DGAP-Adhoc: MAN AG: 1st Quarter 2008 – Further growth amid much improved performance

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MAN AG / Quarter Results

25.04.2008 

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After the high rate of growth in the previous year we took in orders worth
EUR5.2 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of 2008, which is an increase of
8% on the already very high figure for the same period last year (EUR4.8
billion). Q1/2008 sales rose by 16% to EUR3.8 billion (up from EUR3.3
billion).

In the first quarter of 2008 the operating profit of the MAN Group rose by
EUR137 million or 43% to EUR455 million as a result of the further increase
in volume and the continuation of measures taken by the manufacturing areas
to improve efficiency. As a result the return on sales (ROS) rose by 2.3
percentage points from 9.6% in the first quarter of 2007 to 11.9%.

The MAN Group's EBT improved in the first quarter to EUR453 million (up
from EUR305 million), its EAT (net income) jumping to EUR322 million (up
from EUR228 million). Earnings per share (EpS) of continuing operations
rose from EUR1.49 a year ago to EUR2.17.

For 2008 as a whole we want to achieve for the MAN Group an order intake on
a par with the very high level of the previous year. This year we will
increase sales by a good 10% on the previous year  (EUR15.5 billion). We
want to keep the return on sales (ROS) for this year at the high level of
the first three months (11.9%), so that the operating profit for the entire
year 2008 will be noticeably higher than the EUR1,730 million in 2007.

MAN Aktiengesellschaft
The Executive Board
DGAP 25.04.2008 
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Language:     English
Issuer:       MAN AG
              Landsberger Str. 110
              80339 München
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0)89 360 98-334
Fax:          +49 (0)89 360 98-556
E-mail:       investor.relations@man.eu
Internet:     www.man.eu
ISIN:         DE0005937007
WKN:          593700
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Frankfurt (Prime Standard),
              Hannover, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg;
              Terminbörse EUREX
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