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ComTel SpA Interim / Quarterly Report 2016

Apr 21, 2016

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INTERIM REPORT OF COMPTEL CORPORATION 1 JANUARY - 31 MARCH 2016

INTERIM REPORT OF COMPTEL CORPORATION 1 JANUARY - 31 MARCH 2016

Stock exchange release, 21 April 2016 at 8.00 AM

INTERIM REPORT OF COMPTEL CORPORATION 1 JANUARY - 31 MARCH 2016

Revenue grew and profitability improved.

-- Net sales EUR 22.4 (January - March 2015: 21.0), growth 6.8%
-- Operating result EUR 1.8 million (1.5), growth 17.6%
-- Net profit EUR 0.8 million (0.3), growth 183.5%
-- Earnings per share EUR 0.01 (0.00)
-- Order backlog EUR 60.0 million (55.8), growth 7.5%

Outlook (unchanged):

Comptel expects the 2016 net sales to continue to grow and operating profit to
be in the range of 8–14% of revenue.

Characteristically a significant part of Comptel’s operating profit and net
sales is generated in the second half of the year.

Juhani Hintikka, President and CEO:

“Our revenue continued to grow in the first quarter and our order intake was
close to 40 per cent higher than in first quarter last year. Our profitability
improved on both the operating result and the net profit level.

The Intelligent Data unit grew by 14.6 per cent in the first quarter compared
to the previous year. The growth in our Intelligent Data business unit that
started in second half of last year is continuing. The Intelligent Data unit’s
growth was due to the growth in our Data Refinery solution. In the first
quarter, the growth rate of the Service Orchestration unit was lower, mainly
due to the timing of certain customer deals.

In Asia-Pacific business development continued particularly well and the region
grew 22.6 per cent year on year. We see strong demand continuing in the
Asia-Pacific region.

In the first quarter, we also posted our first revenue from our new FWD
solution. The revenue was still small, but the progress with targeted customers
is very good, and we are on track with our plans for wider launch of the
product. We are currently working with pilot customers in Africa and elsewhere.
The progress with the FWD solution has been encouraging so far, and its future
potential is significant.

We also had a strong cash flow in first quarter with EUR 10.7 million operating
cash flow in the first quarter.

During the first quarter we secured 7 significant orders (Q1 2015:3), valued
over EUR 0.5 million.”

Business Review of the First Quarter 2016

Comptel’s net sales increased in the first quarter by 6.8 per cent from the
previous year, to 22.4 million (21.0). The net sales increase was due to the
strong backlog at the end of the year and growth in the Asia-Pacific region.
European sales continued to grow as in the second half of last year.

The operating result for the period was EUR 1.8 million (1.5), which
corresponds to 7.8 per cent of net sales (7.1). The growth resulted from
increased sales and profitability in the Intelligent Data unit.

The result before taxes was EUR 1.4 million (0.8), and the net result was EUR
0.83 million (0.29). Net profit improved by 183.5 per cent. Earnings per share
for the period under review were EUR 0.01 (0.00).

The tax expense for the period was EUR 0.6 million (0.5), of which EUR 0.3
million were withholding taxes, related to double taxation (0.3).

In January - March Comptel received seven significant orders (Q1 2015: 3),
Service Orchestration received four (two FlowOne Fulfillment and two FlowOne
Provisioning and Activation) and Intelligent Data received one (Data Refinery).
Two orders were multi solution orders across business units. As significant
orders Comptel reports sold projects and licenses with a minimum value of EUR
500,000.

The Group’s order backlog increased from the previous year and was EUR 60.0
million (55.8) at the end of the period.

