TAKKT AG / Dividend Release of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- After confirmation of the financial statements at 31 December 2007 and approval of the consolidated financial statements at 31 December 2007, the Supervisory and Management Boards of TAKKT AG, Stuttgart, have resolved to propose to the Annual General Meeting on 7 May 2008 a significant increase in dividends for the financial year 2007. The ordinary dividend is to increase by 28.0 percent, from EUR 0.25 to EUR 0.32 per share. The cash inflow from the sale of Conney Safety Products LLC also allows the distribution of a special dividend of EUR 0.48 per share. The total dividend would amount to EUR 0.80 per share, more than triple the prior year’s dividend. Thanks to the very strong balance sheet and the stable business model, TAKKT will continue in future to enable its shareholders to participate directly in the profits and cash flow of the company in so far as no larger investment projects or acquisitions are undertaken. The shares of the TAKKT AG are admitted to stock exchange trading with official quotation at the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the Stuttgart Stock Exchange. Stuttgart 14 March 2008 Management Board TAKKT AG 14.03.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: TAKKT AG Presselstr. 12 70191 Stuttgart Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)711 346 58 -0 Fax: +49 (0)711 346 58 - 10 E-mail: investor@takkt.de Internet: www.takkt.de ISIN: DE0007446007 WKN: 744600 Indices: SDAX Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Stuttgart; Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Tel: +49 711 3465-8222