Press Release 

 H&R GmbH & Co. KGaA confirms preliminary figures for Q1-2024

•  Q1-24 significantly exceeds the same quarter of the previous year and leaves the weak Q1-23 well behind with EBITDA of EUR 21.3 million

Salzbergen, Germany, May 15, 2024. H&R GmbH & Co. KGaA (in short: H&R KGaA; ISIN DE000A2E4T77) has confirmed the preliminary key figures for the start of the year. The company reported operative earnings (EBITDA - consolidated earnings before taxes on income and earnings, other financing income and expenses and depreciation, amortization and write-ups on intangible assets and property, plant and equipment) of EUR 21.3 million in the first quarter of 2023 (same period in the previous year: EUR 14.3 million). Due to lower raw material prices and volumes, the past quarter delivered lower sales revenues of EUR 337.0 million (Q1-2023: EUR 349.0 million).

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For more detailed statements on the business and earnings development, especially the 2024 full-year expectations, the company refers to the quarterly statement for the first quarter of 2024 published today, which is available for download at in the "Investor Relations" section.

Contact information:

H&R GmbH & Co. KGaA, Head of Investor Relations/Communications, Ties Kaiser

Neuenkirchener Strasse 8, 48499 Salzbergen

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H&R GmbH & Co. KGaA:

H&R KGaA is a specialty-chemicals company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange's Prime Standard segment. It develops and manufactures crude-oil-based chemical and pharmaceutical specialty products and produces high-precision plastic parts.

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