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EANS-Adhoc: BENE AG
Results for the first half-year of 2010/11.

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quarterly report
22.09.2010
- Slight market recovery in Western Europe in the second quarter
- Sales still declining in the first half-year
- EBIT maintained at previous year´s level
- Equity ratio of 28.7 % remains solid
- Project pipeline is filling-up again
Vienna/Waidhofen an der Ybbs, September 22, 2010. The still difficult
economic environment in most of the sales markets had a negative 
impact on sales of the Bene Group in the first six months of the 
current business year. Accumulated sales of EUR 77.1 million in the 
first half-year of 2010/11 were 19.5 % lower than the reference value
of the previous year (1st HY 2009/10: EUR 95.8 million). However, in 
the second quarter of 2010/11, Bene achieved an increase in sales of 
6.6 % compared to the first quarter of 2010/11. With a sales increase
of 1.0 % to EUR 27.1 million (1st HY 2009/10: EUR 26.8 million), the 
Austria segment showed a slightly positive trend in the first six 
months of the financial year. In the first half-year of 2010/11, 
Germany recorded a decline in sales of 24.8 % to EUR 20.3 million 
(1st HY 2009/10: EUR 27.0 million). For the first time since the 
first quarter of 2009/10, the UK segment´s sales of EUR 5.8 million 
in the second quarter of 2010/11 were clearly higher than in prior 
quarters. In the first half-year of 2010/11, sales grew in total by 
5.7 % to EUR 8.8 million (1st HY 2009/10: EUR 8.3 million). Despite 
the subdued investment climate, for the first time since the second 
quarter of 2009/10, with sales of EUR 5.0 million in the second 
quarter of 2010/11, the Bene Group improved sales in Russia and 
clearly exceeded the reference values of the previous quarters. In 
total, sales of the first half-year of 2010/11 in the amount of EUR 
7.8 million were 54.9 % lower than the previous year´s value (1st HY 
2009/10: EUR 17.2 million). As already in previous quarters, the 
"other markets" segment showed a very heterogeneous development in 
the first six months of the current financial year. Whereas markets 
such as Middle East, Hungary, Czechia, Ukraine and Switzerland 
remained below the sales of the reference period of the past year, 
the Bene Group realised significantly higher sales than in the first 
half-year of 2009/10 in markets such as Asia, India, Ireland, France,
Belgium or Poland. In total, the "other markets" sales dropped by 
19.7 % to EUR 13.2 million (1st HY 2009/10: EUR 16.4 million).
As a result of the human resources flexibilisation and material cost 
cutting measures already implemented in the first quarter of 2009/10 
and the slight increase in sales in the second quarter 2010/11, the 
Bene Group could stabilise the EBIT of EUR -6.4 million in the first 
half-year of 2010/11 at the previous year´s reference level (1st HY 
2009/10: EUR -6.4 million). In total, after the first six months of 
the current reporting period 2010/11, the EBT of EUR -8.0 million was
slightly lower than the past year´s value (1st HY 2009/10: EUR -7.7 
million).
At the end of the second quarter, the equity ratio amounted to 28.7 %
(January 31, 2010: 31.7 %) At the same time, net gearing came to 68.2
% (January 31, 2010: 24.6 %).
Additions to property, plant and equipment and to intangible assets 
in the amount of EUR 3.0 million in the first half-year of 2010/11 
(1st HY 2009/10: EUR 6.9 million) remained clearly below the previous
year´s level. Investments in replacements at the site in 
Waidhofen/Ybbs as well as investments in the new location in Vienna 
represented the largest items.
On the reporting date July 31, 2010, the Bene Group occupied 1,265 
employees. Compared to the previous period, the headcount decreased 
by 136 persons or 9.7 %.
As late cyclical, the Bene group is hit by both, positive and 
negative economic developments only at a later stage. After a first 
phase of stabilisation at the beginning of the third quarter of 
2009/10, since the beginning of the second quarter of 2010/11, 
noticeable signs of recovery are observed in the Western European 
markets. This is especially the case in the UK segment and thus the 
market hit first by the international economic crisis. This fact and 
the remarkable positive development in the Middle East are reflected 
in the Bene project pipeline, which is increasingly filling-up again,
even though the Eastern European markets continue to show a volatile 
development.
On the basis of the existing capacities and the extensive 
distribution network as well as the clear focus on direct sales, in 
the medium-term, Bene has a strong organic growth potential. Since 
Bene has introduced profitable products to the sales organisation in 
the last years and has made essential investments in the capacity at 
the site in Waidhofen/Ybbs, in case of a market recovery, the Bene 
Group should be able to realise a considerably higher increase in 
sales and earnings, compared to the industry.
Note. Among others, this report contains statements on potential 
future developments, which were made on the basis of currently 
available information. Such statements, which reflect the current 
assessment of future developments by our Management Board, cannot be 
construed as guarantees for future performance and bear unforeseeable
risks and uncertainties. There may be a variety of reasons for actual
results and conditions to diverge from the assumptions, on which the 
statements were based. The comprehensive half-year financial report 
is available under www.bene.com
end of announcement                               euro adhoc

Further inquiry note:

Investor Relations:
Martina Vomela
Schwarzwiesenstraße 3
A-3340 Waidhofen/Ybbs
IR Hotline: +43-7442-500-3100
ir@bene.com

Branche: Furnishings & Furniture
ISIN: AT00000BENE6
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Index: ATX Prime
Börsen: Wien / official market

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