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Singulus Technologies AG

Interim / Quarterly Report Aug 11, 2008

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Report Second Quarter 2008

Consolidated Financial Statements 2008 pursuant to IFRS – As of June 30, 2008 (unaudited)

Business Trends and Situation of the SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Group

The key figures for order intake and order backlog at SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES (SINGULUS) were also significantly higher than prior-year figures in the 2nd quarter 2008. Accordingly, an order intake of € 70.8 million (previous year € 48.1 million) was achieved in the quarter under review. Therefore, the order intake rose by 47.2 % compared with the same quarter one year ago. As of June 30, 2008 the order backlog rose by 76 % to € 129.7 million (previous year € 77.7 million). The high order intake in the first half of the year reflects the interest in the new Blu-ray technology as well as in our solar equipment.

Sales in the 2nd quarter were increased compared with the previous quarter. However, at € 51.0 million it was below the € 62.5 million reported in the 2nd quarter 2007. Since the orders in the first half of the year for the high-margin products from the Blu-ray and Solar segment will only be recorded as sales in the following quarters, an EBIT of only € -2.0 million was achieved in the quarter under review (previous year € 0.5 million). In particular, the weak semiconductor activities at HamaTech APE as well as the segment coating weighed on the results in the 2nd quarter.

Blu-ray Growth Stronger than Expected

In the 1st half of 2008 SINGULUS exceeded its own forecast for the order intake in the Blu-ray segment with 31 orders and also expects continuing high interest for this product for the remainder of the business year.

The world's largest trade fair for optical storage media, the MEDIA-TECH Expo, took place in Frankfurt from May 6-8, 2008. At this fair, the dominating market position of SINGULUS in particular in the segment Blu-ray disc replication lines was further underscored. The visitors' focus of interest rested on SINGULUS' machine for Blu-ray Dual Layer Disc (50 Gbyte) and the inline mastering system for Blu-ray called CRYSTALLINE. No other exhibiting company presented comparable machines.

Stefan A. Baustert (left) and Hans-Jürgen Stangl (right of Mr. Baustert) together with representatives of the City of Fürstenfeldbruck at the ground-breaking ceremony on July 25, 2008

Draft of the new STANGL headquarters

The market introduction of Blu-ray replication lines is progressing significantly faster than DVD at its introduction in the years 1997/1998.

For example, the US trade news "Video Business" reported on July 22, 2008, that during the first half of 2008, the Blu-ray Discs in the US posted a sales growth of 300 percent compared to the prior-year period. With respect to the entire home entertainment market the research group Media Control GfK International published a new report on June 27, 2008. Accordingly, a total growth of 10% is projected for 2008 compared to last year. One of the main reasons for this rise is increased demand for video games and movies of the next generation format Blu-ray according to GfK. GfK estimates that globally in the home entertainment segment sales of \$ 67.1 billion will probably be generated in the current year. In addition, the report shows that Blu-ray sales will more than quadruple this year, to \$ 1.5 billion worldwide, according to Gfk, then grow 184 % in 2009 to \$ 4.1 billion and another 94 %, to hit \$ 8 billion in 2010.

Continuing High Growth in the Solar Segment at STANGL

The STANGL Semiconductor Equipment AG (STANGL), a subsidiary of the SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG, today is one of the few suppliers of wet-chemical equipment for the crystalline silicon solar technology as well as of thin-film solar technology for glass and foil with an expected growth rate of about 40 % in 2008. The order intake at STANGL in the 2nd quarter 2008 was also above the comparable prior-year figures and the previous quarter.

According to a report by Bank Sarasin, the solar market offers enormous growth potential for the coming years. Pursuant to a FAZ publication (July 28, 2008) regarding "Trends in the Solar market", Sarasin expects a newly installed photovoltaic capacity of about 10 gigawatt peak per year.

Crystalline silicon solar cells represent the majority of the market. In addition, the increasingly expanding market for thin-film solar cells establishes itself. In view of these growth rates in the next couple of years, a respectable boost for investment in plant and equipment for new solar cell factories for both technologies is expected. The focus of investments is currently still on Europe; however, in the future the Asian and American markets will also gain importance.

With the ground-breaking ceremony for the new headquarters of STANGL in Fürstenfeldbruck near Munich on July 25, 2008, additional production capacity will be provided for the Solar activities from 2009 onwards. With this step STANGL will more than double its production capacity to 11,550 sqm by spring 2009. A further expansion stage to an area of 16,000 sqm is already planned.

