DGAP-Adhoc: Heliad Equity Partners GmbH & Co KGaA announces preliminary figures for 2008

Heliad Equity Partners GmbH & Co. KGaA / Preliminary Results

06.03.2009 

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Frankfurt am Main, 06 March 2009 - Heliad Equity Partners (ISIN:
DE000A0L1NN5) today announced preliminary figures for fiscal year 2008.
Proceeds from the sale of financial investments and securities were EUR
40.8 million (PY: EUR 8.9 million). EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes
and depreciation and amortisation) remained virtually stable, at EUR 6.6
million (PY: EUR 8.5 million), owing to the successful second-quarter sale
of just under 50% of the portfolio to funds administered by financial
investor Greenpark Capital Ltd., England, and the relatively good operating
performance of most of the portfolio companies.

As a result of stock market price drops in fiscal year 2008 - essentially
due to the financial crisis - write-downs on exchange-listed holdings
needed to be made in the amount of EUR 31 million, of which around EUR 10
million were made in the fourth quarter of 2008. Thus the EBIT realised is
around EUR -24.4 million (PY: EUR 4.2 million) and the net loss for the
year is around EUR -25.1 million, resulting in a loss per share of EUR
-0.36.

As at the balance sheet date, Heliad's equity ratio was 69.8% (PY: 78%) and
cash as at the balance sheet date were around EUR 24.9 million on the basis
of the individual financial statements and EUR 35.8 million for the
corporate group.

NAV as at 31 December 2008 was EUR 0.98. Compared with the share price of
EUR 0.34 as at the valuation date, there is thus a 65% discount.

The results are unaudited. Audited financial statements are expected to be
published on 26 March 2009.

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Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News:

About Heliad

Heliad is a publicly listed investment company which invests in high-growth
companies in German-speaking countries. Heliad relies in this respect on
established, owner-managed business models with sales of between EUR 10
million and EUR 100 million and a focus on service providers ('asset-light'
focus). With this investment focus and its buy-and-build strategy, Heliad
is positioned in the attractive niche between venture capital and
traditional buyouts. With around 4,000 employees, the twelve companies
currently in Heliad's portfo-lio generate combined sales of more than EUR
650 million. Further information about the company can be found at
www.heliad.com.

Contact:
Heliad Equity Partners GmbH & Co. KGaA
Thomas Kunder
Chief Financial Officer
Phone: +49 69 71 91 59 65 39
E-Mail: investor-relations@heliad.com


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Language:     English
Issuer:       Heliad Equity Partners GmbH & Co. KGaA
              Grüneburgweg 18
              60322 Frankfurt am Main
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 69 71 91 59 65 0
Fax:          +49 69 71 91 59 65 11
E-mail:       info@heliad.com
Internet:     www.heliad.com
ISIN:         DE000A0L1NN5
WKN:          A0L1NN
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
              in Berlin, München, Stuttgart
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