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SKW Stahl-Metallurgie Holding AG: Adjusted operating EBITDA for 2013 up year-on-year - Seite 2

of its equity ratio of 41.3% (end of 2012: 40.2%), and its gearing of 0.60
(December 31, 2012: 0.61), the SKW Metallurgie Group continues to command a
solid balance sheet structure.

Further information on the Group and the report on fiscal year 2013 can be
found online at: www.skw-steel.com.

 

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SKW Stahl-Metallurgie Holding AG
Christian Schunck
Head of IR and Corporate Communications
Rathausplatz 11
84579 Unterneukirchen
Germany
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Internet: www.skw-steel.com


About SKW Stahl-Metallurgie Holding AG
The SKW Metallurgie Group is the global market leader for chemical
additives for hot metal desulphurization, and for cored wire used in
secondary metallurgy. The Group's products enable steel-makers to
efficiently manufacture high-quality steel products. Clients include the
world's leading companies in the steel industry. The SKW Metallurgie Group
has more than 50 years of metallurgical know how, and currently operates in
more than 40 countries. What is more, the Group is a leading supplier of
Quab specialty chemicals, which are mainly used in the global production of
industrial starch for the paper industry. The company's operating business
is broken down into the two core segments "Cored Wire" and "Powder and
Granules", and the "Other" segment. The SKW Metallurgie Group is
headquartered in Germany with production facilities in France, the US (6),
Canada, Mexico, Brazil, South Korea, Sweden, Bhutan, Russia the Peoples'
Republic of China (2) and India (2 via joint ventures).
Shares of SKW Stahl-Metallurgie Holding AG have been listed in Frankfurt
Stock Exchange's Prime Standard since December 1, 2006 with ISIN
DE000SKWM013 (from August 15, 2011: new ISIN DE000SKWM021).

DISCLAIMER
This press release contains statements on future developments that are
based on currently available information and involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ from these
forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, for
example, unpredictable changes in political and economic conditions,
particularly in the steel and paper industry, the competitive situation,
interest and currency risks, technological development as well as other
risks and unexpected circumstances. SKW Stahl-Metallurgie Holding AG and
its Group companies accept no obligation to update such forward-looking
statements.
 
KPIs for the SKW Metallurgie Group
(in EUR million)

              2013      2012 

External revenues 347.4 404.6

      - thereof Cored Wire 159.0 183.8