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R. STAHL publishes the results for the first quarter 2016 - Seite 4

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The major key figures of R. STAHL Group pursuant to IFRS

                                               Q1 2016     Q1 2015  Change
                                              in EUR m

                                                          in EUR m    in %

Total sales                                       71.7        82.2  - 12.7
Germany                                           15.9        15.4   + 3.6
                                                  31.8        34.5   - 7.9
Europe excl. Germany

Americas                                           8.4        14.5  - 41.9
Asia / Pacific                                    15.6        17.8  - 12.3
Order intake                                      70.8        88.4  - 19.8
                                                  91.8        99.7   - 8.0
Order backlog

                                                   6.5         7.4  - 12.7
EBITDA

                                                   9.0         9.0
EBITDA margin (in %)

EBIT                                               3.3         4.1  - 20.5
EBIT margin (in %)                                 4.6         5.0
EBT (earnings before taxes)                        2.6         3.5  - 27.3
EBT margin (in %)                                  3.6         4.3
Period surplus                                     1.8         2.4  - 24.2
Net earnings per share (in EUR)                   0.28        0.41  - 31.7
Operating cash flow                                2.6       - 0.6
Employees as at 2016-03-31 (excl. trainees)      1,847       1,962   - 5.9

                                            2016-03-31  2015-12-31

Liquid funds                                      18.0        16.5   + 9.1
Equity ratio (in %)                               34.4        32.7

The full report on the first three months in 2016 is available for download
on the company website www.stahl.de.

Financial calendar 2016

03 June Annual general meeting in Neuenstein
11 August Report on the first half of 2016
10 November Report on the third quarter


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