Surteco Group SE

Earnings Release • May 15, 2013

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Ad-hoc | 15 May 2013 07:40

SURTECO SE: Quarterly figures for the period 1 January to 31 March 2013

SURTECO SE / Key word(s): Interim Report/Quarter Results

15.05.2013 07:40

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Buttenwiesen-Pfaffenhofen, 15 May 2013 - During the first quarter of 2013,
SURTECO SE, leading manufacturer of surface materials based on plastics and
technical papers for the international construction and furnishing
industry, generated sales of 99.2 million euros and was therefore 7 % below
the volume of the equivalent year-earlier quarter. Sales in the domestic
market fell back by 12 % and foreign sales fell by 5 %. The foreign sales
ratio increased by two percentage points to 68 %.

After the first three months of the business year, the Strategic Business
Unit Plastics closed with sales of 58.1 million euros (-8 %). The paper
segment generated 41.1 million euros (-7 %).

During the first quarter of 2013, the operating result (EBITDA) of the
SURTECO Group amounted to 13.3 million euros (-2 %). The pretax result
(EBT) rose by 7 % to 6.1 million euros. A reduction in the cost of
materials ratio by 2.6 percentage points to 44.7 % and a financial result
of -1.9 million euros after -2.4 million euros in the previous year
resulted in this development.

Net consolidated profit amounted to 4.0 million euros (2012: 3.8 million
euros) after the first three months of the business year. 11,075,522
no-par-value shares yield earnings per share of 0.36 euros (2012: 0.35
euros).

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Language: English
Company: SURTECO SE
Johan-Viktor-Bausch-Str. 2
86647 Buttenwiesen-Pfaffenhofen
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)8274 99 88-0
Fax: +49 (0)8274 99 88-5 05
E-mail: ir@surteco.com
Internet: www.surteco.com
ISIN: DE0005176903
WKN: 517 690
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), München;
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart

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