PVA TePla AG — Earnings Release 2005

Mar 7, 2006

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Ad-hoc | 7 March 2006 08:54

PVA TePla AG:Net income for 2005 confirms guidance

Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— (Asslar, 07.03.2006) – PVA TePla AG, Asslar, has published it provisional figures for the 2005 financial year. Group revenues reached € 51.4 million, an increase of 16.3% relative to the prior year figure of € 44.2 million. Group income before interest and taxes (EBIT) was € 1.4 million, significantly higher than the prior year figure of € 0.3 million and thus at the upper end of forecasts for the 2005 financial year. Excellent growth was seen in both incoming orders, at € 64 million (2004: € 54.1 million), and order backlog, at € 33 million (2004: € 20.5 million). The book-to-bill ratio of 1.2 at year-end was on a par with the very good figure a year before. This means that around 50% of the forecast annual revenue for 2006 is already included in the order backlog as at 31.12.2005. The order situation in the first months of 2006 has also been progressing very positively. The Management Board assumes that revenue in the current business year will increase by around 30% compared to the prior year. The EBIT margin is expected to lie between 4 and 6%. The annual financial statements for 2005, in complete and audited form, will be published as planned on 31 March 2005. For further information, contact: Dr. Gert Fisahn Investor Relations PVA TePla AG Emmeliusstr. 33 D-35614 Asslar Phone: +49(0)6441/5692-342 Fax: +49(0)6441/5692-118 gert.fisahn@pvatepla.com www.pvatepla.com (c)DGAP 07.03.2006 ————————————————————————— language: English emitter: PVA TePla AG Emmeliusstr. 33 35614 Asslar Deutschland phone: +49 (0)89 905 03-106 fax: +49 (0)89 905 03-147 email: ir@pvatepla.com WWW: www.pvatepla.com ISIN: DE0007461006 WKN: 746100 indexes: CDAX, PRIMEALL, TECALLSHARE, GEX stockmarkets: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————