This year STANGL was awarded the "Bavaria's Best 50" prize for the second time. With this prize the Bavarian Ministry for Economics, Infrastructure, Transportation and Technology recognized the excellent results of the company and its employees.

Report Second Quarter 2008 Q02

Media Tech booth with Blu-ray Mastering System CRISTALLINE

SKYLINE II for CD+DVD 5 and SPACELINE II for DVD 9 production

Business Activities

SINGULUS develops and manufactures machines and equipment for the production of optical discs as well as various systems for the manufacturing of solarcells, production machines for semiconductor components, coating machines for ophthalmic lens processing, production lines for decorative processing and cleaning equipment for photo masks.

Optical Disc

During the first half of the year, the focus of activities in the segment Optical Disc was set on the production machines for 50 GByte Dual Layer Blu-ray Discs as well as mastering systems for Blu-ray. The order intake of the first two quarters and the market forecasts of independent market research institutes such as Understanding & Solutions and Techno Systems suggest long-term growth over the next couple of years. The sales of DVD machines continue to be stable. This was also evident through the major order for 15 DVD lines for machines of the SPACELINE II type from a renowned DVD producer in June. The market for CD equipment is mostly saturated. Here, replacement investment is mainly expected in the future.

We announced in November 2007 to close SINGULUS EMOULD, Würselen, as of December 31, 2007. A further review of the work processes and our cost situation induced us in the meantime to also relocate the assembly of the MoldPro injection molding machines to Kahl am Main. Amongst others, this step is reasonable since the commissioning of Dual Layer Blu-ray Disc machines in Kahl requires an exact fine tuning of the injection molding machine with the rest of the line. Approximately 50 employees are affected by the closure of the SINGULUS MOLDING AG in Schaffhausen. Some of the employees will be relocated to our site at Kahl am Main. The relocation will be completed in autumn this year.

Solar

The activities in the Solar segment are currently still focused on the rapidly growing order intake at STANGL for wet-chemical production equipment for silicon solar cells and thin-film solar applications.

STANGL recorded a slightly increased order intake in the 2nd quarter compared with the previous quarter. At SINGULUS initial coating tests for silicon cells were performed and further optimized in cooperation with Q-Cells. The prototype of the new coating machine will be assembled by the end of the year as planned.

Coating

The development in this segment was restrained. The management is currently evaluating further success potential of the OPTICUS and DECOLINE product lines with regard to costs, market success and additional growth potential.

Wet-chemical production for thin film solar technology on glass at STANGL in Eichenau

Semiconductor

We expect that the business development at our Group companies HamaTech APE, and also at the SINGULUS Nano Deposition Technologies will be significantly below the results in the business year 2007. The project activities in the weak semiconductor market since the beginning of the year has slightly improved once again in June.

Financial Key Figures

Order Intake and Order Backlog

An order intake of € 70.8 million (previous year € 48.1 million) was achieved in the quarter under review. Therefore, the order intake rose by 47.2 % compared with the same quarter one year ago. Cumulated for six months, the order intake amounted to € 155.2 million (previous year € 108.5 million), which was 43.0 % higher than in the 1st half 2007. The already visible uptrend in the 1st quarter continued in the 1st half of the year. The book to bill rate was around 1.4 in the 2nd quarter and therefore again over 1 as in the first quarter.

The order backlog as of June 30, 2008 rose strongly to € 129.7 million (previous year € 77.7 million).

Sales

Due to the still unsettled format dispute between HD DVD and Blu-ray until the beginning of 2008, the order backlog of the company as of December 31, 2007 was on a very low level. This resulted in the fact that at € 81.3 million,sales in the first six months of 2008 were also below previous year's level (€ 112.3 million). Sales of € 51.0 million in the 2nd quarter 2008 were lower than in the previous year (previous year € 62.5 million).

The percentage regional breakdown of sales for the 2nd quarter 2008 is as follows: Europe 46.4 % (previous year 27.9 %), Asia 32.9 % (previous year 25.1 %), North and South America 19.9 % (previous year 43.5 %) as well as Africa and Australia 0.8 % (previous year 3.5 %). For the 1st half of 2008 the percentage regional sales breakdown was as follows: Europe 51.9 % (previous year 36.6 %), Asia 26.5 % (previous year 24.4 %), North and South America 20.4 % (previous year 35.8 %) as well as Africa and Australia 1.2 % (previous year 3.2 %).

