DGAP-Adhoc: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG hereby announces in compliance with Art. 15 of the German Securities Trading Act:

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG / Profit Warning/Final Results

31.03.2008 

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.
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Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG hereby announces in compliance with Art. 15
of the German Securities Trading Act:

- Sales, operating result (EBIT) and net profit for the fiscal year 2007/08
will not meet company’s own estimations

Due to the difficult market environment, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
will not reach  the predicted figures of the sales and operating result
(EBIT) for fiscal year 2007/2008 (ending March 31, 2008) given on February
5, 2008. According to today’s preliminary calculations, sales of the
Heidelberg Group will not reach the result from the previous year of about
EUR 3.8 billion but will turn out to be about 3 percent lower.

This will also negatively impact the operating result (EBIT) but cannot be
exactly defined on the last day of the fiscal year yet. As basic line, it
will not fall below EUR 260 million. Accordingly, the net profit will also
decrease.

Incoming orders did not meet expectations in the last quarter of the fiscal
year before drupa trade show.

In the course of today’s regular Supervisory Board Meeting, the Management
Board presented its measures to reduce the company’s dependence on currency
fluctuations and on the cyclicality in the advertising industry.

In this context, Heidelberg will speed up its expansion of production
facilities and its purchasing activities outside of the euro region as well
as the development of its service business. These strategic directions will
be defined in detail after drupa trade show and afterwards implemented
immediately.

The further business development is regarded as rather critical in the
light of the economic slowdown. In case this tendency turns out to be still
in place after drupa, the company will undertake adjustments in personnel
and structure according to the demands on capacities.

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Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News:

'The course of the upcoming drupa trade show will not change the strategic
directions mentioned above. However, it will provide us with important
indications of our customers’  investment behaviour,' says Bernhard
Schreier, CEO of Heidelberg. 'We have immediately broadened our already
implemented measures in order to adjust our cost structures to the current
business development.'

Contact:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Dr. Friedmar Nusch 
Tel.: +49 6221 92 5900
Mobil: +49 172 692 32 29
Fax: +49 6221 92 5069
E-Mail: friedmar.nusch@heidelberg.com
www.heidelberg.com 


DGAP 31.03.2008 
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Language:     English
Issuer:       Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
              Kurfürsten-Anlage 52-60
              69115 Heidelberg
              Deutschland
Phone:        +49 (0)6221 92-60 21
Fax:          +49 (0)6221 92-51 89
E-mail:       investorrelations@heidelberg.com
Internet:     www.heidelberg.com
ISIN:         DE0007314007
WKN:          731400
Indices:      MDAX
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
              in Berlin, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart
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