First Sensor AG

Earnings Release • Oct 25, 2001

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Ad-hoc | 25 October 2001 07:30

Silicon Sensor Int. AG english

Uninterrupted strong growth at Silicon Sensor Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– Uninterrupted strong growth at Silicon Sensor Consolidated turnover more than doubled The turnover in the silicon sensor group went up by more than 125% from 3.4 mill Euro (III / 2000) up to 7.7 mill Euro (III / 2001) and in doing so confirms the ambitious plans for the financial year 2001. In the first nine months of 2001 the EBIT after goodwill went up by more then 1.3 Mio. Euro from -1 Mio. Euro (III / 2000) to over 300 KEuro (III / 2001). The executive board is not expecting the growth of the group to slacken off in the fourth quarter of 2001. The profit per share in this financial year is still expected to be 0.15 Euro. Expansion in the American market should be fully absorbed by 2002 with earnings per share likely increasing to 0.50 Euro. While the semi-conductor industry has been characterised by the negative news it has reported over the last few months, the Silicon Sensor group has been able to further expand its leading position in the development and manufacture of optical high-end sensors. Silicon Sensor has been able to successfully separate itself from the semi-conductor industrys global business cycles thanks to the very broad range of sectors from which the users of high-end sensors come. Nor do we expect that this will have a negative influence in the Silicon Sensor groups continued expansion in future. The complete Business Report will be publicized 2001-11-28. Berlin, 2001-10-25 Silicon Sensor International AG The Executive Board end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 25.10.2001 ——————————————————————————– WKN: 720190; Index: Listed: Neuer Markt in Frankfurt; Freiverkehr in Berlin, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München und Stuttgart 250730 Okt 01