Gross Margin

The gross margin in the 2nd quarter stood at 27.1 %, at the level of the prior-year period (27.0 %). The gross profit margin in the first half of 2008 amounted to 25.1 % and is therefore below the level achieved in the same period one year ago (28.0 %). This decline results from the relatively high share of sales of low-margin recordable disc machines and low sales in the high-margin semiconductor buisness in the 1st quarter 2008 compared with the previous year.

Wet-chemical production equipment for solar foil by STANGL

Operating Expenses

The operating expenses came to € 15.5 million in the 2nd quarter of the business year 2008 (previous year € 15.8 million). During the 1st half of the year under review the operating expenses totaled € 21.6 million (previous year € 29.8 million). This included an extraordinary gain from the first-time consolidation of the Blu-ray activities of the Oerlikon Balzers AG (€ 15.6 million) as well as restructuring charges in connection with the business division Decorative Coating (€ 3.5 million) in the first quarter 2008. Adjusted for these one-time impacts the operating expenses amounted to € 33.8 million in the first half of 2008 (previous year € 29.8 million). This increase is mainly due to higher write-offs on the intangible assets such as customer relationships, brands and technology following the first-time consolidation of STANGL as well as the Blu-ray Disc machine activities of the Oerlikon Balzers AG.

Earnings

The earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) were negative at € -2.0 million in the 2nd quarter 2008 and thus below previous year's level (previous year € 0.5 million). For the 1st half of 2008 SINGULUS posted an EBIT in the amount of € -1.7 million (previous year € 0.7 million).

In detail, the break-down of sales and the operating results are split between the segments as follows:

SEGMENT REPORTING AS OF JUN 30, 2008 AND 2007 (IFRS UNAUDITED)

Segment
Optical Disc
Segment
Solar
Segment
Semiconductor
Segment
Coating
Other SINGULUS
Group
06/30/08 06/30/07 06/30/08 06/30/07 06/30/08 06/30/07 06/30/08 06/30/07 06/30/08 06/30/07 06/30/08 06/30/07
Gross revenue 56,747 96,134 13,843 0 10,797 15,951 -69 165 0 0 81,318 112,250
Sales deduction and
direct selling costs
1,724 2,998 211 0 82 218 0 1 0 0 2,017 3,217
Net revenue 55,022 93,136 13,632 0 10,715 15,733 -69 164 0 0 79,300 109,033
Negative difference from the acquisition
of Oerlikon Blu-ray business 15,646 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15,646 0
EBIT 4,712 855 585 0 -2,173 737 -4,450 -826 -376 -27 -1,702 739
EBITDA 13,668 9,075 2,545 0 -109 1,848 -1,389 -252 -221 121 14,494 10,792

Balance Sheet and Liquidity

The long-term assets amounted to € 240.6 million and were therefore above previous year's level (previous year € 226.2 million). This increase is predominantly due to the first-time consolidation of the Blu-ray activities acquired from the Oerlikon Balzers AG. In this connection the intangible assets rose by € 27.5 million as of June 30, 2008.

Property, plant and equipment amounted to € 11.7 million and were therefore around previous year's level (previous year € 12.5 million). The capital expenditure in property, plant and equipment amounted to € 0.1 million in the 2nd quarter of 2008 (previous year € 1.7 million). Most of the spending was used for replacement investments. In the period under review, a tax reimbursement claim in the amount of € 8.9 million was sold, In this connection the long-term assets declined by € 8.7 million. Current assets increased by € 15.8 million during the period under review. Specifically, inventories rose by € 18.7 million compared to the prior-year period. In contrast, compared to the previous year cash and cash equivalents declined by € 1.7 million. Compared to the previous year the short-term liabilities increased by € 12.8 million. Specifically, the accounts payable rose by € 9.5 million as well as prepayments received by € 6.0 million in connection with the increased order intake.The other provisions showed an opposite trend and dropped by € 1.8 million.

Compared to the previous year the long-term liabilities increased by € 27.9 million. This is mainly because of the first-time consolidation of the Blu-ray activities acquired from the Oerlikon Balzers AG. In this connection the other long-term liabilities increased by € 7.2 million as of June 30, 2008. The deferred tax liabilities rose by € 6.7 million. In addition, long-term bank liabilities rose by € 9.8 million compared to the previous year. SINGULUS held a net liquidity of € 3.3 million as of June 30, 2008.

Shareholders' Equity

The shareholders' equity in the Group amounted to € 288.7 million as of June 30, 2008 and is below the level of year-end 2007 (€ 293.3 million). Equity in the amount of € 282.9 million is attributable to the shareholders of the parent company and € 5.9 million to minorities. The equity ratio stands at 60.9 % and is thus below previous year's level (66.1 %).

