EANS-Adhoc: Nordex closes 2012 with record order intake and announces non-recurring expenses for sustained success in the United States and China - Roughly 15% increase in new business to EUR 1,268

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Earnings Forecast/Company Information
15.01.2013

According to final calculations, order intake amounted to EUR 628
million in the fourth quarter (Q4 2011: EUR 400 million) and the new
business of the Nordex Group (ISIN: DE000A0D6554) increased by 14.6
percent in 2012 to a new record of EUR 1,268.4 million (2011: EUR
1,107 million).

At the same time, the Company announced today that it expects
non-recurring expense of EUR 60 - 75 million for 2012 in connection
with the planned struc-tural adjustments in the United States and
China. In autumn 2012, the Man-agement Board had announced steps to
place the two foreign operations on a sustained profitable basis. One
of the first steps in this direction was the an-nouncement made by
the Management Board in December 2012 that rotor blade production is
to be discontinued in China. In the course of the year, Nordex had
come under strain as a result of low capacity utilization in China
and the United States. The Company will be announce details of the
reorgani-zation measures for these subsidiaries in due course.

The record order intake was driven by strong demand in the EMEA
region, which contributed 94 percent of the new business. Only around
one percent of new business came from China and some five percent
from America. In this region, Nordex successfully entered the South
American market after receiving a major order from Uruguay. A further
reason for the company's sales success was the strong demand for the
multi-MW platform. Thus, more than half of all new contracts were
accounted for the two largest wind power systems, the N100/2500 and
the new N117/2400. Nordex has been producing the N117/2400 in series
since summer 2012 and sold out of this product in that year. The
company has completed the first major N117 project on schedule in
2012.

In addition, Nordex is confirmed today its forecast of an operating
margin (EBIT before non-recurring expenses) of around one percent. On
the basis of this preliminary data, Nordex continues to have a solid
balance sheet as of 31 December 2012. Liquidity rose by 28 percent to
EUR 273 million; adjusted for financial liabilities in connection
with a bond issue and towards banks, net li-quidity stands at around
EUR 50 million as of the reporting date (31 December 2011: net debt
of EUR 18.9 million). The equity ratio should remain stable at around
30 percent.

Further inquiry note:
Ralf Peters
Head of Corporate Communication
Tel.: +49 (0)40 300 30 15 22
rpeters@nordex-online.com

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issuer: Nordex SE
Langenhorner Chaussee 600
D-22419 Hamburg
phone: +49 (0)40 30030-1000
FAX: +49 (0)40 30030-1101
mail: info@nordex-online.com
WWW: http://www.nordex-online.com
sector: Alternative energy
ISIN: DE000A0D6554, DE0000A0D66L2
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