Nabaltec AG / Final Results

Release of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory
AG.
The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Nabaltec AG: Financial Year 2008
- Consolidated revenues up 9.3% to EUR 96.3 million
- EBIT up from EUR 4.0 million to EUR 4.1 million
- Weak fourth quarter 2008 kept earnings down despite record revenues
- Preparations and investments in the new business unit 'Additives'
proceeding according to plan

Schwandorf, 28 April 2009 - The Nabaltec AG, a leading supplier of
eco-friendly mineral-based flame retardants and raw materials for technical
ceramics, reported that consolidated revenues grew 9.3% in 2008, from EUR
88.1 million to EUR 96.3 million. Earnings before interest, taxes,
depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose by 10.7%, from EUR 8.4 million
to EUR 9.3 million, while operating income (EBIT) increased slightly, from
EUR 4.0 million to EUR 4.1 million. Earnings after taxes (and minority
interests) fell from EUR 2.4 million to EUR 1.1 million, so that earnings
per share dropped to EUR 0.14 in 2008 from EUR 0.30 the year before.
Nabaltec has been able to confirm the reported preliminary financial
figures.

Gerhard Witzany, member of Nabaltec AG's Management Board: 'Needless to
say, we imagined that the fourth quarter of 2008 would go a little
differently, but the global economic crisis has been responsible for a
considerable shift in orders and revenues in our target markets. This trend
continued into January and February of 2009. We saw a slight recovery in
March, but we cannot say if it will last; at least until mid-year, when we
announce our specific forecasts for 2009.' Nabaltec Group expects a gradual
improvement in market conditions in the second half of the year, although
2009 revenues and earnings should come in lower than the year before.

Nabaltec AG's entry into the market of eco-friendly additives for the
plastics industry is going according to plan. The industry has committed to
phasing out stabilizers containing heavy metals. To substitute those
stabilizers, Nabaltec has developed a patented, eco-friendly and fully
mineral-based alternative, which is already being used on a trial basis by
key customers. Nabaltec is in the construction of its production facility
at its Schwandorf site in preparation for the start of industrial-scale
production in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Nabaltec invested a total of EUR 20.4 million last year, mostly in new
machinery and equipment, especially for the business unit 'Flame
Retardants', as well as the new production facility for the business unit
'Additives'. Nabaltec's total investment volume between 2008 and 2010 is
around EUR 60 million. Future investments will be backed by equity, an
investment grant from the government of Upper Palatinate, business
development loans and credit commitments from banks.

Nabaltec's complete 2008 Annual Report is available for download at
www.nabaltec.de, in the 'Investor Relations' section.


About Nabaltec AG
Nabaltec AG, with registered office in Schwandorf, a chemicals business
which has received multiple awards for innovativeness, manufactures,
develops and distributes highly specialized products based on aluminum
hydroxide ('ATH') and aluminum oxide, as well as other raw materials, on an
industrial scale through its 'functional fillers' and 'technical ceramics'
divisions. The company's product range includes flame-retardant fillers for
the plastics industry, used e.g. in cables, tunnels, airports, high-rise
buildings and electronic devices, as well as base materials for use in
technical ceramics, the refractory industry and catalysis. Unlike
halogenated flame-retardant fillers, the products manufactured by the
company's 'functional fillers' division contain no hazardous substances and
do not require separate disposal. Rather, the company's flame-retardant
fillers actually decrease the development of fumes hazardous to human
health and the environment in the event of fire. Nabaltec maintains
production sites in Germany and the US and plans to continue to consolidate
its market position by expanding capacity, further optimizing processes and
quality and making strategic extensions to its product range. On the
strength of its specialty products, the company strives to attain not just
the quality leadership, but also the market leadership in each
segment.


Contact:
Heidi Wiendl
Nabaltec AG
Phone: +49 9431 53-202
Fax: +49 9431 53-260
E-mail: InvestorRelations@nabaltec.de

Frank Ostermair
Better Orange IR & HV AG
Phone: +49 89 8896906-14
Fax: +49 89 8896906-66
E-mail: frank.ostermair@better-orange.de




28.04.2009  Financial News transmitted by DGAP
----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
Language:     English
Issuer:       Nabaltec AG
              Alustraße 50-52
              92421 Schwandorf
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 9431 53-0
Fax:          +49 9431 53-260
E-mail:       info@nabaltec.de
Internet:     www.nabaltec.de
ISIN:         DE000A0KPPR7
WKN:          A0KPPR
Listed:       Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart; Entry
              Standard in Frankfurt
 
End of News                                     DGAP News-Service
 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------