DGAP-Adhoc: Mensch und Maschine Software SE discloses final 2008 figures

Mensch und Maschine Software SE / Final Results

16.03.2009 

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Record levels for sales, EBIT and cash flow confirmed
- Net profit slightly below previous year due to deferred tax assets
- Market offensive: Sixth key reseller partner acquired

Wessling, March 16, 2009 - At the annual accounts press conference today,
Mensch und Maschine Software SE (MUM - ISIN DE0006580806), a CAD/CAM
specialist company listed on the Prime Standard, discloses its final 2008
figures.

In spite of the economic downturn and negative currency exchange impacts,
M+M achieved new records in sales amounting to EUR 223.1 mln (PY: 212.9 /
+4.8%) and operating profit EBIT amounting to EUR 10.28 mln (PY: 9.83 /
+4.6%). As well, operating cash flows came in at the absolute record level
of EUR 9.32 mln (PY: 3.65) or 69 Cents per share, reducing the net bank
debt to a level below 1x EBITDA.

Compared to the preliminary figures published on February 3, there is a
difference in net earnings, which due to deferred tax asset calculation
came in lower than expected. Although the payable tax rate was 25% like
estimated, profiting from the tax loss carryovers available in the group,
the total tax rate including deferred tax charges increased to 32.8% (PY:
20.2%).

Net profit after minority shares amounted to EUR 5.76 mln (PY: 6.03 /
-4.5%). The Administrative Board will propose to the annual shareholders'
meeting on May 28, 2009, an unchanged dividend of EUR 0.20 per share, as in
the previous years coming from the 'steuerliche Einlagenkonto' (§27 KStG)
and not counting as taxable income, but as a tax-free payment. The payout
rate is approx. 47% of net profit, meaning that the major part is again
retained in order to strengthen the financial base.

Good progress was made concerning the 'Market Offensive', the strategic
transition to end user sales in the German speaking area started January
26, 2009. In addition to the five partners already published, one more key
partner, Dressler GmbH, Friedrichshafen, became member of the M+M group
retroactive as of Jan 1, 2009.

This underlines the goal of the Market Offensive to achieve 2009 sales in
the amount of EUR 40-50 mln with approx. 200 employees in the new
Value-Added Reselling (VAR) segment. For 2010, M+M plans to drive the new
segment up to approx. 300 employees and sales amounting to EUR 65-75 mln,
contributing more than one third to the group's gross margin and balancing
the M+M business model quite equally over the three segments Distribution,
VAR business and M+M Software.

M+M CEO and major shareholder Adi Drotleff, though, gives a rather damped
short term outlook due to the difficult market environment: 'For 2009, we
are expecting Q1 sales to be more or less on the Q4/2008 level, just above
EUR 50 million, followed by an even slower Q2 due to the in-process
transition to a VAR business. Compared particularly to the high Q1/2008
levels, this will create significant decreases in sales and earnings. For
the second half of 2009, I am seeing some chance that we may begin to pick
up and see sales and earnings increase, because until then our VAR business
will run and impact from the public economic programs will unfold. So in
the best case, 2009 could see a quarterly seasonality mirrored to 2008 with
a strong Q4 and come in on previous year's sales level. In the worst case
of a very deep and long recession, a 10-20% sales decrease compared to 2008
is also imaginable. All in all, 2009 sales could range between EUR 180 and
220 million. For operating earnings EBIT, this would result in a bandwidth
- admittedly very wide -from a black zero to previous year's EUR 10
million.'

In the mid to long term, however, Drotleff believes that Mensch und
Maschine Software SE is well prepared to continue the average annual sales
growth of 10-15% achieved in the past, while step by step increasing the
EBIT return from the actual level of just under 5% due to the higher
margins in the VAR business and M+M's slim cost structure.
DGAP 16.03.2009 
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Language:     English
Issuer:       Mensch und Maschine Software SE
              Argelsrieder Feld 5
              82234 Wessling
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0)815 3933-0
Fax:          +49 (0)815 3933-100
E-mail:       investor-relations@mum.de
Internet:     www.mum.de
ISIN:         DE0006580806
WKN:          658 080
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
              in Berlin, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf
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