DGAP-News: LION E-Mobility AG: ?LION E-Mobility AG announces preliminary annual results for 2014: 103% increase in turnover at LION Smart GmbH compared to the prior year.
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DGAP-News: LION E-Mobility AG / Key word(s): Preliminary Results/Development of Sales LION E-Mobility AG: LION E-Mobility AG announces preliminary annual results for 2014: 103% increase in turnover at LION Smart GmbH compared to the prior year. 16.02.2015 / 08:00 --------------------------------------------------------------------- LION E-Mobility AG announces preliminary annual results for 2014: 103% increase in turnover at LION Smart GmbH compared to the prior year. Garching - February 16th, 2015 - In the fiscal year 2014 LION Smart GmbH, a subsidiary of LION E-Mobility AG, managed to increase its turnover by 103%. In 2014 LION Smart GmbH, a development service provider for high-performance energy storage systems and manufacturer of system components for batteries has further increased its investments into the product range of battery-management-systems and also managed to expand its strong position in the segment of battery-prototyping. With increased revenues of 513 TEUR (prior year: 252 TEUR) the company was able to meet its targeted operating result of -6 TEUR (prior year: 64 TEUR) for the fiscal year due to considerably increased investments and significantly decreased proportion of its external debt ratio. Earnings changed from 1.2 TEUR in the prior year to -13.5 TEUR. In addition to an extension of the machinery pool for the production of high-performance battery systems the workforce was further increased by four employees. The outlook for 2015 is also very positive: Order books are well filled and the latest edition of open-source battery-management-systems in already in use at selected clients. Due to the pleasant order situation, for 2015 we expect a further doubling of our turnover. The joint-venture TÜV SUED Battery Testing GmbH was able to further increase its turnover in the fiscal year 2014. In comparison to the prior year turnover rose by 10.5% to 2.961 TEUR (prior year: 2.679). Moreover 331 TEUR nonsales-related revenues were generated in 2014. Balance sheet total increased by 2.9% from 8.199 TEUR to 8.435 TEUR. As a result of a significant laboratory expansion as well as various beginning-of-the-year and special-items effects, such as the initial operation of new crash-test facilities in Oberpfaffenhofen, annual profits changed from 169 TEUR to -270 TEUR. EBITDA changed from 786 TEUR to 412 TEUR. In the course of our growth strategy testing capacities for cell-, module- and destructive tests were further expanded. Also new crash test facilities were added to the test portfolio. After mastering the challenges the first two quarters of 2014, TÜV SUED Battery Testing GmbH to achieve new records of turnover in the second half of the year. Therefore we also anticipate a positive outlook in this business segment for 2015. About LION E-Mobility AG LION E-Mobility AG (WKN: A1JG3H, Ticker: LMI, Reuters: LMIG.MU) is a Swiss Holding with strategic investments in the e-mobility sector, particularly in the field of electric energy storage as well as battery pack development and management. The Company holds 100% of the German LION Smart GmbH, a development and engineering company specialized on custom designed battery packs and battery-management-systems. LION Smart GmbH further holds a 30% stake of the TÜV SUED Battery Testing GmbH, a dynamically growing joint venture with the renowned TÜV SUED AG. Members of the Board of Directors are: Mr. Dipl.-Ing. Daniel Quinger (President of the Board), Dr. Isolde Semm, Dipl.-Ing. Tobias Mayer and Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Martin Specht. The Management of LION Smart GmbH consists of Dipl.-Ing. Tobias Mayer and Mr. Walter Wimmer. The Managing Director of the TÜV SUED Battery Testing GmbH is Dipl.-Wi.-Ing. (FH) Johannes Brey. For more information please visit our homepage: www.lionemobility.com Disclaimer: This presentation contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including statements that relate to, among other things, the Company's objectives, goals, strategies, intentions, plans, beliefs, expectations and estimates, and can generally be identified by the use of words such as "may", "will", "could", "should", "would", "likely", "expect", "intend", "estimate", "anticipate", "believe", "plan", "objective" and "continue" (or the negative thereof) and words and expressions of similar import. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve risks and uncertainties, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. Certain material factors or assumptions are applied in making forward-looking statements, and actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations include but are not limited to: general business and economic conditions (including but not limited to currency rates and creditworthiness of customers); Company liquidity and capital resources, including the availability of additional capital resources to fund its activities; level of competition; changes in laws and regulations; legal and regulatory proceedings; the ability to adapt products and services to the changing market; the ability to attract and retain key executives; and the ability to execute strategic plans. The Company does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or to revise any of the forward-looking statements contained in this presentation, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Investor Relations Contact: Mr. Walter Wimmer Phone: +49 (0)89 74567993 Mr. Hany Magour Phone: +49 (0)89 32988662 Email: ir@lionemobility.de http://www.lionemobility.de LION E-Mobility AG Poststrasse 6 6300 Zug Switzerland --------------------------------------------------------------------- 16.02.2015 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: LION E-Mobility AG Poststraße 6 6300 Zug Switzerland Phone: +49 (0)89 74567993 Fax: +41 (0)41 500 54 12 E-mail: info@lionemobility.de Internet: www.lionemobility.de ISIN: CH0132594711, CH0132594711 WKN: A1JG3H , A1JG3H Listed: Regulated Unofficial Market in Hamburg, Munich; Open Market in Frankfurt End of News DGAP News-Service --------------------------------------------------------------------- 323503 16.02.2015