BRIEF-Paul Hartmann FY after-tax profit up 6.3 pct to EUR90.1 mln
March 28 Paul Hartmann AG:
* Taking into account negative currency effects, as well as acquisitions and divestments, FY consolidated sales rose by 2.3 percent to 1,986.5 million euros ($2.16 billion)
* FY EBIT climbed by 4.9 percent to 139.1 million euros, while consolidated earnings after taxes improved by 6.3 percent to 90.1 million euros
* Aims to achieve moderate increase in sales and EBIT once again in 2017
* Will propose dividend increase to 7.00 euros per share Source text - bit.ly/2ncbUq0 Further company coverage: ($1 = 0.9210 euros) (Gdynia Newsroom)