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Kapsch TrafficCom AG - Strong increase in revenues and profit for the period in the first nine months of the 2016/17 fiscal year

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quarterly report

Highlights

*28% increase in sales against Q1-Q3 of the previous year
*EBIT about the same as the comparable value of the previous year
*Profit for the period increased strongly
*Despite acquisitions and dividend payment: Net credit of EUR 17.6
million
*New projects won along with solid new business pipeline
*Focus on integration of the transportation business taken over by
Schneider Electric

"We are well on course to implementing our 2020 strategy. The Group
is growing both organically as well as through acquisitions. In doing
so, the company's profitability with toll solutions supports
expansion into the young business area of Intelligent Mobility
Solutions", says Georg Kapsch, CEO Kapsch TrafficCom.

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| Unless otherwise|___________________Q1-Q3||______________________Q3||______FY|
| stated, all| | | || | | || |
| values in EUR| | | || | | || |
|_____________Mio.|_2016/17|__+/-_|_2015/16||_2016/17|__+/-_|_2015/16||_2015/16|
| | | | || | | || |
|_________Revenues|___483.8|_27.6%|___379.2||___172.2|_28.2%|___134.3||___526.1|
| | | | || | | || |
|_____________EBIT|____43.0|_-0.7%|____43.3||____14.2|-10.3%|____15.9||____62.3|
| | | | || | | || |
|______EBIT_Margin|____8.9%|-2.5%p|___11.4%||____8.3%|-3.6%p|___11.8%||___11.9%|
| Profit| | | || | | || |
|___for_the_period|____29.4|_16.3%|____25.3||_____9.3|_53.0%|_____6.1||____36.5|
| Profit for the| | | || | | || |
| period| | | || | | || |
| attributable to| | | || | | || |
|___equity_holders|____30.1|_40.8%|____21.3||_____9.5|103.3%|_____4.7||____31.1|

Vienna, February 22, 2017 - Kapsch TrafficCom continues growth in the
first three quarters of the 2016/17 fiscal year. Turnover increased
against the comparison period in the previous year by EUR 104.6
million (+28%) to EUR 483.8 million, whereas the transportation
division acquired from Schneider Electric on April 1, 2016 (Kapsch
TrafficCom Transportation; KTT) contributed EUR 80.7 million to total
revenues. The business with toll solutions summarized in the segment
"Electronic Toll Collection" generated about three quarters of the
Group's turnover. The "Intelligent Mobility Solutions" segment
accounted for the remainder.

The operative result (EBIT) of the first nine months of the fiscal
year, at EUR 43.0 million, was at the same level as the previous