euro adhoc: CHRIST WATER TECHNOLOGY AG / Financial Figures/Balance Sheet / CHRIST reports final figures 2006 Thanks to order book and dynamic markets positive outlook for 2007 Takeover of UT&S

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annual report

10.04.2007

• Order backlog +25% to EUR 183mn
• Sales +15% to EUR 210mn
• EBIT +62% to EUR 6.4mn
• Net income +14% to EUR 3.3mn
• Takeover of UT&S

In the first full stand alone-year following the spin-off from BWT
Group (effective 8/11/2005), CHRIST Group grew sales by 14.7% from
EUR 183mn to EUR 209.9mn. Compared to an already relatively high
level 2005, order intake increased 2% reaching EUR 246.0mn in 2006.
Good use of capacities in all business areas is also reflected in
order backlog which amounted to EUR 182.6mn, being up 25% on last
year´s EUR 146.5mn.

Sales (in EUR thds.) 2006 2005 +/- %
Pharma & Life Science (PLS) 48,992 46,815 +4.6%
Ultrapure Water (UPW) 95,043 71,107 +33.7%
Food & Beverage (F&B) 25,397 22,670 +12.0%
Municipal Water Treatment (MWT) 40,444 42,437 -4.7%
CHRIST Group total 209,876 183,029 +14.7%

Group EBIT improved by 62% to EUR 6.4mn (previous year: EUR 4.0mn)
giving an EBIT-margin of 3.1% (previous year: 2.2%). The difference
to the previously released preliminary EBIT is due to a
reclassification of earnings from the operating to the financial
result, which was neutral to net earnings.

EBIT (in EUR thds.) 2006 2005 +/- %
Pharma & Life Science (PLS) 182 1,715 -89.4%
Ultrapure Water (UPW) 4,939 1,132 +336%
Food & Beverage (F&B) -1,015 -1,047 +3.1%
Municipal Water Treatment (MWT) 2,339 2,182 +7.1%
CHRIST Group total 6,445 3,982 +61.8%

Earnings before taxes advanced 79.3% to EUR 4.9mn (2005: EUR 2.7mn).
Following positive tax effects in the years before, due to better
results in high tax-countries the tax rate increased to 31.5%. Net
income rose by 14% to EUR 3.3mn for 2006 corresponding to earnings
per share of EUR 0.18 after EUR 0.16 based on an unchanged number of
17,833,500 shares.

Net debt increased from EUR 20.4mn to EUR 34.8mn while equity
amounted to EUR 43.2mn as of December 31, 2006 (last year: EUR
41.2mn). The balance sheet total grew from EUR 144.4mn to EUR
167.4mn. Investments including capital expenditure and acquisitions
rose to EUR 8.7mn (previous year: EUR 3.1mn)

Takeover of UT&S

Effective January 1st, 2007, CHRIST takes over the company UT&S
Umwelt-Technik & Service GmbH & Co KG in Birkenfeld/Pforzheim,
Germany (www.ut-s.de). Within the division Ultrapure Water, UT&S will
be integrated into the Business Unit Process Water & Reuse. CEO Karl
Michael Millauer: "UT&S enables us to deepen our competence while
broadening our customer base to which we can offer complete turnkey
solutions with a strong service in water treatment."

UT&S is active in the resin regeneration, focussing on the reclaim
and disposal of metal containing effluents as well as the plant
engineering and construction, especially ion exchange. The profitable
company employs 28 collaborators and achieved a turnover of about EUR
5mn in 2006. Main customers of UT& S are the tool and machine
manufacturing industry, the solar cells industry, the steel-industry
(steel erosion process) as well as the pharmaceutical industry.

General manager and hitherto owner of UT& S, Mr. Hermann Dengler: "I
am convinced to have found the best possible follow-up regulation
with CHRIST as a strong new partner who will successfully run the
company in future." Mr. Dengler remains general manager of the
company.

Outlook

Based on the good order backlog as of year-end 2006 and supported by
the positive economic conditions in all business units management
expects double-digit growth in sales and disproportionate growth in
EBIT in the current year.

Note to the shareholder structure Swisscanto Asset Management AG has
reported to hold a total of 6.59% of shares of Christ Water
Technology Group AG.

end of announcement euro adhoc 11.04.2007 07:30:00
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Further inquiry note:
Christ Water Technology Group
Ralf Burchert, CEFA
ralf.burchert@christ-water.com
Tel.: +43 (0)6232/5011-1113

Branche: Biotechnology
ISIN: AT0000499157
WKN: 675399
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