Cash Flow

In the 1st half of 2008 the operating cash flow of the Group of € 6.1 million was higher than in the previous year (previous year € 2.0 million). This increase is mainly due to changes in net working capital compared to the prior-year period.

Risk Report

During the first six months of the business year 2008 there were no changes regarding the risks depicted in the Annual Report for the year 2007.

Development of Costs and Prices

From our perspective the selling prices developed as planned in the 1st half of the business year. Material and personnel expenses also developed according to our budgets.

Employees

The number of employees in the SINGULUS Group rose from 674 employees as of June 30, 2007 to 758 employees as of June 30, 2008. Adjusted for the addition of headcount at STANGL a decline of 57 employees results.

The SINGULUS Stock

The share price of the SINGULUS stock had to give back the price gains achieved in the first months of 2008. Due to the development of sales and earnings in the 1st quarter and several downgrades by brokers, the stock price closed at € 7.00 on June 30, 2008.

Changes in the Executive and Supervisory Boards

Mr. William Slee, member of the Supervisory Board, informed the Chairman of the Supervisory Board at the end of February that he will step down with conclusion of the Annual General Meeting 2008.

Mr. Günther Bachmann, resident in Bad Homburg v.d.H., was appointed to the Supervisory Board as a successor for the remaining tenure of Mr. Slee at the Annual General Meeting on June 6, 2008.

Research and Development (R & D)

At € 8.3 million in the 1st half of 2008 the expenses for R & D declined significantly with -20.5 % compared with the previous level (€ 10.4 million).

In the work area Optical Disc SINGULUS focuses on the optimization of the inline mastering system CRYSTALLINE for Blu-ray and DVD. An additional focus was set on the completion of the new production system for dual layer Blu-ray Disc, which was introduced at the end of February. The first dual layer Blu-ray production lines were delivered in the 2nd quarter.

SINGULUS plans to complete an own vacuum coating machine for the application of anti-reflective layers in the silicon solar technology by the end of 2008 and to deliver a first machine to the cooperation partner Q-Cells. The know-how in "coating" and "process optimization" is the ideal prerequisite for the optimization of the solar cell coating in the area of crystalline silicon.

Combined with STANGL's machines SINGULUS will then be able to offer several important parts for a production line for crystalline silicon solar cells with the wet-chemical and vacuum coating technology.

The goal is to intensively expand the global position for production machines for crystalline solar cells in the next couple of years.

Outlook and Strategy

SINGULUS will even stronger focus on the two core work areas Optical Disc and Solar.

In the segment Optical Disc the global market leadership for activities with Blu-ray production machines as well as the rapid market launch of the new inline mastering system for Blu-ray is clearly in the focus.

For the segment Solar SINGULUS has made the decision for a fast further development. STANGL continues to grow at double-digit rates and will have sufficient capacity for an accelerated expansion after the completion of the new production areas. SINGULUS works extensively on the development of the new solar coating machine. The prototype of the new coating machine will be assembled according to schedule by the end of the year.

SINGULUS expects consolidated sales in a range from € 210 million to € 230 million for the year 2008. With respect to the order intake we project an increase compared with the business year 2007.

The sales earnings and profit situation in the 1st half of 2008 were still characterized by the weak order backlog at the end of 2007. In this respect the sales so far reflect the weakness in the previous year. The favorable order intake, which we have been experiencing since the beginning of 2008 will mainly be reflected by the sales from the 3rd quarter onwards. The new products in our portfolio for Blu-ray and solar will substantially gain importance in our Group in the next couple of years and considerably impact the favorable trend at SINGULUS.

SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Aktiengesellschaft The Executive Board

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AS OF JUN 31, 2008 UND DECEMBER 31, 2007 (IFRS, UNAUDITED)

