DGAP-News: Preliminary results: Heliad generates earnings per share of 7 cent in 2007

 Heliad Equity Partners GmbH & Co. KGaA / Preliminary Results

25.02.2008 

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++ Preliminary annual results: Heliad generates earnings per share of 
   7 cent in 2007 financial year

++ Intrinsic value (NAV) amounts to Euro 1.25 per share as of 
   31 January 2008

Based on preliminary figures, the publicly listed private equity company
Heliad generated earnings per share of 7 cent in 2007. Annual earnings
accordingly amounted to Euro 5.0 million.

At Euro 95.1 million, Heliad’s equity as reported in the balance sheet as
of 31 December 2007 was clearly in excess of the company’s market
capitalisation of Euro 72.1 million. As a result of the investments made in
shareholdings in 2007, financial assets rose from Euro 55.2 million to Euro
86.2 million.

Heliad expects to publish its definitive annual results together with its
Annual Report on 18 March 2008.

Heliad’s intrinsic value (NAV) amounted to Euro 1.25 per share as of 31
January 2008. This slight reduction on the NAV compared to the end of the
2007 financial year is attributable to the decline in the share prices of
the company’s publicly listed shareholdings within the weak overall climate
on the stock markets in January 2008.

The share price of Euro 0.69 as of 31 January 2008 means that the discount
to the intrinsic value amounted to 45% at this date.

Notwithstanding the recent turbulence on the capital markets, 
Heliad’s management still expects to see a positive business performance at
the company in the 2008 financial year.

++ About Heliad

Heliad is a publicly listed investment company that focuses on high-growth
companies in German-speaking countries. Heliad invests in established,
owner-run business models with sales of between Euro 10 and 100 million.
With this strategy, Heliad has positioned itself in the attractive niche
between venture capital and large-scale buyouts. With around 4,000
employees, the current total of 14 companies in Heliad’s portfolio generate
combined sales of more than Euro 700 million.

Further information about the company can be found at
www.heliad.de.

Contact:
Heliad Equity Partners GmbH & Co. KGaA
Alexander Mitsch
Chief Financial Officer
Tel.: +49 (0) 69 71 91 59 65 28
E-Mail: alexander.mitsch@heliad.de


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Language:     English
Issuer:        Heliad Equity Partners GmbH & Co. KGaA
              Grüneburgweg 18
              60322 Frankfurt am Main
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0)69 719 15 965 0
Fax:          +49(0)69 719 15 965 11
E-mail:       info@heliad.de
Internet:     www.heliad.de
ISIN:         DE0006047293
WKN:          604729
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
              in Berlin, München, Stuttgart
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