Nemetschek SE

Earnings Release • Mar 27, 2008

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Ad-hoc | 27 March 2008 07:51

Nemetschek AG: Nemetschek increases dividend

Nemetschek AG / Final Results

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Ad-hoc Announcement

Nemetschek increases dividend after excellent annual financial statements

for 2007

– Shareholders to receive 0.65 euros per share

– Marked increase in earnings in all business segments

– Equity ratio at 33.7% (+24.9%)

– Outlook cautiously optimistic

Munich, March 27, 2008 – The Nemetschek Group is planning its fourth

dividend payment in a row: the managing board and supervisory board will

recommend a dividend of 0.65 euros per share at the general meeting on May

21, 2008. This corresponds to a payout of 6.3 million euros with 9.625

million shares. This results in a payout ratio of 63.5% based on the

balance sheet profit of Nemetschek AG and a dividend increase of 16.0%

compared to the previous year (0.56 euros).

In fiscal 2007 the Nemetschek Group posted its best ever results in terms

of sales and EBITDA and thus managed to sustain the positive trend in

recent years. The company is still on a growth course and has successfully

completed the integration of Graphisoft.

Sales amount to 146.2 million euros, 36.0% above the previous year’s value

(107.5 million euros). Graphisoft contributes 32.5 million euros to

Nemetschek’s overall sales. On an international level, sales rose by 50% to

92.6 million euros. The share contributed by operations abroad is thus

almost two thirds of overall sales.

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) for

fiscal 2007 thus increased by 62.9 % to 33.6 million euros (previous year:

20.7 million years). The EBITDA margin, even by international standards,

was increased to a superb 23.0% (previous year 19.2%). The EBIT rose by

34.3% to 23.9 million euros (previous year: 17.8 million euros). The EBIT

of the Nemetschek Group is affected by depreciation from purchase price

allocation amounting to 7.4 million euros (previous year: 0.5 million

euros). The net earnings amount to 15.3 million euros (previous year: 14.4

million euros). The earnings per share rose to 1.52 euros (previous year:

1.41 euros).

The equity capital totals 62.9 million euros on the cut-off date (previous

year: 55.1 million euros), thus resulting in an equity ratio of 33.7%. As

of December 31, 2007, the balance sheet profit was 186.5 million euros

after 204.1 million euros in the previous year.

Due to the current uncertainties regarding the economy’s willingness to

invest, the outlook is naturally very conditional. The goals for 2008 and

2009 are cautiously optimistic. While retaining the excellent margins, the

Nemetschek Group currently expects high single-digit growth in sales. Due

to the repayments of the guaranteed loans, the interest charges will drop

successively in the coming years; this will have a positive effect on the

annual net income.

The supervisory board of Nemetschek AG has endorsed the consolidated

financial statements.

The company will present the audited annual financial statements today, on

March 27, 2008, as part of the press briefing on annual results in Munich.

Rita Sander

Nemetschek AG

Investor Relations

Tel.: 089/927 93 – 12 19

27.03.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP

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Language: English

Issuer: Nemetschek AG

          Konrad-Zuse-Platz 1

          81829 München

          Deutschland

Phone: +49 (0)89 92 793-0

Fax: +49 (0)89 927 93-5200

E-mail: investorrelations@nemetschek.de

Internet: www.nemetschek.de

ISIN: DE0006452907

WKN: 645290

Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr

          in Berlin, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf

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