Ad-hoc Announcement of TRIPLAN AG pursuant to §15 Securities Trading Act
Resignation from the management board
Audited annual accounts
Bad Soden, 09.06.2005
TRIPLAN AG has announced that the employment contract expiring on 30.9.2005 of the spokesman of the management board, Ralf Heimberg, has ended according to agreement. The supervisory board has complied with the wish of the management board’s spokesman to step down by 30.6.2005. The supervisory board of TRIPLAN AG thanks Mr Heimberg for the work he has done in the last three years.
TRIPLAN AG has reported its audited and certified financial statement for 2004. The set of figures, which was provided with an unqualified audit opinion, is identical with the interim figures already announced on 31 March 2005. They show that total output fell 19.5 % to 24.3 m EUR (previous year 30.2 m EUR). In spite of the fall in sales EBITDA in this period improved by 0.7 m EUR, from -0.3 m EUR in 2003 because of a strict cost management to 0.4 m EUR in 2004. EBIT also improved in 2004 from -2.4 m EUR the previous year to -1.7 m EUR in the 2004 reporting period. The equity ratio at the balance sheet date was 50.3%.
The quarterly report for the first quarter of 2005 will be published within the next week.
For further information, please contact:
TRIPLAN AG
Auf der Krautweide 32
65812 Bad Soden
Phone: +49 6196 / 60 92 - 0
Fax: +49 6196 / 60 92 - 203
e-mail: info@triplan.com
