DGAP-News: KTG Energie AG / Key word(s): Final Results KTG Energie AG plans increase in dividends 18.02.2015 / 09:57 --------------------------------------------------------------------- KTG Energie AG plans increase in dividends - KTG Energie proposes 45 cents per share at the Annual General Meeting - Long-term dividend policy confirmed after strong business year - EBITDA 2013/2014 increases by around 66% - EBITDA to grow by further 14% in 2014/2015 Hamburg, February 18, 2015 - KTG Energie AG (ISIN: DE000A0HNG53) has proposed a dividend of 45 Eurocents per share for business year 2013/2014 at the Annual General Meeting. This has been decided by the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board. If the Annual General Meeting accepts this proposal, the dividend will increase by 12.5% per share in comparison with the previous year. The dividend return is around 4%, based on the share price at the end of the previous business year (10/31/2014). The Executive Board and the Supervisory Board also confirmed the long-term dividend policy of the company, after the strong business year 2013/2014 and the sustained high sales and profit base. Dr. Thomas Berger, CEO of KTG Energie explains: "We have a clear goal of developing KTG Energie into one of the most attractive dividend values on the market. The conditions are ideal - the KTG Group, the largest agriculturist in Western Europe, provides input reliability at fixed prices agreed for the long-term and the Renewable Energy Act guarantees easy to plan, high yields with top credit ratings through the ensured feed-in tariff". EBITDA 2013/2014 increases to EUR22 million In fiscal year 2013/2014, the KTG Energie Group increased the overall performance of the Group to EUR73 million and sales by around 40% to EUR70.9 million (short financial year 2013: EUR50.9 million); the very profitable plant sales also grew by around 55% to around EUR65 million (2013: EUR42 million). EBITDA rose disproportionately by around 66% to around EUR22 million (2013: EUR13.2 million), while EBIT rose by around 50% to around EUR12 million (2013: EUR8 million). KTG Energie AG's annual surplus relevant for distribution to the shareholders was around EUR4 million in fiscal year 2013/2014. If the Annual General Meeting agrees to the dividend proposal, 2/3 of the annual surplus will be distributed to shareholders. KTG Energie AG aiming for EBITDA of EUR25 million In business year 2014/2015, KTG Energie is aiming for a sales base of EUR80 million and a profit base secured in the long-term of around EUR25 million based on EBITDA with the currently installed capacity of 53 MW (+3 MW in development) - a growth of around 20% compared with business year 2013/2014. The Annual Report of the KTG Energie Group for fiscal year 2013/2014 has been published today and is available to download on the company's website (www.ktg-energie.de). About KTG Energie AG KTG Energie AG, based in Hamburg, is specialized in the production of renewable energies from renewable raw materials. To this end, the company has been operating biogas plants in Germany since 2006 and covers the entire value added chain from the planning and construction to the operation of the systems. Sales quantities are guaranteed through the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) for a period of 20 years at fixed conditions. Today, over a quarter of a million people are already supplied with clean, environmentally-friendly energy. As a subsidiary of the agricultural company KTG Agrar AG, the supply of renewable raw materials - particularly catch crops, grass and straw - is guaranteed in the long term. The company has been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2012. More information: www.ktg-energie.de Contact Investor Relations / Presse Tobias M. Weitzel BSK Becker+Schreiner Kommunikation GmbH Phone: +49 2154-81 22 16 E-mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 18.02.2015 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: KTG Energie AG Ferdinandstr. 12 20095 Hamburg Germany Phone: +49 40 76755372 Fax: +49 40 76755374 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.ktg-energie.de ISIN: DE000A0HNG53, DE000A1ML257, WKN: A0HNG5, A1ML25 Listed: Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart; Open Market (Entry Standard) in Frankfurt End of News DGAP News-Service --------------------------------------------------------------------- 324407 18.02.2015