06/30/2008 12/31/2007
ASSETS k€ k€
Cash and cash equivalents 35,245 36,952
Trade receivables 68,775 68,016
Other receivables and assets 14,346 16,288
Total receivables 83,121 84,304
Raw materials, consumables and supplies 40,884 34,847
Work in process 68,601 55,948
Total inventories 109,485 90,795
Total current assets 227,851 212,051
Non-current trade receivables 8,385 10,544
Non-current tax refund claims 0 8,675
Property, plant and equipment 11,660 12,474
Investment property 9,442 8,653
Capitalized development costs 44,396 48,318
Goodwill 76,814 76,814
Other intangible assets 77,313 51,411
Aktive latente Steuern 12,587 9,300
Total non-current assets 240,597 226,189
Non-current assets classified as held for sale 5,693 5,693
Total assets 474,141 443,933
06/30/2008 12/31/2007
LIABILITIES k€ k€
Trade payables 25,797 16,335
Current bank liabilities 18,048 18,061
Other current liabilities 22,346 22,008
Prepayments received 15,811 9,772
Tax provisions 3,369 4,551
Other provisions 2,876 4,673
Total current liabilities 88,247 75,400
Non-current bank liabilities 13,852 4,018
Other non-current liabilities 45,041 38,372
Pension provisions 6,598 6,452
Deferred tax liabilities 30,530 25,280
Total non-current liabilities 96,021 74,122
Liabilities in connection with assets held for sale 1,145 1,145
Total liabilities 185,413 150,667
Subscribed capital 36,946 36,946
Capital reserve 48,143 47,503
Other reserves -5,339 -4,428
Accumulated profit 203,126 207,197
Total equity related to the shareholder's
of SINGULUS TECHOLOGIES AG
282,876 287,218
Minority interests 5,852 6,048
Total equity 288,728 293,266
Total liabilities and equity 474,141 443,933

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT AS OF JUNE 30, 2008 AND 2007 (IFRS UNAUDITED)

2. Quarter First 6 Months
2008 2007 2008 2007
k€ k€ k€ k€
Revenues (gross) 51,034 62,453 81,318 112,250
Sales deductions and direct selling costs -1,248 -1,931 -2,017 -3,217
Revenues (net) 49,785 60,522 79,300 109,033
Cost of sales -36,278 -44,159 -59,386 -78,502
Gross profit on sales 13,508 16,363 19,915 30,531
Research and development -4,662 -4,087 -9,509 -7,893
Sales and customer service -4,661 -5,270 -10,815 -10,035
General administration -4,617 -4,904 -10,354 -10,174
Other operating expenses / income -1,509 -1,572 -3,119 -1,690
Restrcturing expenses -24 -3,467
Negative difference from the acquisition
of Oerlikon Blu-ray business
15,646
Total operating expenses -15,472 -15,833 -21,617 -29,792
Operating income (EBIT) -1,964 530 -1,702 739
Interest income / Interest expense -1,963 154 -3,366 560
EBT -3,927 684 -5,068 1,299
Tax income / expenses 711 -556 1,891 -427
Net income -3,216 128 -3,177 872
Thereof attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent -3,628 -369 -3,371 273
Minority interests 412 497 194 599
Basic earnings per share (in €) -0.10 -0.01 -0.09 0.01
Diluted earnings per share (in €) -0.09 -0.01 -0.08 0.01
Weighted number of shares - basic 36,946,407 34,941,929 36,946,407 34,941,929
Weighted number of shares - diluted 40,945,983 35,321,929 40,945,983 35,321,929

CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT AS OF JUNE 30, 2008 AND 2007 (IFRS UNAUDITED)

First 6 Months
2008 2007
k€ k€
Net Income -3,177 872
Income from the realization of negative goodwill (badwill) -15,646
Depreciation on amortization 16,196 10,053
Change in pension accruals 146 150
Change in deferred taxes -3,620 -129
Change in net working capital* 12,163 -8,926
Net cash flow from operating activities 6,062 2,020
Change in property, plant & equipment -890 -1,917
Change in other financial assets -1,221 3,627
Change in intangible assets -7,260 -8,556
Payments for the acquisition of companies/parts of companies -5,303 0
Change in other long-term liabilities -1,568 -1,047
Long-term bank loans 9,834 -5,461
Change in minority interests -390 -878
Capital increase, capital reduction 640 354
Dividends paid -700 0
Currency translation -911 -374
Net change in cash & liquid funds -1,707 -12,232
Cash & cash equivalents at beginning of period 36,952 56,216
Cash & cash equivalents at end of period 35,245 43,984

* including long-term accounts receivable

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN CONSOLIDATED EQUITY AS OF JUNE 30, 2008 AND 2007 (IFRS UNAUDITED)

