

New orders in first nine months 2007/08 reach € 778.2 million - Sales of € 659.3 million / high order backlog of € 818.4 million - EBIT up to € 24.7 million (prior year: € 11.9 million)
The Board of Management and Supervisory Board of Schuler AG today resolved to propose to the Annual Shareholders' Meeting on April 10, 2008, the conversion of all 7 million preferred shares into common shares in the course of a capital increase.