Ad-Hoc announcement by HORNBACH Baumarkt AG: CEO Steffen Hornbach wishes to stand down at end of year

Hornbach with successful start to financial year

The Hornbach Group has begun the 2019/20 financial year with pleasing sales and earnings growth. Consolidated sales increased by 9.1% to Euro 1,338.4 million in the first quarter of 2019/20 (March 1 to May 31, 2019).

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Hornbach intends to regain its former earnings strength

The Hornbach Group intends to translate its success with customers into sustainable earnings growth once again. With this goal and after a weak earnings performance in the 2018/19 financial year, the Group is confident looking forward.

Hornbach increases net sales by 5.3% to Euro 4.4 billion – earnings significantly short of previous year’s figures

The Hornbach Group generated substantial sales growth in the 2018/19 financial year (March 1, 2018 to February 28, 2019). Despite unfavorable weather conditions at times in the first half of the year, sales at the Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA Group rose 5.3 % to Euro 4,362 million.

Ad-hoc announcement: Hornbach Group specifies earnings forecast for 2018/19 - Adjusted EBIT around 19% lower than previous year’s figure

The earnings forecast of the Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA Group for the past 2018/19 financial year (March 1, 2018 to February 28, 2019), which was updated on December 10, 2018, has now been specified in greater detail by the Board of Management within the current process of preparing the consolidated financial statements.

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Hornbach with program of contrasts in third quarter of 2018/19

Sales growth of 7.7% at highest level for four-and-a-half years in fall of 2018 / But: Higher costs hold back earnings performance in current financial year

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Ad-hoc announcement by HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA: Unexpected reduction in earnings in third quarter of 2018/19 despite pleasing sales growth – Earnings forecast adjusted

The HORNBACH Baumarkt AG Group witnessed an unexpected reduction in earnings in the third quarter of 2018/19. This resulted above all from an unsatisfactory earnings performance in November 2018.

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Hornbach confirms annual forecast

2nd quarter of 2018/19: Sales and earnings performance improves on spring despite “summer recess” / Hornbach Group increases Q2 sales by 4.4% to Euro 1,163 million / Adjusted EBIT of Euro 82 million at previous year’s level // 1st half of 2018/19: Consolidated sales up 3.5% to Euro 2,391 million / Adjusted EBIT falls 7.7% to Euro 161 million / Board of Management: Shortfall in earnings should mostly be made up by end of financial year.

Hornbach has new Supervisory Board members

Dr. Wolfgang Rupf and Joerg Walter Sost retire at Hornbach AGMs / Dr. John Feldmann becomes Supervisory Board Chairman at Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA / Women make up half of the Board members.

Hornbach confident about full-year 2018/19 despite subdued start to spring season

Despite a weaker spring season due to weather conditions, the Hornbach Group is satisfied with its performance in the first quarter of 2018/19 and has confirmed its full-year sales and earnings forecast.

Hornbach Group meets earnings forecast and forges ahead with multichannel retail

The Hornbach Group is pressing energetically ahead with the digital transformation of its DIY store retail business.

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Net sales at Hornbach Group clearly exceed four billion euros

Sales at the Hornbach Group (Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA Group) clearly topped the four billion euro mark in the 2017/18 financial year. According to today’s trading statement, consolidated sales grew by 5.1% to Euro 4,141 million.

Hornbach Group increases sales and earnings

Consolidated sales up 5.1% to Euro 3.3 billion in first nine months / DIY stores with like-like-for-like growth of 3.6% / Builders’ merchant business posts solid sales growth / Nine-month operating earnings (EBIT) up 12.4% to Euro 205.0 million / Full-year forecast confirmed.

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Hornbach maintains its growth course

Consolidated sales up 5.7% in first half to Euro 2.3 billion / DIY stores and garden centers with like-for-like growth of 4.0% / Disproportionate growth in earnings: Operating earnings up 15.2% to Euro 175.8 million / Full-year forecast for 2017/2018 confirmed.

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Hornbach Group with strong start to year

The Hornbach Group (Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA Group) has begun the 2017/2018 financial year on a very successful note.

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Ad-hoc announcement: First quarter significantly ahead of previous year – full-year forecast for 2017/2018 nevertheless unchanged (1)

The HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA Group significantly improved its earnings performance compared with the previous year in the first quarter (Q1) of the 2017/2018 financial year (March 1 to May 31, 2017).

Hornbach Group firms up earnings strength

The Hornbach Group has successfully upheld its sustainable growth course and met its sales and earnings targets.