Subscribed Capital Other Acculated Minority Equity
capital reserve reserves profit interests
k€ k€ k€ k€ k€ k€
Balance on January 01, 2008 36,946 47,503 -4,428 207,197 6,048 293,266
Minority interests -390 -390
Capital increase 0
Return of capital 0
Dividends paid -700 -700
Share-based payment 640 640
Exchange rate related differences -911 -911
Net income -3,371 194 -3,177
Balance on June 30, 2008 36,946 48,143 -5,339 203,126 5,852 288,728
For comparison the figures of the
same period the year before:
Balance on January 01, 2007 34,942 29,879 -2,514 205,538 6,899 274,744
Minority interests -878 -878
Capital increase 0
Return of capital 0
Share-based payment 354 354
Exchange rate related differences -374 -374
Net income 871 871
Balance on June 30, 2007 34,942 30,233 -2,888 206,409 6,021 274,717

Notes to the Interim Results (unaudited)

The SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Aktiengesellschaft (hereinafter also "SINGULUS" or the "Company") is a stock listed stock corporation domiciled in Germany. The consolidated financial accounts presented for the interim reporting of the SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG and its subsidiaries (the "Group") for the 2nd quarter and the 1st half of the business year 2008 were approved for publication by decision of the Executive Board as of August 4, 2008.

Accounting and Valuation Principles

The preparation of the abbreviated consolidated interim results for the period from January 1 to June 30, 2008 was made pursuant to IAS 34 "Interim Financial Reporting". The abbreviated consolidated interim results do not include all of the notes and information required for the reporting for the full business year and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial accounts as of December 31, 2007.

The preparation of the annual results pursuant to IAS 34 requires estimates and assumptions by the management, which affected the level of the reported assets, liabilities, income, expenses as well as contingent liabilities. These assumptions and estimates mainly affect the Group-consistent determination of useful life expectancy, the write-offs of assets, the valuation of provisions, the recoverability of receivables, the determination of realizable terminal values in the area of inventories as well as the realizability of future tax relieves. The actual values can differ from the assumptions and estimates made on a case by case basis. Changes are recognized affecting earnings at the time of the knowledge gained.

The accounting and valuation methods applied for the consolidated accounts for the interim reporting correspond to those applied for the most recent consolidated financial report as of the end of the business year 2007. For a detailed description of the accounting principles please refer to the notes of the consolidated financial statements of our Annual Report 2007.

Scope of Consolidation

In addition to the SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG, the consolidated financial statements include all companies, which are legally or factually controlled by the company. In the interim report as of June 30, 2008, in addition to the SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG in total six domestic and 15 foreign subsidiaries were included.

No company was added to the scope of consolidation after December 31, 2007.

With effect from January 31, 2008, the Blu-ray Disc machine activities from the Oerlikon Balzers AG were acquired. Please refer to the notes in the chapter Mergers

No company has been removed from the scope of consolidation since December 31, 2007.

Mergers

With effect from January 31, 2008, the company acquired the Blu-ray-Disc machine activities from the Oerlikon Balzers AG. The basis of the acquisition included the acquisition of knowhow, accounts receivable, customer contracts, production parts and unfinished goods. In addition, the patented technology was acquired as well. For this a preliminary total purchase price including incidental acquisition expenses amounting to € 14.5 million was agreed.

The company entered this acquisition in the balance sheet pursuant to IFRS 3. The purchase price was mainly allocated to intangible assets (€ 28.8 million). Specifically, these concern customer relationships (€ 23.7 million) as well as technology (€ 5.1 million). Furthermore, tangible assets in the amount of € 6.5 million were identified in the purchase price allocation. In addition, deferred tax liabilities in the amount of € 7.1 million as well as deferred tax assets in the amount of € 1.5 million resulted from the first-time consolidation. The resulting negative goodwill in the amount of € 15.6 million was recorded as income in the 1st quarter 2008 in accordance with IFRS 3.

The time values attributable to the identifiable assets and liabilities of the Blu-ray Disc machines activities of the Oerlikon Balzers AG at the time of the acquisition and the respective book values immediately before the time of the acquisition were composed as follows:

Attributable time vale at Book value
the time of acquisition
k€ k€
Intangible assets 28,780
Short-term assets 6,957 5,303
Deferred tax assets 1,508 0
Total 37,245 5,303
Deferred tax liabilities (7,091) 0
Total (7,091) 0
Net assets 30,154 5,303
Preliminary price 14,282
Capitalized incidental acquisition expenses 226
Total acquisition expenses 14,508
Negative goodwill (badwill) 15,646
Cash-relevant acquisition expenses:
Cash and cash equivalents acquired 0
Cash paid 5,303
Actual cash paid in 2008 5,303

