4%. This is a good performance
achieved through a strong commitment at all levels of our organisation."

DKK millions FY 2013/14 FY 2012/13 Q4 Q4 2012/13
2013/14

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Revenue 3,345 3,200 744 729
Gross profit 1,541 1,471 355 345
Operating profit 464 456 88 81
Adjusted EBIT (EBITA) 571 548 109 104
Adjusted EBIT margin (EBITA 17.1% 17.1% 14.6% 14.3%
margin)
Profit for the year 249 263 4 45
Adjusted profit after tax 374 336 62 63
Cash generated from operations 674 617 259 184
Earnings per share, DKK 6.12 6.45 0.10 1.10
Dividend per share (proposed), 5.50 - - -
DKK

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Outlook for 2014/15

-- Revenue is expected to be around DKK 3.5 billion, assuming like-for-like
growth of 2-3% after taking into account a negative calendar effect.
-- The EBITA margin is expected to be on a level with the 2013/14 EBITA
margin, which was 17.1%.

Investor conference call
A conference call for investors and analysts will be held on Wednesday, 4 June
at 10:00 a.m. Conference call access numbers for investors and analysts:

Denmark +45 3272 8018
UK +44 1452 555 131
US +1 866 682 8490

The conference call, presentation and additional information will be available
on our investor website: investor.en.matas.dk.

Annual General Meeting
The annual general meeting will be held on Monday, 30 June 2014 at 4:00 at the
Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center, Arni Magnussons Gade 2-4, DK-1577 Copenhagen V,
Denmark.

Matas A/S

For further information please contact:

Jesper Breitenstein Henrik Engberg Johannsen
Head of Investor Relations Information manager
+45 27 80 76 75 +45 21 71 24 74

Matas A/S Rørmosevej 1 P.O. Box 222 DK-3450 Allerød Tel: +45 4816 5555 Fax:
+45 4816 5500

        E-mail: mail@matas.dk  www.matas.dk  CVR no. 27 52 84 06