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Hornbach Group improves sales by 4.9%

Based on preliminary figures, the Hornbach Group (Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA Group) increased its consolidated sales for the 2016/2017 financial year (March 1, to February 28, 2017) by 4.9% to Euro 3,941 million.

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Pleasing third quarter takes Hornbach Group’s nine-months earnings ahead of previous year

Driven by a pleasing third-quarter business performance, earnings at the Hornbach Group (Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA Group) for the first nine months of the financial year (March 1 to November 30, 2016) exceeded the previous year’s figure.

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Hornbach with dynamic sales growth

The Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA Group maintained the positive sales trend already seen in the first three months of its current financial year. Consolidated sales for the second quarter (June 1 to August 31, 2016) grew 6.8% to Euro 2,186.7 million.

Hornbach posts substantial sales growth in first quarter

Defying what were at times extreme weather conditions in the spring months, the Hornbach Group (Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA Group) began the 2016/2017 financial year on a successful note.

Hornbach with dividend hike

The Hornbach Group has shown itself in robust shape. In the 2015/2016 financial year (March 1, 2015 to February 29, 2016), the HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA Group increased its sales by 5.1 % to Euro 3,755 million. Consolidated operating earnings (EBIT) fell year-on-year by almost 17 % to Euro 138 million.

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Hornbach Group increases net sales by 5.1 percent after strong year-end business

The Hornbach Group generated pleasing sales growth in the past 2015/2016 financial year (March 1, 2015 to February 29, 2016). benefiting from a strong performance at the end pf the period.

Ad-hoc announcement: Sales forecast met – Earnings held back by impairment losses

The HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA Group (HORNBACH Group) met its sales targets in the past 2015/2016 financial year (March 1, 2015 to February 29, 2016). Due to impairment losses, however, the Group fell slightly short of its earnings forecast.

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Hornbach Group increases sales by 4.5% in first nine months – Earnings held back by weak quarterly performance in Germany

The business performance of the Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA Group (Hornbach Group) witnessed a setback in the fall: despite group-wide sales growth, operating earnings for the third quarter of 2015/2016 (September 1 to November 30, 2015) showed a marked downturn.

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Ad-hoc announcement: HORNBACH Group reduces earnings target

The Board of Management has updated the earnings expectations for the HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA Group for the 2015/2016 financial year (March 1, 2015 to February 29, 2016) to account for an unsatisfactory third-quarter earnings performance at the HORNBACH Baumarkt AG subgroup.

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Ad-hoc announcement: Hornbach family announces private placement

The family trust Hornbach Familien-Treuhandgesellschaft mbH, Annweiler, today decided to place one million non-par ordinary bearer shares in Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA on the capital market.

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Change of legal form Hornbach Holding now effected

The change in legal form of the former Hornbach Holding Aktiengesellschaft into a German partnership limited by shares (KGaA) is now complete.

Hornbach Group posts strong second quarter

Thanks to higher sales and disproportionate earnings growth in the second quarter, the Hornbach Holding AG Group (Hornbach Group) regained the previous year’s level of earnings in the first half of its 2015/2016 financial year (March 1 to August 31, 2015).

Hornbach Holding AG shareholders approve change of legal form to KGaA

Hornbach Holding AG will be changing its legal form to a German partnership limited by shares (KGaA).

Hornbach begins 2015/2016 financial year on successful note

The Hornbach Group (Hornbach Holding AG Group) has begun the 2015/2016 financial year on a successful note and can stand up to comparison with the previous year’s record quarter.

Hornbach increases its earnings as well

Consistent with expectations, the Hornbach Group achieved year-on-year earnings growth in the 2014/2015 financial year (March 1, 2014 to February 28, 2015).

Dividend policy following the change of legal form announced

HORNBACH Management AG, which, in the course of the change of legal form of the company into a German limited partnership by shares (Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien - KGaA) proposed to the shareholders' meeting, shall accede the company as general partner, informed us by letter, dated May 27, 2015 and referring to the ad hoc disclosure of the company dated May 22, 2015, about its intentions regarding the future development of the dividend policy of Hornbach Holding Aktiengesellschaft following the change of legal form and its accession as general partner, quote:

Board of Management proposes change of legal form into KGaA

The Board of Management of Hornbach Holding Aktiengesellschaft today resolved to propose to the company's Annual General Meeting, which is expected to be held on July 9, 2015, a resolution on the change of legal form of Hornbach Holding Aktiengesellschaft into a partnership limited by shares (Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien - KGaA) with accession of HORNBACH Management AG as general partner.

