Beate Uhse Aktiengesellschaft reported earnings results for the full year of 2014. The company successfully pushed into its expansion phase in 2014 and finished the 2014 financial year with sales up slightly at EUR 142.9 million against EUR 142.0 million in 2013. This is the first time the Group has posted an increase in sales since its restructuring and stabilisation programme. The company's earnings (EBIT and EBT) rose as well: EBIT climbed from EUR 3.4 million in 2013 to EUR 5.0 million in 2014. EBT also grew well, rising to EUR 2.4 million against EUR 1.3 million in 2013.

As the expansion phase has been successful to date, the Management Board of Beate Uhse Aktiengesellschaft anticipated further sales growth in the medium term. The Management Board expects the Group to generate sales of between EUR 134 million and EUR 139 million in 2015. Adjusted for the loss of sales from the deconsolidation of Kondomeriet AS and Beate Uhse Italia GmbH, it is therefore aiming for sales growth of up to 6.4%. The operating result should come in between EUR 2 million and EUR 5 million. It should therefore exceed the 2014 EBIT ­ adjusted for the oneoff effects of deconsolidation ­ by as much as EUR 3.5 million.