EANS-Adhoc: voestalpine AG
voestalpine with slightly weaker results in first
half 2013/14
06.11.2013 – 07:32
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ad-hoc disclosure transmitted by euro adhoc with the aim of a Europe-wide distribution. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Financial Figures/Balance Sheet/6-month report 06.11.2013 Revenue and earnings of voestalpine Group for the first half of the business year 2013/14 were affected by an all in all stable, but in particular in Europe in industrial key segments still subdued economic development. The second quarter of the business year was burdened additionally by seasonal effects and one-offs of EUR 10 million in the Steel Division. Remarkably, the uncertainties of the markets predominantly concerned the Special Steel and the Steel Division, whereas the development of the Divisions Metal Engineering and Metal Forming was characterized by high stability on unchanged attractive levels. This once more confirms the validity of the since 12 years consequently implemented downstream strategy. From today's point of view voestalpine Group expects higher earnings in the second half of 2013/14 compared to the first half, against the backdrop of a stable economic environment in the third quarter and a slight upturn in the fourth quarter, so that the outlook for the whole business year 2013/14 remains unchanged: Repetition of last year's operating profit (EBITDA) of approx. EUR 1.4 billion and about EUR 850 million profit from operations (EBIT)respectively. Key figures of voestalpine Group (acc. IFRS; in EURm)* H1 2012/13 H1 2013/14 Change 04/01 - 09/30/2012 04/01 - 09/30/2013 in % Revenue 5,932.8 5,723.6 -3.5 EBITDA 724.5 686.9 -5.2 EBITDA margin in % 12.2 12.0 EBIT 435.4 400.5 -8.0 EBIT margin in % 7.3 7.0 Profit before tax 347.8 320.4 -7.9 Profit for the period** 269.5 240.0 -10.9 EPS (in EUR) 1.36 1.16 -14.7 Gearing ratio in % (09/30) 51.0 46.7 * according to IFRS all results after Purchase Price Allocation (PPA) ** before minority interest and hybrid capital interest Further details on the 2nd quarter results 2013/14 are available on our homepage www.voestalpine.com or feel free to contact our Investor Relations team +43/50304/15-9949. Further inquiry note: DI Peter Fleischer Head of Investor Relations Tel.: +43/50304/15-9949 Fax: +43/50304/55-5581 mailto:peter.fleischer@voestalpine.com http://www.voestalpine.com end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- issuer: voestalpine AG voestalpine-Straße 1 A-4020 Linz phone: +43 50304/15-9949 FAX: +43 50304/55-5581 mail: IR@voestalpine.com WWW: www.voestalpine.com sector: Metal Goods & Engineering ISIN: AT0000937503 indexes: WBI, ATX Prime, ATX stockmarkets: official market: Wien language: English