Burgenland Holding AG

Earnings Release • Aug 8, 2017

Interim Financial Report Q1-3 2016/17 1 October 2016 – 30 June 2017

Energising Burgenland Burgenland Holding AG

Burgenland Holding AG holds 49% of the share capital of Energie Burgenland AG. The remaining 51% of the shares are held by Burgenländische Landesholding GmbH. The share capital of Energie Burgenland AG amounts to EUR 34.9m.

The shares of Burgenland Holding AG (share capital: EUR 21.81m) are listed on the Official Market of the Vienna Stock Exchange under AT0000640552.

EVN AG is the majority shareholder in Burgenland Holding AG and holds an unchanged stake of 73.63% of the share capital, with VERBUND AG holding more than 10% and WIEN ENERGIE GmbH holding between 5% and 10%. All other shareholders hold less than 4%.

The Burgenland Holding AG share

In the reporting period from October 2016 to June 2017, the Dow Jones Euro Stoxx Utilities industry index, relevant for Burgenland Holding AG, increased 7.9%. The leading Austrian stock index ATX rose even by 29.2%.

The share of Burgenland Holding AG closed at EUR 67.50, thus 20.6% higher than compared to the corresponding period last year. This corresponds to a market capitalisation of EUR 203m. Daily trading volume averaged 21 shares during the reporting period, and the weighting of the share in Vienna's WBI index as of 30 June 2017 was 0.18%.

Stock performance		2016/17 Q1-3	2015/16 Q1-3
Average daily volume	Number	21	20
Total share volume	EURm	0.23	0.20
Highest price	EUR	70.70	60.00
Lowest price	EUR	53.00	47.81
Share price at the end of June	EUR	67.50	52.50
Market capitalisation at the end of June	EURm	203	158
WBI weighting at the end of June	%	0.18	0.20

Burgenland Holding AG Q1-3 2016/17

Highlights

• Dividend payout of Energie Burgenland AG significantly above prior year's level
• Net income for the period increased to EUR 10.4m
• Outlook 2016/17: Net income for the year expected to be significantly higher than last year

Burgenland Holding AG – Key figures	2016/17 Q1-3	2015/16	Change in %
Balance sheet total EURm	80.8	79.81)	1.3
Equity EURm	80.7	79.71)	1.3
Investment income EURm	10.6	9.72)	9.3
Net income for the period EURm	10.4	9.52)	9.5

1) As of 30 September 2016

2) Q1-3 2015/16

Income situation

The investment income from Burgenland Holding AG for the reporting period includes the dividend payout of Energie Burgenland AG for the 2015/16 business year as well as of CEESEG AG for the 2016 business year. At EUR 10.6m and EUR 10.4m, respectively, investment income as well as the net income for the period of the first three quarters of 2016/17 was significantly above last year's levels. This development can be attributed to the one-off increase in the dividend payout of Energie Burgenland AG by about 10%.

Balance sheet and capital structure

Due to the increased dividend payout of Energie Burgenland AG, the balance sheet total as of 30 June 2017 amounted to EUR 80.8m and was 1.3% above the balance sheet date level of 30 September 2016. The equity ratio amounted to 99.9% as of the balance sheet date of 30 June 2017.

Outlook

Due to the fact that the dividend payout of Energie Burgenland AG from its net profits for 2015/16 has already been received, no major changes in the results of Burgenland Holding AG are expected for the 2016/17 business year.

After the one-off increase in the dividend payout of Energie Burgenland AG for the 2015/16 business year by about 10%, one has to expect that Energie Burgenland AG intends to recommend any future dividend payouts at historical levels.

Burgenland Holding AG

Corporate calendar1)

Annual results 2016/17	14.12.2017
Results Q1 2017/18	08.02.2018
Record date Annual General Meeting	06.03.2018
Annual General Meeting	16.03.2018
Ex-dividend day	22.03.2018
Record-date	23.03.2018
Dividend payment	29.03.2018
Results HY1 2017/18	30.05.2018
Results Q1–3 2017/18	09.08.2018
Annual results 2017/18	13.12.2018

1) Preliminary

Basic information

Share capital	EUR 21.81m
Denomination	3.0 million non-par bearer shares
Majority shareholder	EVN AG
Identification number (ISIN)	AT0000640552
Ticker symbols	BHAV.VI (Reuters); BURG AV (Bloomberg); AT; BHD (Dow Jones)
Stock exchange listing	Vienna

Imprint

Burgenland Holding AG

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Investor Relations Doris Lohwasser

Phone: +43 2236 200-12473 Fax: +43 2236 200-2030 E-mail: investor.relations@buho.at