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TAKKT AGM approves dividend of EUR 0.32 per share - Sustainability Update presented

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TAKKT AGM approves dividend of EUR 0.32 per share - Sustainability
Update presented

07.05.2013 / 13:10

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TAKKT AGM approves dividend of EUR 0.32 per share - Sustainability Update
presented

Ludwigsburg/Stuttgart, Germany, 07 May 2013. The Annual General Meeting of
TAKKT AG today approved the payment of a dividend of EUR 0.32 per share. In
the financial year 2012, the TAKKT Group achieved turnover growth of 10.3
percent due to acquisitions and, despite the weak European economy, was
able to report pleasing earnings figures. TAKKT also presented its
Sustainability Update at the AGM.

The AGM approved all the items on the agenda - including the discharging of
the Management and Supervisory Boards for the financial year 2012 - by a
large majority. Furthermore, the shareholders elected Stephan Gemkow,
Chairman of the Management Board of Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH, to the
Supervisory Board of TAKKT AG. Mr Gemkow was appointed as a member of the
Supervisory Board by the decision of the Stuttgart local court on 14
January 2013, and elected as its Chairman on 01 February 2013. He succeeds
Prof. Dr Klaus Trützschler, who holds the position of Deputy Chairman of
the Supervisory Board since 01 February 2013.

With the dividend of EUR 0.32 per share, the TAKKT Group will pay out
around EUR 21 million. The payout ratio is around 31 percent of the profit
of EUR 67 million for the financial year 2012, and consequently is
consistent with the Group's long-term dividend policy.

Further development of sales and marketing strategy
'We have made important strategic progress for TAKKT in the financial year
2012 and taken a crucial step forward in terms of further developing our
business model. It was a successful year for TAKKT, despite the difficult
economic environment in Europe,' noted CEO Dr Felix A. Zimmermann at the
AGM. Above all, the Group has made progress in its project to further
develop its marketing and sales channels step by step. 'Our goal is to
evolve step by step from a direct marketing company to an integrated
multi-channel business. To this end, we have started a Group-wide strategic
initiative and are on a good course', summarised Zimmermann. The TAKKT
Group also further diversified its portfolio with the acquisition of GPA
(TAKKT AMERICA division) and Ratioform (TAKKT EUROPE), diversifying from a
product perspective and largely in terms of its sales channels. Overall,
TAKKT was able to increase its turnover in the financial year 2012 by 10.3
percent to EUR 939.9 million. The earnings figures also showed a similarly