Business areas

Net sales, 1-3 1-3 Change, 1-12
EUR million 2016 2015 % 2015


Intelligent Data 10.4 9.1 14.6 42.5

Service Orchestration 11.9 11.8 0.9 55.2

Other 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Total 22.4 21.0 6.8 97.7

Operating result,
EUR million


Intelligent Data 1.7 0.9 91.9 5.8

Service Orchestration 0.7 1.1 -33.2 5.1

Other -0.7 -0.5 -38.2 -2.5

Total 1.8 1.5 17.6 8.5

Operating result,
% of net sales


Intelligent Data 16.5 9.8 - 13.7

Service Orchestration 6.2 9.3 - 9.3

Other 0.0 0.0 - 0.0

Total 7.8 7.1 - 8.7

Intelligent Data revenue continued to grow in first quarter, which impacted
also favourably the profitability of the business unit. The growth rate of
Service Orchestration was lower due to timing of certain deals that were
delayed to the second quarter. This impacted also the profitability of Service
Orchestration.

Net sales breakdown, 1-3 1-3 Change, % 1-12
EUR million 2016 2015 2015


Project & License business 14.2 12.1 17.2 63.3

Recurring business 8.2 8.9 -7.3 34.4

Total 22.4 21.0 6.8 97.7

The growth in the quarter was driven by the project and license business.

Net sales Regional breakdown, 1-3 1-3 Change, % 1-12
EUR million 2016 2015 2015


APAC 7.4 6.0 22.6 29.6

EMEA 13.3 12.5 6.0 56.9

AMERICAS 1.7 2.4 -28.4 11.2

Total 22.4 21.0 6.8 97.7

Asia-Pacific showed strong growth of 22.6 per cent year on year. The EMEA
region grew by six per cent. Revenue in the Americas region decreased year on
year, mainly due to the seasonality in the timing of deal flows in the region.

Financial Position

EUR million 31 Mar 31 Mar Change 31 Dec Change
2016 2015 , 2015 ,
% %


Statement of financial position 79.6 70.4 13.1 86.4 -7.8
total


Liquid assets 12.7 7.8 62.4 3.0 319.8

Trade receivables, gross 29.3 28.9 1.4 42.1 -30.4

Bad debt provision -1.8 -1.4 28.7 -1.6 10.6

Trade receivables, net 27.5 27.5 0.0 40.5 -32.1

Accrued income 11.4 9.6 19.2 10.0 14.5

Deferred income related to 3.9 3.6 9.1 3.3 18.5
partial debiting


Interest-bearing debt 8.1 7.5 8.5 7.2 13.5

Equity ratio, per cent 61.0 60.5 0.8 52.4 16.4

The statement of the financial position on 31 March 2016 was EUR 79.6 million
(70.4), of which liquid assets amounted to EUR 12.7 million (7.8). The
operating cash flow was EUR 10.7 million (-0.6) in the first quarter. The
strong cash flow was a result of efficient receivable management.

Trade receivables were EUR 27.5 million (27.5) at the end of the period. The
accrued income was EUR 11.4 million (9.6). The deferred income related to
partial debiting was EUR 3.9 million (3.6).

Comptel has a EUR 25 million credit facility arrangement consisting of a EUR 20
million revolving credit facility and a EUR 5 million overdraft capacity on
current bank account. Out of this arrangement, Comptel had EUR 8 million of the
revolving credit facility outstanding at the end of the period. The credit
facility is valid until July 2018.

The equity ratio was 61.0 per cent (60.5) and the gearing ratio was -12.1 per
cent (-1.0).

Research and Development (R&D)

EUR million 1-3 1-3 Change, % 1-12
2016 2015 2015


Direct R&D expenditure 4.6 4.3 7.7 20.3

Capitalisation of R&D expenditure according to -1.3 -1.1 27.2 5.2
IAS 38


R&D depreciation and impairment charges 1.4 1.3 7.1 5.5

R&D expenditure, net 4.7 4.5 3.0 20.6

Direct R&D expenditure, % of net sales 20.7 20.6 - 20.8

Direct R&D expenditure represented 20.7 per cent (20.6) of net sales.

The key focus of Comptel’s R&D expenditure was in the further development of
our existing solutions (Service Orchestration and Intelligent Data) and release
of the new FWD time-based mobile data marketing solution.

