Press releases

Munich, 16 May 2007

AURELIUS closes successfully the business year 2006 

The Munich based industrial holding company AURELIUS AG (ISIN: DE000A0JK2A8) closes successfully the business year 2006. Group sales came to EUR 21,7m. All five companies of the investment portfolio were purchased and consolidated only in the second half year of 2006. Calculated on an annual basis, group sales reach the total of EUR 83,7m. 

EBITDA amounted to EUR 4,1m, EBIT to EUR 2,6m. The EBIT-margin of approximately 12% shows the profitability of AURELIUS already in a very early stage. The holding realised a group profit of EUR 2,2m. This is adequate to earnings per share of EUR 3,16. Besides of this, also the gross cash flow amounting to EUR 2.7m reveals that the strategy of AURELIUS leads to positive and cash effective results.

 

Dr. Dirk Markus, CEO of AURELIUS, offers a positive summary: „The year 2006 was an exciting and eventful first business year as we could purchase five companies in special situations. In spite of the initially necessary restructuring expenses, most of the companies are profitable again. Our strategy pays off!”

 

Confidence for 2007

 

The board of directors is also optimistic for the business year 2007. AURELIUS plans further four to six acquisitions in addition to the already announced two purchases. At the same time, the restructuring processes of the current portfolio investments will be continued and therewith operative growth shall be accelerated. Therefore the board of directors expect strong growth of sales and result in 2007. The ongoing trend that major corporations focus on core activities backs this expectations strongly.

 

The detailed annual report 2006 can be downloaded under www.aureliusinvest.de or directly [here].

 

AURELIUS AG, Munich (www.aureliusinvest.com), acquires mid-sized companies and corporate spin-offs which are no longer part of the core business of the previous owner. AURELIUS acquires companies even when they are in difficult and complex situations and actively grows and develops them. AURELIUS increases the value of its investments to the benefit of all parties, using its own specialized Task Force, while paying particular attention to its social responsibility. The shares of AURELIUS AG trade under code AR4 (ISIN: DE000A0JK2A8) on the Open Market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

Contact

AURELIUS AG
Investor Relations & Corporate Communication
Matthias L. Schneck
phone. +49 (0)89.5447.99.0
investor(at)aureliusinvest.de