EANS-News: PVA TePla AG / Half-year 2012 figures

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quarterly report

Wettenberg (euro adhoc) - - Consolidated sales revenues EUR
60.2 (previous year: EUR 46.3) million

- Operating profit (EBIT) EUR 4.9 (previous year: EUR 3.6) million
- Incoming orders EUR 29.3 (previous year: EUR 90.4) million
- Order backlog EUR 41.5 (previous year: EUR 96.9) million
- Sales revenues and earnings forecast confirmed

(Wettenberg, August 15, 2012) - Consolidated sales revenues and
earnings were in line with PVA TePla Group planning in the first half
of 2012. The company, which specializes in crystallization systems
for semiconductor and solar silicon as well as vacuum and
high-temperature systems - generated consolidated sales revenues of
EUR 60.2 million (previous year: EUR 46.3 million). EBIT amounted to
EUR 4.9 million (previous year: EUR 3.6 million). As at June 30,
2012, the order backlog amounted to EUR 41.5 million (previous year:
EUR 96.9 million). These figures are in line with company plan-ning.
In view of the order backlog, the sales revenues and earnings
forecast for the whole of 2012 is confirmed with expected sales
revenues of between EUR 120 million and EUR 130 million and an EBIT
margin of 8-10%.

The Industrial Systems division increased its sales revenues slightly
from EUR 24.2 mil-lion to EUR 26.0 million year-on-year, and the
Semiconductor Systems division gener-ated sales revenues of EUR 29.6
million (previous year: EUR 17.2 million) on account of the very
positive development of business with crystal growing systems for the
semiconductor industry. The Solar Systems division only posted sales
of EUR 4.6 mil-lion (previous year: EUR 4.8 million) due to the weak
order situation.

EBIT amounted to EUR 4.9 million (previous year: EUR 3.6 million). At
8.2%, the EBIT margin was within the range forecast for the year as a
whole of 8-10%. Consolidated net income for the period totaled EUR
3.2 million (previous year: EUR 2.4 million).

Incoming orders came to EUR 29.3 million (previous year: EUR 90.4
million), with the trend being particularly weak in the second
quarter. The book-to-bill-ratio stood at 0.49 (previous year: 1.96).
Across almost all divisions, customers are currently show-ing
considerable restraint in their investment decisions. This also
applies to the impor-tant Chinese market, where we observed much
lower demand for our products in the first half of 2012. In
particular, the solar market is currently characterized by
substan-tial overcapacity and intense price pressure across the
entire supply chain, meaning that demand for production facilities is
low. As at June 30, 2012, the order backlog amounted to EUR 41.5
million (previous year: EUR 96.9 million).

The liquidity situation of the PVA TePla Group was again strong in
the first half of 2012. As expected, the operating cash flow was
positive at EUR +3.0 million (previous year: EUR -0.6 million).

For the 2012 fiscal year, the previous forecast is confirmed, with
consolidated sales revenues of between EUR 120 million and EUR 130
million and an EBIT margin of 8-10%.

Further inquiry note:
Dr. Gert Fisahn
Telefon: +49(0)641 68690-400
E-Mail: gert.fisahn@pvatepla.com

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company: PVA TePla AG
Im Westpark 10-12
D-35435 Wettenberg
phone: +49(0)641 68690-0
FAX: +49(0)641 68690-800
mail: ir@pvatepla.com
WWW: http://www.pvatepla.com
sector: Misc. Industrials
ISIN: DE0007461006
indexes: CDAX
stockmarkets: free trade: Hannover, Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf,
Stuttgart, regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English