Development work has focused on securing recurring revenue with competitive
products, winning new markets by giving customers unique value, and improving
margins with better deployment and scalability of our products.

The FlowOne Fulfillment solution has been developed as a suite of orchestration
elements that manage the life-cycle of digital services and business flows from
ground to cloud. Data Refinery captures data-in-motion and uses Softblade(TM)
technology with embedded intelligence to refine it for automated real-time
decision making. Monetizer is the business policy and charging solution that
sets the speed to money and allows the innovation and designing of rich
communication and data. Data Fastermind embeds artificial intelligence,
predictive analytics and machine learning capabilities into all solutions. In
all of these areas, Comptel seeks global thought leadership in solving the
business challenges of operators and digital communications service providers.

During 2016 the company will further continue to develop its current offering.
Three major software releases were launched in these respective product areas
during the review period.

Investments

EUR million 1-3 1-3 Change, 1-12
2016 2015 % 2015


Gross investments in property, plant and equipment 0.1 0.1 4.3 0.6
and intangible assets


The investments comprised of devices, software and furnishings. The investments
were funded through cash flow from operations.

Personnel

                               31 Mar     31 Mar  Change,    31 Dec  Change,
                                 2016       2015        %      2015        %

Number of employees at the end 749 689 8.7 742 0.94
of period


                                       1-3   1-3  Change, %  1-12  Change, %
                                      2016  2015             2015

Average number of personnel during the 741 676 9.6 723 2.5
period


The number of employees increased compared to the previous year due to growth
investments during 2015. In the first quarter, the personnel expenses were 45.5
per cent of net sales (45.7).

At the end of the period, 28.8 per cent (29.8) of the personnel were located in
Finland, 24.4 per cent (28.2) in Malaysia, 11.5 per cent (11.2) in Bulgaria,
12.1 per cent (8.0) in India, and 23.2 per cent (23.8) in other countries where
Comptel operates.

Comptel share

The closing share price of the period was EUR 1.54 (0.98). Comptel’s market
value at the end of the period was EUR 166.7 million (104.8).

Comptel share 1-3 1-3 Change, % 1-12
2016 2015 2015


Shares traded, million 14.7 6.2 137.1 41.2

Shares traded, EUR million 21.7 5.8 274.1 52.9

Highest price, EUR 1.80 1.00 80.0 1.93

Lowest price, EUR 1.19 0.84 41.7 0.84

Of Comptel’s outstanding shares, 6.0 per cent (6.2) were nominee registered or
held by foreign shareholders at the end of the period.

The company held 418,507 of its own shares at the end of the period, which is
0.39 per cent of the total number of its shares. The total counter-book value
of the shares held by the company was EUR 8,244.

300,000 new shares were issued to the company itself during the review period.

Corporate Governance

Comptel Corporation’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on 6 April 2016.
The AGM resolved the number of Board members to be five. Mr Pertti Ervi, Mr
Hannu Vaajoensuu, Ms Eriikka Söderström, and Mr Antti Vasara were re-elected as
members of the Board of Directors. Thomas Berlemann was elected as a new member
of the Board of Directors.

The AGM appointed Ernst & Young Oy as the company’s auditor. Mr. Mikko
Järventausta is acting as the principal auditor.

The AGM resolved that a dividend of 0.03 EUR per share will be paid for the
year 2015.

In its meeting held after the Annual General Meeting, the Board of Directors
elected Mr Pertti Ervi as chairman and Mr Hannu Vaajoensuu as vice chairman.

The Board of Directors decided to establish an audit committee to deal with the
preparation of matters relating to the company’s financial reporting and
control. The Board of Directors elected Ms Eriikka Söderström as the chairman
of the audit committee, and Mr Pertti Ervi and Mr Antti Vasara as the members
of the audit committee. All the members of the audit committee are independent
from the company and its significant shareholders.

