07-02-06
MAN AG / Final Results 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. The MAN Group looks back on an outstanding fiscal year 2006. The Group’s operating profit soared by EUR431 million or 64 percent to EUR1,105 million. The MAN Group’s net income (EAT) ballooned EUR453 million or 96 percent, from EUR472 million a year ago to EUR925 million. EpS of continuing operations improved from EUR2.75 to EUR5.05 (up by EUR2.30 or 84 percent). MAN AG’s Supervisory Board will propose to the annual stockholders’ meeting that per share a cash dividend of EUR1.50 plus a EUR0.50 bonus be distributed (2005: EUR1.35 per share). At EUR16.6 billion, the prior-year order intake figure of EUR14.3 billion (like-for-like, excluding Printing Systems and Steel Trade) was topped by 16 percent. Sales jumped 15 percent to EUR13.0 billion. For the Group as such, we predict an order intake of around EUR16.0 billion in 2007. Given its tall order backlog, the MAN Group’s 2007 sales will again outgrow the EUR13.0 billion of 2006. All the manufacturing business areas are expected to advance, the Group in its entirety by 5+ percent in terms of sales. As to the operating profit in 2007 (EUR1,105 million in 2006), the MAN Group is predicted to post another rise. Assuming the economy to remain congenial and the order situation still healthy, we aim to achieve an ROS of 9.0 percent. MAN Aktiengesellschaft The Executive Board DGAP 06.02.2007