06.05.2015
TAKKT AG DE0007446007
DGAP-News: TAKKT Shareholders' Meeting approves unchanged dividend of EUR 0.32 per share - outlook for 2015 financial year confirmed
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TAKKT Shareholders' Meeting approves unchanged dividend of EUR 0.32
per share - outlook for 2015 financial year confirmed
06.05.2015 / 13:05
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TAKKT Shareholders' Meeting approves unchanged dividend of EUR 0.32 per
share - outlook for 2015 financial year confirmed
Ludwigsburg/Stuttgart, Germany, May 06, 2015. The Shareholders' Meeting of
TAKKT AG today approved the payment of an unchanged dividend of EUR 0.32
per share which corresponds to a total distribution of EUR 21 million. The
payout ratio for 2014 amounts to 32.0 percent of the profit for the period
of EUR 65.7 million.
The Shareholders' Meeting also ratified the other items of the agenda by a
large majority. This included the election of Dr. Dorothee Ritz, Senior
Director Business Strategy at Microsoft International, Unterschleißheim, to
the Supervisory Board of TAKKT AG. Dr. Ritz was appointed member of the
Supervisory Board by resolution of the Stuttgart local court effective
October 13, 2014. She succeeds Prof. Dr. Klaus Trützschler, who stepped
down from his post effective June 30, 2014.
In addition, TAKKT was able to report a successful 2014 financial year at
the Shareholders' Meeting. Consolidated turnover increased organically by
5.5 percent and the EBITDA margin of 14.0 percent was in the upper range of
the target corridor of 12 to 15 percent. TAKKT could thus exceed the
guidance stated in the 2013 annual report. "Even though a certain slowdown
of the European economy could be felt during the course of the year, we
were able to show positive figures in the 2014 financial year," explains
CEO Felix Zimmermann.
The start to the 2015 financial year was also favorable for TAKKT.
Zimmermann comments: "As expected, the year got off to a rather cautious
start in Europe. At the same time, the early indicators that are relevant
for us point to increasing recovery during the course of the year. Our
North American business developed very positively from the beginning."
After the first quarter of 2015, TAKKT continues to anticipate a
performance in line with the most likely scenario presented in the 2014
annual report. TAKKT anticipates an improvement in GDP growth rates
relative to 2014. "Based on this, we expect organic turnover growth for
2015 of between three and five percent and an EBITDA margin at the upper
end of our self-imposed corridor of 12 to 15 percent," says Zimmermann.
About TAKKT AG
TAKKT is the leading B2B direct marketing specialist for business equipment
in Europe and North America. The Group is represented with its brands in
more than 25 countries. The product range of the TAKKT subsidiaries
comprises more than 200,000 products for the areas of plant and warehouse
equipment, office furniture, transport packaging, display articles,
supplies for retailers, the food service industry and the hotel market.
The TAKKT Group has over 2,000 employees and just under three million
customers worldwide. The company is listed on the SDAX and the Deutsche
Boerse Prime Standard.
Contacts:
Dr. Christian Warns; Tel. +49 711 3465-8222
Giuseppe Palmieri; Tel. +49 711 3465-8250
Email: [email protected]
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Language: English
Company: TAKKT AG
Presselstr. 12
70191 Stuttgart
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)711 346 58 -0
Fax: +49 (0)711 346 58 - 10
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.takkt.de
ISIN: DE0007446007
WKN: 744600
Indices: SDAX
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Stuttgart;
Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich
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