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Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG: Annouoncement of 9M/2015 results

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Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG: Annouoncement of 9M/2015 results

03.11.2015 / 07:30

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PRESS RELEASE

Pfeiffer Vacuum reports excellent business development in the first nine
months of FY 2015

- 9M/2015 sales increase of 14.4 percent

- 9M/2015 EBIT 44.6 percent higher than previous year

- Order intake reaches EUR 349.8 million after nine months

Asslar, November 3, 2015. Pfeiffer Vacuum generated sales of EUR 339.0
million during the first nine months of 2015 during which an EBIT of EUR
45.7 million and an EBIT margin of 13.5 percent was achieved. This resulted
in net income of EUR 31.8 million leading to earnings per share of EUR 3.22
for the first nine months. The order intake during the reported period
amounted to EUR 349.8 million - an increase of 18.5 percent compared to the
previous year's figure.

The figures at a glance:

                                  9M/2015           9M/2014        Change

                  Sales        EUR 339.0m        EUR 296.4m        +14.4%
Operating profit (EBIT)         EUR 45.7m         EUR 31.6m        +44.6%
             Net income         EUR 31.8m         EUR 21.3m        +49.1%
     Earnings per share          EUR 3.22          EUR 2.16        +49.1%

           Order intake        EUR 349.8m        EUR 295.2m        +18.5%
          Order backlog         EUR 70.1m         EUR 59.8m        +17.2%

                                   Q3/2015           Q3/2014         Change

                  Sales         EUR 114.5m         EUR 98.2m         +16.5%
Operating profit (EBIT)          EUR 15.3m         EUR 11.0m         +38.5%
             Net income          EUR 10.6m          EUR 7.4m         +43.3%
     Earnings per share           EUR 1.08          EUR 0.75         +44.0%

           Order intake         EUR 104.8m         EUR 99.3m          +5.5%

"The positive business development experienced in the first half-year
continued in the third quarter: After nine months, we have already
generated a higher EBIT figure than in the entire preceding year", comments
Manfred Bender, CEO of Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG. "There are signals of
individual market segments developing less dynamically. Due to our broad
customer base, however, we still have a very substantial order book. We
therefore confirm our outlook for FY 2015 with sales expected within a
range of EUR 430 - 450 million and a noticeable increase in operating
profit and of the EBIT margin compared to the prior year."