Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG Annual General Meeting for Financial Year 2005/2006

• Approval given for proposed dividend of 0.65 Euro per share
• All items on the agenda passed

Around 1,200 shareholders today participated in the Annual General Meeting of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) for financial year 2005/2006 held at the Congress Center Rosengarten in Mannheim. Approximately 60 percent of Heidelberg's share capital was represented at the event.

The Management Board discussed the company's strategy and the Balance Sheet for the past financial year (April 1, 2005 through March 31, 2006), which saw the Heidelberg Group more than double its net profit on the previous year to 135 million Euro.

The company's shareholders voted on nine items on the agenda at the Annual General Meeting. These included the appropriation of the retained earnings, the associated issuing of a dividend of 0.65 Euro per participating share, and other resolutions.

All points on the agenda requiring approval were passed.

Note to editors:
A recording of the speech - complete with text and charts - given by CEO Bernhard Schreier at the AGM can be viewed at the  Annual General Meeting webpage.

The Annual Report and Agenda for the Annual General Meeting can also be downloaded from the  Annual General Meeting webpage.

Other dates:
The scheduled publication date for the financial statements for the first quarter of 2006/2007 is August 1, 2006.

For further information, please contact:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Thomas Fichtl
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 47 47
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 69
E-mail: thomas.fichtl@heidelberg.com