The AGM authorised the Board of Directors to decide on share issues amounting
to a maximum of 21,400,000 new shares and on repurchase or conveying of the
company’s own shares up to a maximum number of 10,700,000 shares. The
authorisations are valid until 30 June 2017. However, the authorisation to
implement the company’s share-based incentive programs is valid five years from
the AGM resolution.

A separate stock exchange release about the authorisations given and other
decisions made by the Annual General Meeting was published on 6 April 2016.

Events after the Reporting Period

Comptel has received a favourable ruling in Delhi judicial court regarding
withholding tax for Indian tax years 2007-2008 and 2008-2009. A separate stock
exchange release have been issued on 15th of April regarding this.

The company AGM was held on the 6th of April and a separate stock exchange has
been published on that.

Near-term Risks and Uncertainties

Comptel develops dynamic end-to-end solutions for leading operators globally in
the telecom field. This requires Comptel to understand correctly the trends
taking place in its business environment and the needs of its customers and
resellers by each region. Failure to identify market conditions, address
customers’ needs and develop its products in a timely way may significantly
undermine the growth of Comptel’s business and its profitability.

Characteristics of Comptel’s field of industry are significant quarterly
variations of net sales and profit, which are related to customers’ purchasing
behaviour and the timing of major single deals.

Comptel’s business consists of deliveries of large productised IT systems, and
the value of a single project may be several million euros. Therefore, the
credit risk associated with a single project or an individual customer may be
significant. Furthermore, some of Comptel’s customers operate in countries
where the political or financial climate can be unstable which in part may
increase credit risk.

Comptel operates globally so it is exposed to risks arising from different
currency positions. Exchange rate changes between the Euro, which is the
company’s reporting currency, and the US Dollar, UK Pound Sterling and
Malaysian Ringgit affect the company’s net sales, expenses and net profit.

The application process to prevent Comptel’s double taxation is still pending
with the Ministry of Finance in Finland. However, the process between the
states is very slow and the timing of a change is hard to forecast. The
interpretation of tax treaties may result in different views between the
countries in question. This could mean that the double taxation will prevail.
Comptel has also applications for return of withholding taxes in other
countries but they are subject to local legal processes, which take time to get
completed.

The risks and uncertainties of Comptel are described in more detail in the
company’s financial statements and the Board of Directors’ report for 2015.

Outlook (unchanged)

Comptel expects the 2016 net sales to continue to grow and operating profit to
be in the range of 8-14% of revenue.

Characteristically a significant part of Comptel’s operating profit and net
sales is generated in the second half of the year.

Schedule for Comptel’s interim reports in 2016:

January-June 9 August 2016

January-September 20 October 2016

COMPTEL CORPORATION

Board of Directors

Additional information:
Mr Juhani Hintikka, President and CEO, tel. +358 9 700 1131
Mr Tom Jansson, CFO, tel. +358 40 700 1849

TABLE PART

The interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34,
Interim Financial Reporting, as adopted by the EU. The accounting policies and
methods of computation adopted in the financial statements are consistent with
those of the annual financial statements for the year ended 2015.

All figures in the financial report have been rounded and consequently the sum
of the individual figures can deviate from the sum figure. The interim report
is unaudited.

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income 1 Jan – 1 Jan –
(EUR 1,000) 31 Mar 31 Mar
2016 2015



Net sales 22,392 20,957


Other operating income 3 3


Materials and services -1,118 -1,104

Employee benefits -10,194 -9,576

Depreciation, amortisation and impairment charges -1,621 -1,610

Other operating expenses -7,707 -7,177

                                                           -20,640   -19,467


Operating profit/loss 1,755 1,493


Financial income 905 852

Financial expenses -1,238 -1,550


Profit/loss before income taxes 1,421 795


Income taxes -593 -503


Profit/loss for the period 827 292


Other comprehensive income


Other comprehensive income to be reclassified to profit or
loss in subsequent periods



