United Labels AG / Quarter Results 09.11.2009 Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ad hoc announcement by United Labels AG dated 9 November 2009 ISIN: DE 0005489561, WKN: 548956, Ticker: ULC United Labels AG: Nine-month results affected by European consumer climate - Year-on-year decline in 9M earnings - Quarterly profit rises to EUR 0.5 million Münster, 9 November 2009 - United Labels AG (ISIN: DE 0005489561), a company specialising in comicware sold under licence, generated consolidated revenue of EUR 28.1 million in the first nine months of 2009 (prev. year: EUR 30.5 million). EBIT for the same period amounted to EUR -0.9 million (prev. year: EUR 0.2 million). Impacting on all of the Group's European enterprises, the decline in revenue affected business within both the Key Account and the Special Retail segment. Within this context, the units in Germany, England and Spain bore the brunt of the downturn. In the third quarter, earnings rose significantly year on year. EBIT increased from EUR -0.1 million a year ago to EUR 0.6 million, while consolidated profit rose from EUR -0.1 million to EUR 0.5 million. United Labels AG further extended its activities relating to its company-operated shops. In July, a new United Labels store was opened at the highly frequented 'Maremagnum' shopping centre in Barcelona. October saw the launch of the company's first German airport store in Düsseldorf. Additional openings have been planned in November 2009 (in Hamburg) and in February/March 2010 (in Malaga). For further information, please visit www.unitedlabels.com or contact the following member of staff: United Labels AG - Investor Relations - Timo Koch Gildenstr. 6, D - 48157 Münster Tel.: +49 (0) 251-3221-406, Fax: +49 (0) 251-3221-960 Mobile: +49 (0) 170-5 62 88 65 tkoch@unitedlabels.com 09.11.2009 Financial News distributed by DGAP. Medienarchiv at |[![CDATA[|[a href="http://www.dgap-medientreff.de"|]www.dgap-medientreff.de|[/a|]]]|] and |[![CDATA[|[a href="http://www.dgap.de"|]www.dgap.de|[/a|]]]|] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: United Labels AG Gildenstr. 6 48157 Münster Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)25 132 21-0 Fax: +49 (0)25 132 21-999 E-mail: investorrelations@unitedlabels.com Internet: www.unitedlabels.com ISIN: DE0005489561 WKN: 548956 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, München, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Hamburg End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-Adhoc: United Labels AG: Nine-month results affected by European consumer climate
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