DGAP-Ad hoc: United Labels AG

DGAP-Adhoc: United Labels AG: Significant year-on-year improvement in first-half results

United Labels AG / Key word(s): Half Year Results/Quarter Results

18.08.2016 10:01

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- Group revenue grows by 12.7% - Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) more than doubled - Order backlog up by 7.4% Münster, 18 August 2016. United Labels AG (ISIN: DE 0005489561, WKN: 548956) recorded Group revenue of EUR16.0 million in the first half of 2016. This represents an increase of 12.7% on the prior-year figure (prev. year: EUR14.2 million). Revenue was propelled upwards in both the Key Account segment (+14.3%) and the Special Retail segment (+9.8%). Group earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) stood at EUR0.5 million, which is more than double the amount posted for the same period a year ago (prev. year: EUR0.2 million). EBIT rose to EUR0.1 million (prev. year: EUR-0.2 million). Post-tax earnings for the Group improved to EUR-0.4 million in the first half of 2016 (prev. year: EUR-0.8 million).

Order backlog as at 30 June 2016 also developed favourably, rising by 7.4% year on year. In absolute terms, order backlog within the Group increased from EUR8.1 million after the first six months of 2015 to EUR8.7 million at the end of the first half of 2016. The sale of a selected portfolio of Diddl Mouse merchandise, the exclusive marketing rights to which were acquired by the company, is scheduled to commence in mid-October 2016. Thus, the exclusive Diddl collection will be available to high-margin specialty retailers and the company's own internet store at "diddl-shopping.de" for the coming Christmas season.

The report issued by United Labels AG for the first six months of 2016 can be downloaded from the company's website in the coming days: http://www.unitedlabels.com/investor-relations/finanzberichte

Holger Pentz Head of Finance United Labels AG Gildenstraße 6 48157 Münster Tel.: +49 (0) 251-3221-0 Fax: +40 (0) 251-3221-960 investorrelations@unitedlabels.com

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