Heidelberg Financial Year 2006/2007: Targets Achieved - Further Improvement in Earning

Dividend proposal

At the Annual General Meeting on July 26, 2007, the Management Board and the Supervisory Board will propose increasing the dividend from last year’s level of 0.65 Euro per share to 0.95 Euro per share for 2006/2007.

Prospects for financial year 2007/2008: moderate increase in sales and net profit roughly equivalent to five percent of sales expected