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Carl Zeiss Meditec AG: Sales increase by 35.6 percent

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---EBIT at EUR 11.1m more than doubled after first six months---

(Jena, 14 May 2003) In the first half of the 2002/2003 financial year Carl
Zeiss
 Meditec AG significantly increased its sales and net income. The sales
volume
rose by 35.6% to EUR 124.1m. Compared to the same period last year,
operating
income (EBIT) grew by 104.1% to EUR 11.1m (previous year: EUR 5.5m). The
increase in profits was partly attributable to the improved gross margin
and a
healthy growth in sales.

Seen on a quarterly basis (1.1.-31.3.) there was also a significant
increase in
sales and profits: sales improved by 36.4% to EUR 61.7m (previous year: EUR
45.3m) and EBIT grew by 26.0% to EUR 5.3m (previous year: EUR 4.2m).

In the past six months the cash and cash equivalents increased by 89.3% to
EUR
13.6m. Operative cash flow reached the level of EUR 6.2m. The equity ratio
increased from 49.2% (as of 30 September 2002) to 50.0%. With the disposal
of
the Aesthetic and Dental business segments immediately after the end of the
reporting period the process of focusing on ophthalmic business was
brought to a
 completion.

(The financial statements according to US GAAP are only to a limited extent
comparable with the previous years' figures, as they relate exclusively to
the
former Carl Zeiss Ophthalmic Systems AG and do not include the former
Asclepion-
Meditec AG.)

Contact:
Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Jens Brajer/Investor Relations, Goeschwitzer Str.
51 -
52, D-07745 Jena, Telephone +49 (0)3641-220-105, Fax: +49 (0)3641-220-117,
E-
mail: investors@meditec.zeiss.com

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