DGAP-News: Plaut Aktiengesellschaft: Sales grown again in the 1st quarter of 2008

Plaut Aktiengesellschaft / Quarter Results

30.04.2008 

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Vienna – April 30, 2008. Plaut Aktiengesellschaft, which is listed on the
General Standard segment of Frankfurt Stock Exchange (PUT2; ISIN:
AT0000A02Z18; securities identification number: A0LCDP) is hereby providing
notification of its consolidated results for the 1st quarter of fiscal
2008.
Following a highly successful 4th quarter of 2007, the Plaut Consulting
Group was able to increase sales further to 6.4 million Euro in the first
quarter of 2008, a rise of around 5% year-on-year. EBIT (earnings before
interest and taxes) in the first quarter of 2008 are some 0.3 million Euro,
giving an EBIT margin of 5%.

Very good order books. 
Plaut had an above-average level of new orders. At March 31, 2008 order
books currently total 13,000 days or capacity utilization for around 7
months. Crucial factors in this were sales successes at a number of
well-known companies such as Nordmilch AG, Hirschvogel Umformtechnik GmbH,
Triumph International AG, Mainova AG, Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH, DMB
Rechtsschutz Versicherungs AG, Bernecker & Rainer Industrie-Elektronik
GmbH, Agrana Beteiligungs AG, Rauch Fruchtsaefte GmbH, Asirom Asigurarea
Romaneasca S.A., Compensa TU S.A und der Lorenz Bahlsen Snack World Sp. z
o.o.. The related projects comprise our main competencies in the areas of
internal accounting, controlling, IFRS implementation, validity, process
optimization, business intelligence as well as the implementation of IT
applications and solutions for IT governance.

International focus is an important success factor. 
In the 1st quarter of 2008, the company pushed ahead with its
internationalization and so stuck unswervingly to the objectives of its
strategy. Since the beginning of 2008, the Plaut Consulting Group is now
represented with 10 companies in a total of 6 countries along with the
recently founded acctus Consulting Polska and B&a Insurance Consulting
s.r.o. . Plaut has numerous network partners worldwide and is regarded on
the market as a very aspiring and innovative company.


About Plaut 
The Plaut Consultancy was founded by Hans-Georg Plaut in 1946 in Hanover.
On the basis of his methods for marginal costing and contribution margin
accounting, as well as of controlling and substantiated cost management,
the consulting group Plaut has been setting standards for modern corporate
management for now 60 years. Today Plaut is focussed on the management
consulting for business planning and controlling and offers its customers a
comprehensive portfolio of Business Consulting and SAP Consulting and
IT-Services. Plaut is operating in Germany and Switzerland and via acctus
Consulting in Austria as well in the CEE countries Romania,. the Czech
Republic and Poland. On the strength of  more than 1,000 successfully
completed SAP projects  Plaut is recognised for over 20 years as one of the
most experienced SAP partners. Plaut Aktiengesellschaft, Vienna, has been
listed in the General Standard segment of the german Frankfurt Stock
Exchange (PUT2; SCN A0LCDP; ISIN AT0000A02Z18).        >  www.plaut.de




Pressekontakt:
[PM-0805, 2.145 Cws]

Plaut Aktiengesellschaft    
Manager Communications,IR & Marketing
Heinz-Peter Schneider   
Engelsberggasse 4
A-1030 Wien 
Phone: +49 (89) 96 280 -126
Fax:     +49 (89) 96 280 - 339  
heinz.schneider@plaut.de  
www.plaut.de         


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Language:     English
Issuer:       Plaut Aktiengesellschaft
              Engelsberggasse 4
              A-1030 Wien
              Österreich
Phone:        +43 1 2300012
Fax:          +43 1 2289569
E-mail:       ir@plaut.com
Internet:     www.plaut.com
ISIN:         AT0000A02Z18
WKN:          A0LCDP
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (General Standard);
              Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München,
              Stuttgart
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