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Trading Statement for 2014/2015: Hornbach Group boosts sales by 6.0 percent to Euro 3.57 billion

The Hornbach Group (Hornbach Holding AG Group) stepped up its pace of growth in the past 2014/2015 financial year compared with the previous year.

Nine-month report 2014/2015 published: Hornbach boosts earnings strength

The Hornbach Group’s sales and earnings gained notable momentum in the third quarter of 2014/2015 (September 1 to November 30, 2014) compared with the previous quarter.

Ad-hoc announcement: Review of legal form change at HORNBACH HOLDING AG into a partnership limited by shares (KGaA) - Objective to eliminate complex ordinary and preference share structure

Today, on the basis of a resolution adopted by its management on this same day, HORNBACH Familien-Treuhandgesellschaft mbH wrote to the management board of Hornbach Holding Aktiengesellschaft and invited it to hold concrete talks on the possibilities of a transformation of the legal form of Hornbach Holding. Aktiengesellschaft from a stock corporation into a partnership limited by shares (Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien - KGaA)

Florian Preuss succeeds Dr. Ursula Dauth as Hornbach Press Officer

Dr. Ursula Dauth, longstanding Press Officer of the Hornbach Group, retired from her position at the end of September 2014. Her successor as the new Press Officer as of October 1, 2014 is Florian Preuss.

Half-Year Financial Report 2014/2015 presented: Hornbach Group boosts sales and earnings power

The Hornbach Holding AG Group (Hornbach Group) generated substantial sales and earnings growth in the first half of the 2014/2015 financial year (March 1 to August 31, 2014).

Ad-hoc-announcement: Kingfisher directors withdraw from HORNBACH Supervisory Board

The directors from British retail group Kingfisher plc, London, have resigned from the Supervisory Board of HORNBACH HOLDING AG. Kevin O'Byrne (Kingfisher Divisional CEO, B&Q) and David Paramor (Finance and Planning Director, Kingfisher plc) will thus retire from the supervisory body as of September 11, 2013. Kingfisherâ??s representative on the Supervisory Board of the HORNBACH-Baumarkt-AG subsidiary, John Declerck (Group Strategy Director, Kingfisher plc), will also retire from his position at the same time

Hornbach posts jump in first-quarter sales and earnings

The Hornbach Group (Hornbach Holding AG Group) has begun the 2014/2015 financial year on a highly dynamic note, posting record levels of first-quarter sales and earnings.

Hornbach boosts earnings power and plans dividend increase

The Hornbach Group generated disproportionate earnings growth compared with sales in its 2013/2014 financial year (March 1, 2013 to February 28, 2014).

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Trading Statement for 2013/2014: Hornbach Group boosts sales by 4.3 percent to around Euro 3.4 billion

Following a strong final push in the fourth quarter, the Hornbach Group (Hornbach Holding AG Group) increased its sales for the 2013/2014 financial year by 4.3 percent to Euro 3,369 million.

Supervisory Board of Hornbach Holding AG now complete once again

Personnel announcement: Dr. John Feldmann and Erich Harsch succeed Kingfisher representatives.

Earnings now ahead of previous year after sprint to catch up

The Hornbach Group (Hornbach Holding AG Group) sprinted to make up lost ground in the third quarter of 2013/2014 (September 1, 2013 to November 30, 2013). By the end of the first nine months, the Group had completely made up for the weather-related shortfall in earnings from the first quarter.

Hornbach Group publishes 2013/2014 Half-Year Report: Hornbach back on growth course after race to catch up

Following a successful race to catch up during the summer months, the Hornbach Holding AG Group (Hornbach Group) returned to its growth course in the first half of its 2013/2014 financial year (March 1 to August 31, 2013).

Expectedly difficult start to spring season

The Hornbach Group (Hornbach Holding AG Group) has – like the entire DIY and garden store segment – suffered a difficult start to its new financial year due to erratic weather conditions in the spring. Consistent with expectations, the exceptionally long winter adversely affected the Group’s sales and earnings performance in the first three months of the current 2013/2014 financial year (March 1 to May 31, 2013).

Hornbach shows stamina in a tough climate

The Hornbach Group increased its sales by 0.8 percent to Euro 3.229 billion in the 2012/2013 financial year (March 1, 2012 to February 28, 2013).

Trading Statement for 2012/2013: Slight growth in consolidated sales

The Hornbach Group (Hornbach Holding AG Group) slightly exceeded the previous year’s sales in the 2012/2013 financial year.