Ad hoc news release pursuant to § 15 WpHG from 2006-11-22

Preliminary annual financial statement figures for 2005/2006 and the board of management’s proposal for the appropriation of profits Today, the board of management of Bertrandt AG has drawn up the annual financial statement for the AG (stock corporation) and the group and decided, on the basis of the positive earnings trend, to propose a dividend distribution of EUR 0.30 per ordinary share. The supervisory board is expected to deliberate on the approval of the annual financial statement and of the consolidated financial statement on December 4, 2006. Compared to the previous year, the preliminary group figures are as follows: In thousand euro   Business year 2005/2006   Business year 2004/2005   Absolute change   Change Sales proceeds   241,107   217,165   23,942   +11.0% EBIT   14,328   1,819   12,509   +687.7% Annual surplus   7,819   72   7,747     Earnings per share   0.78   0.01   0.77