Press release

Dyckerhoff Board of Management discloses results 2007

EBITDA margin is beyond 30 % range – Return on sales 16 % – Equity ratio rose to 45 %

The Dyckerhoff Group concluded the year 2007 with a significantly improved result. The Board of Management also sees this as a success of the strategy embarked. “The concentration on the core segments, cement and concrete, as well as our consequent cost management are the basis for our success”, says the CEO, Wolfgang Bauer, at the press conference on annual results. Sales increased by 25 %, to EUR 1.8 billion. The EBITDA margin is 32 %, return on sales achieved 16 %, and the equity ratio went up to 45 %. EBT (earnings before taxes) and net profit improved by 90 % to EUR 434 million and EUR 286 million respectively. Our shareholders will participate in this positive trend, too: “Board of Management and Supervisory Board will propose to the Annual General Meeting a dividend resolution of EUR 1.32 per each common and preferred share, which is double the previous year’s dividend”, comments Wolfgang Bauer the financial statements 2007 at the press conference on annual results in Frankfurt.

For 2008 Bauer expects a basically positive development in the European markets. Focal points of growth will be in particular the Ukraine and Russia. In the USA, however, Bauer expects a marked decline in cement volumes and sales. Overall, Group sales and earnings are to remain at previous year’s level.