Cash Flow hedges 637 47

Translation differences -464 721

Income tax relating to components of other comprehensive -134 -9
income


Total other comprehensive income 39 758


Total comprehensive income for the period 866 1,050


Profit/loss attributable to:

Equity holders of the parent company 827 292


Total comprehensive income attributable to:

Equity holders of the parent company 866 1,050


Shareholders of the parent company:


Earnings per share, EUR 0.01 0.00

Earnings per share, diluted, EUR 0.01 0.00

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position (EUR 1,000) 31 Mar 31 Dec
2016 2015



Assets


Non-current assets

Goodwill 2,646 2,646

Other intangible assets 12,750 12,837

Tangible assets 1,101 1,152

Investments in associates 960 960

Available-for-sale financial assets 87 87

Deferred tax assets 8,005 7,685

Other non-current receivables 716 646

                                                         26,265  26,013

Current assets

Trade and other current receivables 39,949 56,930

Current tax asset 710 403

Cash and cash equivalents 12,721 3,030

                                                         53,381  60,363


Total assets 79,645 86,376


Equity and liabilities


Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent company


Share capital 2,141 2,141

Fund of invested non-restricted equity 1,698 1,698

Translation differences -973 -510

Fair value reserve 365 -171

Retained earnings 34,789 34,165

Total equity 38,019 37,324


Non-current liabilities

Deferred tax liabilities 2,682 2,572

Non-current financial liabilities 58 92

                                                          2,741   2,664


Current liabilities

Provisions 1,021 1,090

Current financial liabilities 8,079 7,075

Trade and other current liabilities 29,786 38,223

                                                         38,886  46,388


Total liabilities 41,626 49,052


Total equity and liabilities 79,645 86,376

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 1 Jan – 31 1 Jan – 31
(EUR 1,000) Mar Mar
2016 2015



Cash flows from operating activities


Profit/loss for the period 827 292

Adjustments:

Non-cash transactions or items that are not part of cash 1,982 2,347
flows from operating activities


Interest and other financial expenses 49 78

Interest income 3 -28

Income taxes 593 505

Change in working capital:

Change in trade and other current receivables 16,536 6,094

Change in trade and other current liabilities -8,952 -8,702

Change in provisions 671 -110

Interest and other financial expenses paid -49 -78

Interest received -3 26

Income taxes paid and tax returns received -957 -984


Net cash from operating activities 10,700 -561


Cash flows from investing activities


Investments in tangible assets -123 -118

Investments in development projects -1,348 -1,060

Proceeds from sale of intangible assets 1 5

Change in other non-current receivables -99 16


Net cash used in investing activities -1,570 -1,157


Cash flows from financing activities


Shares issued - 6

Proceeds from borrowings 10,000 3,989

Repayment of borrowings -8,990 -4,000

Lease payments -45 -68


Net cash used in financing activities 965 -75


Net change in cash and cash equivalents 10,095 -1,793


Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period 3,030 9,352

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period 12,721 7,833

Change 9,691 -1,519


Effects of changes in foreign exchange rates -404 274

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent company

EUR 1,000 Share Other Translation Fair Retained Total
capital reserve differences value earnings
s reserve


Equity at 2,141 401 -698 -182 31,684 33,346
31 Dec 2014


Shares issued 6 6

Share-based -91 -91
compensation


Other changes 25 25

Total comprehensive 721 37 292 1,050
income for the
period


Equity at 2,141 407 24 -144 31,909 34,337
31 Mar 2015


Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent company

EUR 1,000 Share Other Translation Fair value Retain Total
capital reserves differences reserve ed
earnin
gs


Equity at 2,141 1,698 -510 -170 34,165 37,324
31 Dec 2015


Share-based 79 79
compensation


Prior year -283 -283
correction *


Total comprehensive -463 535 827 899
income for the
period


Equity at 2,141 1,698 -973 365 34,788 38,019
31 Mar 2016


*Prior year expenses were corrected directly to Retained Earnings during the
quarter.

