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6-month report

08.08.2008

• Revenues +10.1% to EUR 116.7 million
• EBIT +8.2% to EUR 12.7 million
• Net result +12.2% to EUR 9.5 million
• Net income seen at EUR 24 million for full year

"Thanks to our strategic growth initiatives in water technology in
Europe, we generated a double digit increase of revenues also in the
second quarter and a significantly higher EBIT drawing a clear line
to the negative economic foundations. For the second half-year,
despite a relatively robust market, we expect a cool-down with an
annual net result of then EUR 24 million," says Andreas
Weissenbacher, CEO of the BWT Group, about the second quarter 2008
and the full year outlook.

In the first half of 2008, the BWT Group boosted its consolidated
revenues by 10.5% from EUR 195.2 million to EUR 215.7 million. All
business segments contributed to this growth in revenue. The sound
trend of the first quarter (11%) was confirmed in the Q2 with a rise
of 10.1%.

The higher material prices, an unfavorable product mix and start-up
costs incurred in launching the Point-of-Use programs had a dampening
impact on the BWT Group´s earnings position in H1, resulting in only
a lower-than-average increase in EBIT of 0.7% to EUR 20.9 million
(previous year: EUR 20.2 million). Last year´s earnings also included
extraordinary income of EUR 0.8 million, which was due to the
successful recovery of a receivable that had been written down. In
the second quarter of 2008, EBIT reached EUR 12.7 million,
representing an increase of 8.2%.

Net profit was 2.5% above the previous year´s figure of EUR14.8
million at EUR15.2 million. Earnings per share were EUR0.85 in the
first half-year against EUR0.84 in the comparable period of the
previous year.

The BWT Group´s net worth and financial position remained robust. The
cash flow from operating activities was just maintained positively in
the first half-year at EUR 0.2 million. A cash outflow of EUR 3.5
million was posted in this regard in the previous year. Overall, the
BWT Group has significantly extended its investments in tangible and
intangible assets. In the first half-year of 2008, these amounted to
EUR 9.6 million, 81% more than in the comparable period of the
previous year during which EUR 5.3 million was spent.

The number of employees within the BWT Group was 2,389 as of June 30,
2008 and was therefore 1.5% above the level at the end of the
previous year (2,354) and 5.9% higher than was the case one year ago
(2,255).

Outlook

The extension of the Point-of-Use product program, the optimization
of the existing product portfolio in the BWT core business of
Point-of-Entry, BWT´s positioning as `BWT - The Water Company´ and
the permanent monitoring and reduction of the working capital are the
most important objectives of the BWT Management.

Due to the expected, continued generally difficult economic
conditions and the consistent implementation of strategic growth
initiatives of BWT, the Management Board expects consolidated net
earnings of EUR 24 million for 2008.

The complete first half-year report 2008 is available on
www.bwt-group.com.

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Branche: Water Supply
ISIN: AT0000737705
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