MS Industrie AG: Annual General Meeting 2024 and Implementation of the "Schunk Sonosystems / MS Ultrasonic Technology Group" Transaction

München (pta044/01.07.2024/17:30) - The Annual General Meeting of MS Industrie AG (WKN 585518; ISIN DE0005855183) was held today in Munich as planned. All agenda items were approved with the necessary majorities according to the administration's proposal. The Management Board looked back on the very successful Financial Year 2023:

* Increase in consolidated sales by around +20% to EUR 246.7 million
* Increase in EBITDA by around +44% to EUR 21.8 million
* Growth in consolidated earnings after taxes by around +277% to EUR 4.4 million

As part of the report on the current business situation, the Management Board also informed that in connection with the strategic cooperation between the Schunk Group and the "MS Ultrasonic" segment (see AD-HOC communication dated May 31, 2024), the required approval was received today from the Federal Cartel Office and the sale of 51% of MS Ultraschall Technologie GmbH, Spaichingen, to Schunk Sonosystems GmbH, Wettenberg, can therefore be formally completed in the next few days.

Schunk Sonosystems GmbH is a specialist for machines and systems in the field of ultrasonic metal welding – complementary to MS Ultrasonic with its core competence in ultrasonic plastic welding. The Management Board and Supervisory Board welcome this significant and future-oriented transaction for the MS Industrie Group and look forward to working together with the global Schunk Group.

Due to the fact that the remaining 49% stake in MS Ultrasonic will be consolidated by the MS Industrie Group using the "at equity"-method, the Management Board expects, in summary and based on a preliminary assessment, the following main effects:

* Reduction in consolidated sales by around EUR 80 million on a "full-year" basis
* Significant reduction in net debt by around EUR 45 million and thus also in interest burden
* Reduction in total assets by around EUR 60 million
* Increase in the equity ratio to over 50% of the balance sheet total
* Reduction in the number of employees by around 450

In the future, the industrial focus of MS Industrie AG will be on the "MS XTEC" segment with its core competence in high-precision and flexibly automated metal machining for a wide variety of customer industries. In the current year, the board expects sales at MS XTEC of around EUR 150 million with significant increases in the coming years, supported by multi-year orders.

Background:

MS Industrie AG (WKN 585518; ISIN DE0005855183), headquartered in Munich, is the listed parent company of a focused technology group with the two business areas drive technology ("MS XTEC": systems and components for heavy-duty combustion engines and hybrid or electrical drive solutions) and ultrasonic technology ("MS Ultrasonic": special machines, standard machines and ultrasonic systems and components). Key customer industries include the global commercial vehicle and passenger car industry, followed by the packaging machine industry, the medical and other plastic processing industries as well as the general mechanical and plant engineering industry. In financial year 2023, the Group generated revenues of around EUR 250 million with over 800 fixed employees at five production sites, two of which are located in Germany and one each in the USA, Brazil and China.

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