DIS AG
DIS AG: Preliminary figures for the 2003 financial year
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Preliminary figures for the 2003 financial year
Dusseldorf, 19 February 2004 – The personnel services specialist DIS Deutscher
Industrie Service AG exceeded its earnings forecast for 2003, which anticipated
an EBT of EUR 14.5 million, by 6%.
Sales in the DIS Group declined by 6.1%, to EUR 218.4 million. With the gross
margin in Q4 2003 being higher than expected combined with the dynamic
development of the Industry division in Q4 2003, the EBT of EUR15.4 million
exceeded the target figure of EUR14.5 million for 2003 by 6 percent.
In Q4 2003, sales dropped by only 0.4% to EUR 54.9 million, after declining by
7.7% in Q3 2003. This development was supported by the Industry and IT
divisions, both areas in the early stage of an industrial cycle. In the Industry
division, Q4 sales increased by 19.8 percent to EUR 20.2 million, following
growth of 6.3% in Q3. The IT division moved back to the growth track. After a
sales decline of 10.4% in Q3, sales in Q4 increased by 0.8% to EUR 3.7 million.
Distinct improvement of earnings in Q4 2003
In Q4, EBT increased by 15.9% to EUR 4.0 million. Consolidated net income for
the quarter rose by 15,5% to EUR 2.3 million. Consolidated net income for the
year dropped by 7.2% to EUR 8.4 million for the whole of 2003. Earnings per
share declined by 5.1% to EUR 0.66 in 2003. Before goodwill amortisation, the
decline was 3.8% to EUR 0.80.
The full report is available under http://www.dis.ag
Contact: Dominik de Daniel, CFO, Niederkasseler Lohweg 18, D-40547 Dusseldorf,
tel.: ++49 211 530653-16, fax: ++49 211 530653-740, e-mail: ir@dis-ag.de
end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 19.02.2004
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