Gauselmann group: Conversions rise in the financial year 2006 by 37 per cent to over a billion EURO

The entrepreneur family Gauselmann: Paul, Karsten, Karin, Armin and Michael (v.l.n.r.) (openPR) - profit play company with record conversion - successful entrance into liberalisierte sport markets in Austria and Italy -

Espelkamp. , The family-led Gauselmann group settled in east Westphalia is divided due to different ownership structure within the entrepreneur family into three large divisions:

I. European-wide development, production and selling column for maintenance playing equipments and money management systems;

II. European-wide service column (Merkur Spielothek, Merkur Casino, real estates, rent and leasing, sport bets);

III. world-wide Casinogeräte and Casinomanagementgeschäft (Atronic group).

The Gauselmann group exceeded the company targets even put in the financial year 2006 far. With an entire volume of business of 1,33 billion EURO (2005: 1.003 billion EURO) rose the added, consolidated conversions of the three divisions to 1.001 billion EURO (732 millions EURO in the financial year 2005). This corresponds to an increase in sales of 37 per cent. Half of the turnover increase results approximately thereby from enterprise purchases in the last two years. In and foreign business contributed approximately in each case 50 per cent to the gross income.

The earnings improved according to the turnover increase, are however before taxes clearly below 10 per cent. Special supplies from the value added tax umsatzsteuerrückerstattung are not considered in the follow-up for the judgement of the European Court of Justice (EuGH) from 17 February 2005 (EuGH legal matter C-453/02, „Linneweber “).

The gross expenditures on capital assets amounted in the financial year run off to 102 millions EURO (2005: 110,1 millions EURO). The head number of the persons employed decreased/went back in the financial year run off slightly from 5.638 to 5.518. Since partial time places were converted into full time places, a rise of 4.563 (2005) on now 4,592 full time places results in the case of the conversion on full time places. For the end of the financial year 2006 were over 100 young humans with enterprises of the Gauselmann group in a professional training.

The Gauselmann group is for years with clear distance the prominent enterprise in the range of electronic maintenance with and without money profit possibility and belonged European and world-wide into the top group of the large, innovative and global acting enterprises of this restaurant economics. The Gauselmann group resident in Espelkamp and Lübbecke (circle Minden Lübbecke/North Rhine-Westphalia) is at the same time developer, manufacturer, Vertreiber, finances, offerers and operators of plays at münzbetätigten maintenance automats with and without money profit possibility, and beyond that offerer of plays in the Internet.

New business field: Sport bets in liberalisierten markets!

The commitment was extremely successful in the new business field of the sport bets. Convulsive/desperate holding some German national politicians to outdated monopoly conceptions and the uncertain legal situation resulting from it arranged to engage itself the Gauselmann group in European markets, which a responsible person liberalisation has already behind itself. In Austria the enterprise took part by the majority in CASH POINT sport bets GmbH, Vienna, and few weeks ago the entrance took place into the denationalized sport bets in Italy. The subsidiary company Merkur Interactive received the addition for 76 Wettbüros, 157 acceptance places and a license for the Internet-based play in completely Italy. A commitment in Spain (region Madrid) is prepared in the context of appropriate legal basic conditions.

Jubiliäumsjahr 2007:50 - year old enterprise anniversary

„Straight lines at the beginning of our anniversary yearly - my entrepreneurial group celebrates 2007 their fifty-year old existence - it is to be been proud this best result of our enterprise history a reason in addition, obligation, to set everything to the fact that also in the future the trends of the industry come from east Westphalia and we make our national and international customers available the products and services as innovation leaders, which the play guests please world-wide durably “, so Paul Gauselmann, Unternehmensgründer and Vorstandssprecher of the Gauselmann AG.

With further inquiries:
Gauselmann AG
Merkur avenue 1-15
32339 Espelkamp
Robert Hess M.A., leader communication
Tel.: 05772/49-282; Fax: -289
E-Mail: RHess@gauselmann.de
Mobil: 0171/9745720

Gauselmann in the Internet: www.gauselmann.de or -.com

The laugh Merkur sun be the brand name the Gauselmann group and Germany popular luck and symbol. It stands for most modern spare time Entertainment and lights up increasingly world-wide.

Before 50 years, in the year 1957, Paul Gauselmann put the foundation-stone for an enterprise, which became long one global Player. For years the Gauselmann occupies group as manufacturer, offerer and an operator by money profit play and maintenance playing equipments in Germany, Europe and world-wide one of the front places.

From the modern money profit play over most modern Casinogeräte up to the Infotainment terminal with Internet connection and exchange of money and money processing systems the ostwestfälische exempt private company with its head office in Espelkamp/Lübbecke offers to innovative, fascinating and emotional leisure fun. National, but in more than 89 countries world-wide the products of the Spielemacher do not only provide for an attractive and form up-to-date of the leisure maintenance.

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