April 7 (Reuters) - EINHELL GERMANY AG EING_p.DE :
* BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 1ST QUARTER 2022 / INCREASE OF
FORECAST
RANGE / REVENUES AND EARNINGS BEFORE TAX FY 2021
* GROUP IS INCREASING ITS FORECAST FOR ORGANIC SALES GROWTH
FOR
2022 FINANCIAL YEAR.
* GROUP IS ALSO INCREASING ITS PRE-TAX RETURN FORECAST FOR
2022
FINANCIAL YEAR FROM AROUND 8.5 % TO AROUND 8.5 - 9.0 %
* ASSUMES THAT 2022 ORGANIC SALES GROWTH AT UPPER END OF
PREVIOUS
FORECAST RANGE, I.E. OF APPROX. 10 % (PREVIOUSLY 5 -10 %), COULD
BE ACHIEVED.
* FORECAST TURNOVER FOR 2022 OF APPROX. EUR 1,020 MILLION
* IN ADDITION, A FURTHER APPROX. EUR 30 MILLION IS FORECAST
FOR
2022 AS A RESULT OF TAKEOVER OF CANADIAN COMPANY OUTILLAGES KING
CANADA.
* IN PAST FISCAL YEAR 2021, EINHELL GROUP WAS ABLE TO
GENERATE
CONSOLIDATED SALES OF EUR 927.4 MILLION COMPARED TO EUR 724.7
MILLION IN PREVIOUS YEAR.
* FY EARNINGS BEFORE TAXES AMOUNT TO EUR 81.8 MILLION
(PREVIOUS
YEAR: EUR 56.4 MILLION)
* FY WILL PROPOSE AN INCREASED DIVIDEND OF EUR 2.60 PER
PREFERRED
SHARE
* DIVIDEND EUR 2.54 PER ORDINARY SHARE (PREVIOUS YEAR: EUR
2.14)
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