Notes

  1. Application of new or amended standards and interpretations

Comptel has adopted the new or amended standards and interpretations, effective
for the financial years beginning on or after 1 January 2016. However those
have not had an impact on the consolidated financial statements.

  1. Segment information

Net sales by segment

EUR 1,000 1 Jan – 1 Jan –
31 Mar 2016 31 Mar 2015



Intelligent Data 10,439 9,113

Service Orchestration 11,946 11,844

Other 6 -

Group total 22,392 20,957

Operating profit/loss by segment

EUR 1,000 1 Jan – 1 Jan –
31 Mar 2016 31 Mar 2015



Intelligent Data 1,717 895

Service Orchestration 739 1,105

Other -701 -507

Group operating profit/loss total 1,755 1,493

  1. Income tax

Income tax expense according to the statement of comprehensive income for the
period was EUR 593 thousand (EUR 503 thousand).

In 2006, the Board of Adjustment of the Tax Office for Major Corporations
refused to accept the crediting of taxes withheld at source in taxation of 2004
and 2005.

The application process to prevent Comptel’s double taxation is still pending
with the Ministry of Finance in Finland. However, the process between the
states is very slow and the timing of a change is hard to forecast. The
interpretation of tax treaties may result in different views between the
countries in question. This could mean that the double taxation will prevail.

According to the Board of Adjustment’s decision currently in force, Comptel
Corporation has expensed taxes withheld at source amounting to EUR 300 thousand
in January - March (EUR 253 thousand).

  1. Tangible assets

EUR 1,000 1 Jan – 1 Jan –
31 Mar 2016 31 Mar 2015



Additions 123 118

  1. Related party transactions

The Comptel Group have a related party relationship with its associate, the
Board of Directors, the Executive Board and also with people and companies
under Comptel management’s influence.

Transactions which have been entered into with related parties are as follows:

EUR 1,000 1 Jan – 1 Jan –
31 Mar 2016 31 Mar 2015



Associate

Interest income 2 2

EUR 1,000 31 Mar 2016 31 Dec 2015


Associate

Non-current receivables 123 121

Remuneration to key management

Key management personnel compensation includes the employee benefits of the
members of the Board of Directors and the Executive Board.

EUR 1,000 1 Jan – 31 Mar 1 Jan – 31 Mar
2016 2015



Salaries and other short-term employee 344 351
benefits


Share-based payments -72 36

Total 272 387

Guarantees and other commitments

EUR 1,000 31 Mar 2016 31 Dec 2015


Guarantees 10 29

  1. Commitments

Minimum lease payments on non-cancellable office facilities and other operating
leases are payable as follows:

EUR 1,000 31 Mar 2016 31 Dec 2015


Less than one year 2,004 2,161

Between one and five years 6,779 1,218

Total 8,784 3,379

The group had no material capital commitments for the purchase of tangible
assets at 31 March 2016 and 31 March 2015.

  1. Contingent liabilities

EUR 1,000 31 Mar 2016 31 Dec 2015


Bank guarantees 2,421 2,727

Corporate mortgages 200 200

EUR 1,000 31 Mar 2016 31 Dec 2015


Contingent liabilities on behalf of others

Guarantees 28 29

  1. Fair values of financial assets and liabilities

EUR 1,000 Book Fair Book Fair Book Fair
value value value value value value
31.3.2 31.3.2 31.3.2 31.3.2 31.12. 31.12.
016 016 015 015 2015 2015


Financial assets

Financial assets at fair value
through profit or loss


Forward contracts (level 2) 442 442 36 36 - -

Available-for-sale financial 87 87 87 87 87 87
assets (level 3))


