Substantial boost for Praktiker

Praktiker Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte Holding AG increased its group sales in the third quarter of 2006 by 5.7 per cent to € 815.5 mio. Sales by Praktiker AG at the end of the first nine months of fiscal 2006 came to € 2.42 bn, equivalent to an increase of 4.5 per cent compared with the same period in the previous year. Operating profit (EBITA) increased by 10.5 per cent in the third quarter to € 41.3 mio, while the company’s EBITA for the first nine months of the current financial year is € 87.7 mio. This equates to growth of 6.9 per cent compared to the same period last year.