DGAP-Adhoc: Backlog achieved 'all-time-high'with 310 Mio. Euro as of March 2008 , redemption of 1 Mio. shares
04.04.2008
Kontron AG / Share Buyback/Miscellaneous
04.04.2008
Release of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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? Total number of individual share certificates reduced to 50.8 million
? Calculated earnings per share increases by 2%
? Share buy back program not yet finished
? EUR 20 Mio. up to 25 Mio. planned for shareholder value measures in 2008
Eching/Munich, 4th April 2008. The backlog of the Kontron-Group increased
at March 2008 up to 310 Mio. Euro. The rise by 42 Mio. Euro since year end
2007 based on organic growth and the acquisition of Thales Computer SA in
equal shares.
With the approval of its Supervisory Board, the Management Board of Kontron
AG took advantage of its various authorizations today and resolved to
redeem one million of the company's individual share certificates in the
amount of some EUR 10 million, while lowering the company's overall capital
stock to a total of EUR 50.8 million. This capital reduction through
redemption will be effected by taking the shares of the company's stock
portfolio off the books. Consequently, this measure translates into a 2%
arithmetical improvement in earnings per share for the company's
shareholders in the future.
This policy - which focuses on shareholder value - will be underscored in
financial year 2008. No less than a total of EUR 20 million up to 25
million will be employed for stock repurchases, redemption of stock options
and dividend distribution.
Investor Relations: For further information:
Gaby Moldan Dr. Udo Nimsdorf
Kontron AG Engel & Zimmermann AG
Oskar-von-Miller-Str. 1, Agentur für Wirtschaftskommunikation
D-85386 Eching Schloss Fußberg, Am Schlosspark 15,
Tel:+498165/77212,Fax+498165/77222 D-82131 Gauting
Email: Gaby.Moldan@kontron.com Tel.+4989-8935633,Fax:+4989-89398429
Email : info@engel-zimmermann.de
04.04.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language: English
Issuer: Kontron AG
Oskar-von-Miller-Str. 1
85386 Eching
Deutschland
Phone: 08165-77-225
Fax: 08165-77-222
E-mail: martin.przybyla@kontron.com
Internet: www.kontron.com
ISIN: DE0006053952
WKN: 605395
Indices: TecDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf
End of News DGAP News-Service
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Kontron AG / Share Buyback/Miscellaneous
04.04.2008
Release of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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? Total number of individual share certificates reduced to 50.8 million
? Calculated earnings per share increases by 2%
? Share buy back program not yet finished
? EUR 20 Mio. up to 25 Mio. planned for shareholder value measures in 2008
Eching/Munich, 4th April 2008. The backlog of the Kontron-Group increased
at March 2008 up to 310 Mio. Euro. The rise by 42 Mio. Euro since year end
2007 based on organic growth and the acquisition of Thales Computer SA in
equal shares.
With the approval of its Supervisory Board, the Management Board of Kontron
AG took advantage of its various authorizations today and resolved to
redeem one million of the company's individual share certificates in the
amount of some EUR 10 million, while lowering the company's overall capital
stock to a total of EUR 50.8 million. This capital reduction through
redemption will be effected by taking the shares of the company's stock
portfolio off the books. Consequently, this measure translates into a 2%
arithmetical improvement in earnings per share for the company's
shareholders in the future.
This policy - which focuses on shareholder value - will be underscored in
financial year 2008. No less than a total of EUR 20 million up to 25
million will be employed for stock repurchases, redemption of stock options
and dividend distribution.
Investor Relations: For further information:
Gaby Moldan Dr. Udo Nimsdorf
Kontron AG Engel & Zimmermann AG
Oskar-von-Miller-Str. 1, Agentur für Wirtschaftskommunikation
D-85386 Eching Schloss Fußberg, Am Schlosspark 15,
Tel:+498165/77212,Fax+498165/77222 D-82131 Gauting
Email: Gaby.Moldan@kontron.com Tel.+4989-8935633,Fax:+4989-89398429
Email : info@engel-zimmermann.de
04.04.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language: English
Issuer: Kontron AG
Oskar-von-Miller-Str. 1
85386 Eching
Deutschland
Phone: 08165-77-225
Fax: 08165-77-222
E-mail: martin.przybyla@kontron.com
Internet: www.kontron.com
ISIN: DE0006053952
WKN: 605395
Indices: TecDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf
End of News DGAP News-Service
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