Non-current trade receivables 2,237 2,237 1,693 1,693 1,872 1,872

Current trade receivables 27,050 27,050 27,177 27,177 40,232 40,232

Other current receivables 965 965 680 680 7,133 7,133

Cash and cash equivalents 12,721 12,721 7,833 7,833 3,030 3,030


Financial liabilities

Financial liabilities at fair
value through profit or loss


Forward contracts (level 2) 48 48 1,226 1,226 138 138

Trade payables and other 29,786 29,786 24,727 24,727 38,020 38,020
liabilities


Non-current loans from financial 22 22 67 67 33 33
institutions


Non-current finance lease 36 36 137 137 58 58
liabilities


Current loans from financial 7,984 7,995 6,984 7,028 5,044 5,056
institutions


Current bank overdraft facility - - - - 1,918 1,918

Current finance lease - - - - 112 112
liabilities


Other current liabilities - - 63 63 - -

  1. Key figures

Financial summary 1 Jan – 1 Jan –
31 Mar 31 Mar
2016 2015



Net sales, EUR 1,000 22,392 20,957

Net sales, change % 6.8 16.3

Operating profit/loss, EUR 1,000 1,755 1,493

Operating profit/loss, change % 17.5 55.7

Operating profit/loss, as % of net sales 7.8 7.1

Profit/loss before taxes, EUR 1,000 1,421 795

Profit/loss before taxes, as % of net sales 6.3 3.8

Return on equity, % - -

Return on investment, % - -

Equity ratio, % 61.0 60.5

Gross investments in tangible and intangible assets, EUR 123 118
1,0001)


Gross investments in tangible and intangible assets, as 0.6 0.6
% of net sales


Capitalisations according to IAS 38 to intangible 1,348 1,060
assets, EUR 1,000


Research and development expenditure, EUR 1,000 4,640 4,307

Research and development expenditure, 20.7 20.6
as % of net sales


Order backlog, EUR 1,000 60,011 55,798

Average number of employees during the period 741 676

Interest-bearing net liabilities, EUR 1,000 -4,584 -332

Gearing ratio, % -12.1 -1.0

1) The figure does not include investments in development projects.

Per share data 1 Jan – 1 Jan –
31 Mar 2016 31 Mar 2015



Earnings per share (EPS), EUR 0.01 0.00

EPS diluted, EUR 0.01 0.00

Equity per share, EUR 0.34 0.32

Dividend per share, EUR - -

Dividend per earnings, % - -

Effective dividend yield, % - -

P/E ratio - -


Adjusted number of shares at the end of the period 108,395,409 107,432,270

of which the number of treasury shares 418,507 464,739

Outstanding shares 107,976,902 106,967,531

Adjusted average number of shares during the period 107,370,551 106,966,567

Average number of shares, dilution included 110,119,850 107,758,737

  1. Definition of key figures

Operating margin % = Operating profit/loss x100
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Net sales

Profit margin (before income taxes) = Profit/loss before taxes x100
%
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Net sales

Return on equity % (ROE) = Profit/loss x100
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Total equity (average during year)

Return on investment % (ROI) = Profit/loss before taxes + x100
financial expenses
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Total equity + interest bearing
liabilities (average during the
year)

Equity ratio % = Total equity x100
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Statement of financial position
total – advances received

Gross investments in tangible and = Gross investments in tangible and x100
intangible assets, as % of net intangible assets
sales
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Net sales

Research and development = Research and development x100
expenditure, as % of net sales expenditure
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Net sales

Gearing ratio % = Interest-bearing liabilities – x100
cash and cash equivalents
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Total equity

Earnings per share (EPS) = Profit/loss for the financial year
attributable to equity
shareholders
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Average number of outstanding
shares for the financial year

Equity per share = Equity attributable to the equity
holders of the parent company
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Adjusted number of shares at the
end of period

Dividend per share = Dividend
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Adjusted number of shares at the
end of period

Dividend per earnings % = Dividend per share x100
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Earnings per share (EPS)

Effective dividend yield % = Dividend per share x100
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Share closing price at end of
period

P/E ratio = Share closing price at end of
period
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Earnings per share (EPS)