3U HOLDING AG: Dividend payment planned for financial year 2016

  • Positive 2016 financial year allows dividend payment
  • Dividend yield of around 1.3%

Marburg, February 22, 2017 – The Management Board and the Supervisory Board of 3U HOLDING AG (ISIN DE0005167902) are planning to propose a dividend of EUR 0.01 per share for the 2016 financial year at this year’s Annual General Meeting. The final decision will be taken by the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on May 18, 2017.

The 3U Group returned back on track in 2016 and ended the financial year with a surplus. It is the declared corporate strategy to let the shareholders participate appropriately in the company success through dividend distributions. After a few years without dividends, a new phase of continuous dividend payments is to be initiated with the upcoming dividend.

A pay out of EUR 0.01 per share represents a dividend yield of approximately 1.3% based on the current share price. The dividend is paid out of the tax deposit account within the meaning of §27 of the German Corporate Income Tax Act.

As of April 7, 2017 you will find detailed information on the Annual General Meeting on May 18, 2017 on our website at www.3u.net/en/investor-relations/annual-general-meeting.

3U HOLDING AG publishes preliminary consolidated earnings 2016 and outlook for the 2017 financial year

Marburg, February 7, 2017 – According to preliminary findings, 3U HOLDING AG (ISIN DE0005167902) continued its positive development in 2016.

According to provisional unaudited figures, the last prognosticated figures were achieved with sales of around EUR 11.2 million, EBITDA of EUR 0.8 million and earnings of EUR 0.2 million in the closing quarter. The key figures for the financial year 2016 are as follows:

Preliminary consolidated
figures 2016		 Latest forecast of the
consolidated figures 2016		 Consolidated figures 2015
Sales (in EUR m) 43.6 approx. 44 48.2
EBITDA (in EUR m) 4.5 approx. 4.5 4.0
Earnings (in EUR m) 0.6 approx. 0.5 -0.8

The development of earnings reflects the turnaround in the financial year 2016. Compared to the previous year, where a loss had to be reported, earnings for the 3U Group rose by around EUR 1.4 m to EUR 0.6 m.

In today’s discussion between the Supervisory Board and Management Board, the forecast for the current fiscal year 2017 was also adopted. According to this, 3U HOLDING AG expects sales of between EUR 44 m to EUR 49 m, EBITDA between EUR 4.5 m to EUR 6.5 m as well as earnings of EUR 0.5 m to EUR 1.5 m for the financial year 2017.

The annual report 2016 will be published on March 24, 2017.

 

Contact:

Peter Alex
Head of Investor Relations

3U HOLDING AG
Frauenbergstraße 31-33
35039 Marburg

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