Report Second Quarter 2008 Q02

Accounts Receivable

The accounts receivable as of June 30, 2008 are split as follows:

77,160 78,560
Less write-offs -10,101 -10,250
long-term 8,982 10,924
Accounts receivable
short-term 78,280 77,886
Accounts receivable
k€ k€
06/30/2008 12/31/2007

Intangible Assets

Capitalized development expenses, goodwill as well as concessions, intellectual property rights and other intangible assets are included under intangible assets. The capitalized development expenses amounted to € 44.4 million (December 31, 2007 € 48.3 million). In the 1st half of 2008 the investments in developments totaled € 6.2 million (1st half 2007 € 8.0 million). Scheduled amortization of intangible assets amounted to € 7.4 million (1st half 2007 € 5.6 million).

Property, Plant & Equipment

During the first six months of 2008 € 0.9 million were spent on property, plant & equipment (1st half 2007 € 1.9 million). During the same period write-offs on property, plant & equipment amounted to € 1.7 million (1st half 2007 € 4.3 million)

Property Held as Investments

Pursuant to IAS 40, SINGULUS values investment properties at book values. The time values, determined by an inflation-adjusted forecast, mainly correspond to the book values. These properties are predominantly commercially used land and building, which are being leased. As of June 30, 2008 book values in the amount of € 9.4 million were reclassified from property, plant & equipment to investment properties. The depreciation follows the straight-line method over a useful life ranging from 4 to 40 years.

Geographic sales information Germany Remaining North and Asia Africa Australia
as of 06/30/2008 Europe South America
k€ k€ k€ k€ k€ k€
Sales by
country of origin 60,886 5,754 4,945 9,733 0 0
Country of destination 25,928 16,252 16,556 21,584 998 0
Geographic sales information
as of 06/30/2007
Germany Remaining
Europe
North and
South America
Asia Africa Australia
k€ k€ k€ k€ k€ k€
Sales by
country of origin 82,901 9,021 9,498 10,830 0 0
Country of destination 6,256 34,892 40,169 27,348 3,584 0

Bank Loans

With effect from December 14, 2007 a syndicated credit facility in the amount of € 60.0 million was signed. The credit facility includes a loan in the amount € 25.0 million as well as a revolving credit facility in the amount of € 35.0 million with a total term to maturity of five years. The credit line is mainly used for the refinancing of the acquisition of 51 % of the shares in STANGL as well as the financing of the ongoing business activities. The interest rate of the credit commitments is adjusted to the 3-months EURIBOR on a quarterly basis. To hedge the interest risk, a corresponding hedge was concluded over the amount of the loan in February 2008. As of June 30, 2008 in total € 25.0 million of this credit line was used. As of June 30, 2008 there were overall bank liabilities in the amount of € 31.3 million (December 31, 2007 € 22.1 million) resulting from loans. In addition, there are bank liabilities in the amount of € 0.1 million (December 31, 2007 € 0.2 million) from the discounting of bills.

Contingent Liabilities and other Financial Obligations

The contingent liabilities and other financial obligations not included in the consolidated accounts amount to € 8.5 million (previous year € 8.7 million) and mainly include obligations to take back machines sold (€ 2.2 million) as well as guarantees for prepayments received (€ 5.3 million).

The obligations to take back machines from the sale of lines to leasing companies are set against the proceeds from the sale of the lines taken back in case this possibility is called upon. Management does not have knowledge about facts that could have a materially adverse impact on the business operations, the financial situation or the business results of the company.

Sales Reductions and Individual Selling Expenses

The sales reductions include cash discounts granted. The individual selling expenses are mainly composed of expenses for packaging, freight and commissions.

General Administrative Expenses

The administrative expenses include the expenses for the management, personnel expenses, the finance and accounting departments as well as the corresponding expenses for rent and company cars. Furthermore, they include the ongoing IT expenses, legal and consulting fees, expenses for investor relations activities, the Annual General Meeting and the annual financial statements.

Research and Development Expenses

In addition to the research and non-capitalized development expenses, the research and development expenses in the 1st half of 2008 include the scheduled amortization of capitalized development expenses in the amount of € 7.4 million (previous year € 5.6 million).

Financial Income and Financing Expenses

The interest income expenses are composed as follows:

06/30/2008 06/30/2007
k€ k€
Interest income from long-term
accounts receivable 561 785
Interest income from time deposits
and call deposits 256 440
Other interest income 27 416
Interest expenses -4,211 -1,081
-3,366 560

The interest expenses include the accrued interest of the put/call option from the acquisition of STANGL in the amount of € 1.7 million.

