GILDEMEISTER Share

Even the GILDEMEISTER share clearly lost in value as a consequence of the volatility of the international capital markets. The on-going debt crisis in the eurozone and in the USA, as well as concerns about a sustained global economic downturn, negatively impacted stock markets in the third quarter. The share closed on 30 September 2011 at € 9.60. The share is currently quoted at € 10.35 (25 Oct. 2011).

chart: the GILDEMEISTER share in comparison with the MDAX® january 2009 to october 2011 in %

In the first nine months, on the basis of the number of shares following the two capital increases a weighted turnover of 2.0-times can be calculated (previous year’s period: 1.6 times). The trading volume rose by about 49% to an average of 555,000 shares per trading day (previous year: 373,000 shares).

Share buyback programme

The Executive Board of GILDEMEISTER Aktiengesellschaft passed a resolution on 25 August 2011 to use the authorisation granted by the shareholders‘ meeting of 14 May 2010 to buy back the company’s own shares. Pursuant to the Executive Board resolution, a total of up to 3,068,581 shares (corresponding to about 5.1% of the company's share capital) can be bought back. The shares purchased may be used for all purposes stated in the authorisation granted by the shareholders‘ meeting. The buyback commenced as of 26 August 2011; it will end at the latest on 31 December 2011. The Executive Board of the company may terminate the buyback programme prematurely at any time. On 20 September 2011 the Executive Board announced that the threshold of 3% of the voting rights had been exceeded and 1,805,048 of the company’s own shares had been purchased.

KEY FIGURES OF THE GILDEMEISTER SHARE
  30 Sep. 2011201020092008200720062005

1)    XETRA-based closing price
2)    According to IAS 33
3)    Closing price / Earnings per share
4)    Closing price / Cash flow per share

Registered capital€ million156.4118.5118.5112.6112.6112.6112.6
Number of sharesmillion shares60.245.645.643.343.343.343.3
         
Closing price as of1)9.6016.7011.337.8518.509.605.89
Annual high1)17.5017.1911.6923.3822.809.756.39
Annual low1)9.607.354.254.799.205.864.82
Market capitalisation€ million577.6761.2516.4339.9801.1415.7255.1
         
Earnings per share2)0.360.090.101.871.160.630.32
Price-to-earnings ratio3)26.7185.6113.34.215.915.218.4
Price-to-cash-flow ratio4)9.709.82-6.663.146.373.849.35
         

Your contact at GILDEMEISTER:
GILDEMEISTER Aktiengesellschaft
Gildemeisterstraße 60
D-33689 Bielefeld

Investor Relations:
André Danks
Telephone: + 49 (0) 52 05 / 74 - 3028
Telefax: + 49 (0) 52 05 / 74 - 3273
E-Mail: ir@gildemeister.com
Public Relations:
Pauline Poupaert
Telephone: +49 (0) 52 05 / 74 - 3001
Telefax: +49 (0) 52 05 / 74 - 3081
E-Mail: info@gildemeister.com