DGAP-News: Annual Report 2007: Heliad confirms preliminary result and a profit of 7 cents per share

 Heliad Equity Partners GmbH & Co. KGaA / Final Results

19.03.2008 

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By presenting the audited figures in the 2007 Annual Report, the publicly
listed investment company Heliad confirmed the preliminary result of 
7 cents per share published on 25 February 2008.

Despite a difficult second half of the year, Heliad achieved the best but
one result since the company’s formation in the form of net profit of Euro
5.0 million for the 2007 financial year. This was achieved, on the one
hand, by the price gains of listed holdings amounting to Euro 10.1 million
as well as increases in the value of unlisted holdings following their
positive operating development amounting to Euro 6.6 million.

On the expenditure side, write-downs of financial assets amounted to about
Euro 5.7 million, particularly as a result of impairment losses of listed
holdings based on declining prices in the generally weaker market
environment. Sundry operating expenses amounted to Euro 6.5 million.

Heliad’s equity capital showed an increase of 5% on 31 December 2007
compared to the previous year and, at the rate of Euro 95.2 million,
reached the highest level at the end of a financial year since the company
was first established. Interest-bearing liabilities amounted to only
Euro 2 million and thus confirm the company’s strong equity capital-based
financial structure.

During the financial year 2007, Heliad invested about Euro 35 million in
six promising, strong growth companies. Following a substantial expansion
of the portfolio over the last two years, Heliad also aims at increasingly
profitable sales, accompanied by the continuous acquisition of further
holdings in 2008.

Heliad’s intrinsic value (NAV) on 29 February, 2008 amounted to Euro 1.23
per share. Based on an officially quoted price of Euro 0.75 per share on
this date, the intrinsic value is discounted at the rate of 39%.

In view of the satisfactory operating development of the holdings despite
the recent turbulence in the capital markets, Heliad’s management continues
to anticipate a positive development of the company’s business in 2008.

++ About Heliad

Heliad is an publicly listed equity investment company investing in strong
growth companies in German speaking countries. Heliad targets established
owner-managed business models having a turnover of between Euro 10 and 100
million. In view of this investment focus, Heliad is positioned in the
attractive niche between venture capital and large buyouts. The at present
14 companies in Heliad’s portfolio employing a workforce of about 4,000 had
a combined turnover of more than Euro 700 million.

Further information concerning the company can be found at
www.heliad.de.

Contact:
Heliad Equity Partners GmbH & Co. KGaA
Alexander Mitsch
Chief Financial Officer
Tel.: +49 (0) 69 71 91 59 65 28
E-Mail: alexander.mitsch@heliad.de


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Language:     English
Issuer:        Heliad Equity Partners GmbH & Co. KGaA
              Grüneburgweg 18
              60322 Frankfurt am Main
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0)69 719 15 965 0
Fax:          +49(0)69 719 15 965 11
E-mail:       info@heliad.de
Internet:     www.heliad.de
ISIN:         DE0006047293
WKN:          604729
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
              in Berlin, München, Stuttgart
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