Earnings per Share

The earnings per share were calculated based on IAS 33. The average number of shares outstanding in 2008 amounted to 36,946,407 shares (previous year 34,941,929 shares) following the issuance of 2,004,478 shares in connection with the acquisition of the STANGL AG in September 2007. The earnings after taxes based on the shareholders of the parent company amounted to € -3.4 million in the first half of 2008 (previous year € 0.3 million). With respect to the second quarter 2008, the earnings after taxes based on the shareholders of the parent company amounted to € -3.6 million (previous year € -0.4 million). Accordingly, the earnings per share (undiluted) for the 1st half 2008 amounted to € -0.09 (1st half 2007 € 0.01) and € -0.10 per share (2nd quarter 2007 € -0.01) for the 2nd quarter 2008.

The following table includes the amounts used for the calculation of the undiluted and diluted earnings:

06/30/2008 06/30/2007
k€ k€
Net profit -3,177 872
Average weighted number of
common shares for the
calculation of the undiluted
earnings per share 36,946,407 34,941,929
Dilution:
Stock options SOP tranche I 380,000 380,000
Stock options SOP tranche III 472,230 0
Put/call option acquisition of
minority share of STANGL AG 3,147,346 0
Average weighted number
of common share adjusted
for dilution 40,945,983 35,321,929

Events after the Balance Sheet Date (June 30, 2008)

There were no events with material impact after the completion of the quarter under review.

Shareholdings of Board Members

As of the balance sheet date, the members of the Executive and Supervisory Boards of the SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG held the following number of shares, convertible bonds and stock options:

Shares:
Executive Board
Stefan A. Baustert, CEO
Dr.-Ing. Anton Pawlakowitsch
Hans-Jürgen Stangl
4,000 shares
2,500 shares
825,364 shares
Supervisory Board
VVG Roland Lacher KG
Thomas Geitner
Günter Bachmann
394,472 shares
1,500 shares
2,000 shares
Stock options:
Stefan A. Baustert, CEO
Dr.-Ing. Anton Pawlakowitsch
200,000 options
80,000 options
Convertible bonds:
Stefan A. Baustert, CEO
80,000 units
Kahl am Main, August 2008
The Executive Board

Accordingly, the earnings per share (diluted) for the 1st half 2008 amounted to € -0.08 (1st half 2007 € 0.01) and € -0.09 per share (2nd quarter 2007 € -0.01) for the 2nd quarter 2008.

Company Calendar 2008

May 08, 2008 Q1/2008 Report
June 06, 2008 Annual Shareholders Meeting
August 05, 2008 Q2/2008 Report
November 05, 2008 Q3/2008 Report

Consolidated key figures 2nd quarters 2006-2008 pursuant to IFRS

2006
IFRS
2007
IFRS
2008
IFRS
Sales million € 67.6 62.5 51.0
Order intake million € 86.8 48.1 70.8
EBITDA million € 3.8 5.9 4.6
EBIT million € -1.8 0.5 -2.0
Earnings before taxes million € -1.4 0.7 -3.9
Net profit million € -2.4 0.1 -3.2
Research & Development million € 7.5 5.6 4.4

Consolidated key figures 1st half 2006-2008 pursuant to IFRS

2006
IFRS
2007
IFRS
2008
IFRS
Sales million € 116.5 112.3 81.3
Order intake million € 194.3 108.5 155.2
Order backlog (June 30) million € 138.7 77.7 129.7
EBITDA million € 22.6 10.8 14.5
EBIT million € 5.2 0.7 -1.7
Earnings before taxes million € 5.9 1.3 -5.1
Net profit million € 7.3 0.9 -3.2
Operating cash flow million € 7.3 2.0 6.1
Shareholders' equity million € 270.0 274.7 288.7
Balance sheet total million € 430.0 375.5 474.1
Research & Development million € 12.5 10.4 8.3
Employees (June 30) 1,154 674 758
Weighted average shares 34,941,929 34,941,929 36,946,407
outstanding, basic
Earnings per share, basic 0.21 0.01 -0.09

Future-oriented statements and forecasts

This report contains future-oriented statements based on the current expectations, assessments and forecasts of the Executive Board as well as on the currently available information to them. Known as well as unknown risks, uncertainties and impacts could cause the actual results, the financial situation or the development to differ from the statements made in this report. We assume no obligation to update the future-oriented statements made in this report.

SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG Mail: [email protected]

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