EANS-News: RHI AG / RHI confirms results 2012

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Annual Reports

Wien (euro adhoc) - At its meeting on April 4, 2013, the RHI
Supervisory Board approved the annual financial statements 2012 of
RHI AG and the consolidated financial statements 2012. The
preliminary results of the RHI Group as published on March 8, 2013
are thus confirmed.

Earnings indicators (in EUR million) 2012 2011 1) Delta
Revenues 1,835.7 1,758.6 4.4%
EBITDA 229.4 204.1 12.4%
EBITDA margin 12.5% 11.6% 0.9pp
Operating result 2) 164.4 148.6 10.6%
Operating result margin 9.0% 8.4% 0.6pp
EBIT 167.6 150.9 11.1%
EBIT margin 9.1% 8.6% 0.5pp
Financial results (21.3) (30.9) (31.1%)
Results from associates 5.3 5.5 (3.6%)
Profit before income taxes 151.6 125.5 20.8%
Income taxes (38.1) (4.7) 710.6%
Profit from continuing operations 113.5 120.8 (6.0%)
Profit from discontinued operations 0.0 0.7 (100.0%)
Profit for the year 113.5 121.5 (6.6%)

Earnings per share in EUR
(continuing operations) 2.85 3.03 (6.0%)

Balance sheet & Cashflow indicators
(in EUR million) 2012 2011 1) Delta
Balance sheet total 1,850.3 1,689.9 9.5%
Equity 480.5 438.9 9.5%
Equity ratio (in %) 26.0% 26.0% 0.0pp
Net debt 418.5 361.5 15.8%
Gearing ratio (in %) 2) 87.1% 82.4% 4.7pp
Net debt / EBITDA 1.8 1.8 0.0
Net cash flow from operating activities 161.1 124.4 29.5%
Net cash flow from investing activities (165.9) (105.5) 57.3%
Net cash flow from financing activities 47.8 67.3 (29.0%)

1) after reclassification (for explanations refer to the report for the third
quarter 2012)
2) without non-current personnel provisions

As announced previously, the Management Board of RHI AG will propose a dividend
of EUR 0.75 per share to the Annual General Meeting on May 3, 2013.

The annual report for the year 2012 is available for download at the RHI
website: www.rhi-ag.com / Investor Relations

Further inquiry note:
RHI AG
Investor Relations
Mag. Simon Kuchelbacher
Tel: +43-1-50213-6676
Email: simon.kuchelbacher@rhi-ag.com

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company: RHI AG
Wienerbergstrasse 9
A-1100 Wien
phone: +43 (0)50213-6123
FAX: +43 (0)50213-6130
mail: rhi@rhi-ag.com
WWW: http://www.rhi-ag.com
sector: Refractories
ISIN: AT0000676903
indexes: ATX Prime, ATX
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English