United Labels AG

Earnings Release • May 9, 2006

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Ad-hoc | 9 May 2006 08:43

United Labels AG increases revenue in first quarter

Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— – Group revenue rises by 9.6% to EUR 9.1 million – Substantial level of incoming orders in first quarter – Revenue in Key Account segment grows by 17.9% Münster, 9 May 2006 – United Labels AG (ISIN: DE 0005489561), a company specialising in comicware sold under licence, raised its Group revenue by 9.6% to EUR 9.1 million in the first three months (Q1 2005: EUR 8.3 million). The pre-tax loss stood at EUR 0.1 million (Q1 2005: EBIT of EUR 0.1 million). The loss after taxes amounted to EUR 0.2 million (Q1 2005: EUR 0). In particular, this figure includes start-up costs of EUR 0.2 million attributable to the UK subsidiary United Labels Ltd. Key Account business produced above-average growth of 17.9%, taking revenue to EUR 6.6 million (Q1 2005: EUR 5.6 million). Within the Special Retail segment, revenue declined slightly to EUR 2.5 million (Q1 2005: EUR 2.7 million). Cash flow from operating activities amounted to EUR 1.8 million (Q1 2005: EUR 2.4 million). The level of incoming orders increased by 17.6% to EUR 12.7 million (Q1 2005: EUR 10.8 million). Thus, orders in hand amounted to EUR 16.1 million as at 31 March 2006, 10.3% higher than a year ago (Q1 2005: EUR 14.6 million). United Labels AG will be holding its 6th Annual General Meeting in Münster on 23 May 2006. For further information, please visit www.unitedlabels.com or contact the following member of staff: United Labels AG Stefanie Frey Gildenstr. 6 D – 48157 Münster Phone: +49 (0) 251-3221-406 Fax: +49 (0) 251-3221-960 Mobile: +49 (0) 170-5 62 88 65 sfrey@unitedlabels.com (c)DGAP 09.05.2006 ————————————————————————— 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 email: investorrelations@unitedlabels.com WWW: www.unitedlabels.com ISIN: DE0005489561 WKN: 548956 indices: Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————