EQS-News: DATAGROUP looks forward to the current fiscal year with optimism at today’s AGM

DATAGROUP looks forward to the current fiscal year with optimism at today’s AGM

• Shareholders vote in favor of all agenda items
• Dividend of EUR 1.00 per share approved
• New appointments to the Supervisory Board, Max H.-H. Schaber becomes Chairman of the Supervisory Board
• Strong organic growth expected to continue

Pliezhausen, 18 March 2025. Today, DATAGROUP SE (WKN A0JC8S)  has held its Annual General Meeting at the company headquarters in Pliezhausen. The shareholders voted in favor of all items on the agenda, including the distribution of a dividend of EUR 1.00 per share for the 2023/24 fiscal year. As part of the Annual General Meeting, the Management Board announced the company’s guidance for the current 2024/25 fiscal year. Accordingly, DATAGROUP’s Board expects revenue to grow to EUR 545-565m in the current fiscal year (PY EUR 527.6m). EBITDA is expected to come in between EUR 82-85m (PY EUR 80.4m) and EBIT between EUR 47-50m (PY EUR 45.8m).

At today’s Annual General Meeting of DATAGROUP SE at the headquarters in Pliezhausen near Stuttgart, 68.9 % of the share capital entitled to vote was represented. The shareholders voted in favor of all items on the agenda by a large majority, including the distribution of a dividend of EUR 1.00 per share (PY EUR 1.50) from retained earnings. This corresponds to a dividend payment of EUR 8.3m (PY EUR 12.5m). The dividend of EUR 1.00 per dividend-bearing share plus the value of the shares bought back in the fall of 2024 of EUR 2.14m correspond to the historic dividend policy which is based on a distribution ratio of some 40 % of the net profit.

As Heinz Hilgert, the former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of DATAGROUP, cannot remain in office on health grounds, Manfred Boschatzke, Managing Director of Human Network GmbH, was elected as a member of the Supervisory Board at the Annual General Meeting for the remainder of the current term of office of Mr. Hilgert. His term of office will end with the Annual General Meeting that resolves on the discharge of the Supervisory Board members for fiscal year 2025/26. In the Supervisory Board’s constituent meeting, Max H.-H. Schaber was elected Chairman of the Supervisory Board of DATAGROUP and Hubert Deutsch was elected Deputy Chairman.

Strong order intake in CORBOX core business
Based on continuing strong business with new customers as well as in cross- and upselling, the management presented the guidance for fiscal year 2024/2025. Organic growth continues to develop very positively, incoming new orders have already added up to a total annual contract volume of EUR 23m in the current fiscal year.

“In economically challenging times, demand for our high-quality IT services remains gratifyingly high”, explains Andreas Baresel, Chief Executive Officer of DATAGROUP. “Our strong order intake in new business shows that companies rely on our well-proven but still individually customizable CORBOX IT services to enhance their efficiency and competitiveness in the long term.”

It's our mission: making advances with the new generation CORBOX
The new CORBOX generation has also been a topic at today’s Annual General Meeting. CORBOX with its four new core elements provides IT outsourcing services with a particular focus on security, compliance, cloud and AI. The core elements are integrated into every service of the modular IT outsourcing kit so that the CORBOX is specifically tailored to the needs of the future business world. “The new CORBOX generation is proof of our innovative strength”, says Mark Schäfer, Chief Production Office of DATAGROUP. “It addresses the current challenges of our customers and meets the highest security and compliance standards. It’s our mission to support companies with future-proof IT services.”

Further information on the Annual General Meeting, the voting results and the speech of the Management Board is available on the website at www.datagroup.de/en/about-us/investor-relations/ir-information/annual-general-meeting.

The 2025 ESG Report can be found under the following link: www.datagroup.de/ueber-uns/investor-relations/ir-information/publikationen.

About DATAGROUP
DATAGROUP is one of the leading German IT service providers. Some 3,700 employees at locations across Germany design, implement, and operate IT infrastructures and business applications. With its CORBOX product, DATAGROUP is a full-service provider, supporting global IT workplaces for medium and large enterprises as well as public authorities. DATAGROUP is growing organically and through acquisitions. The acquisition strategy is particularly noted for its optimal integration of new companies. DATAGROUP is actively participating in the consolidation process with its “buy and turn around” and its “buy and build” strategy.
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CONTACT
Anke Banaschewski
Investor Relations & Corporate Communication
anke.banaschewski@datagroup.de