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Publication of the Final Figures for the Fiscal Year 2016

DGAP-News: SÜSS MicroTec AG / Key word(s): Final Results Publication of the Final Figures for the Fiscal Year 2016 30.03.2017 / 08:04 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Publication of the Final Figures for the Fiscal Year 2016

- Full year order entry at EUR 161.1 million

- Sales of EUR 177.6 million are 19.6% above the previous year

- EBIT of EUR 11.1 million more than doubled compared to the previous year

Garching, March 30, 2017 - SUSS MicroTec AG, a leading supplier of equipment and process solutions for the semiconductor industry and related markets, published its consolidated financial statements for the 2016 fiscal year today.

The Company generated sales of EUR 177.6 million (previous year: EUR 148.5 million) in the last fiscal year and booked an order entry of EUR 161.1 million (previous year: EUR 188.6 million). The order backlog amounted to EUR 101.5 million (12/31/2015: EUR 117.6 million). In the once again strong fourth quarter, order entry came in at EUR 59.5 million (previous year: EUR 79.7 million) and sales amounted to EUR 69.5 million after EUR 55.1 million in the fiscal year 2015. In the fourth quarter 2016 alone, EBIT amounted to EUR 11.1 million, which equals the EBIT for the full year 2016.

The gross margin declined slightly to 33.0% after 33.3% in 2015.

In the 2016 fiscal year, the Lithography division generated order entry of EUR 105.0 million and sales of EUR 133.8 million. This corresponds to a 29.8% decline in order entry and a 25.9% increase in sales compared to the previous year. The performance of the Bonder division was good with respect to both order entry of EUR 18.6 million (previous year: EUR 10.5 million) and sales of EUR 14.0 million (previous year: EUR 11.4 million). The main reason is the successful refocusing of the product line permanent bonders. The business of the Photomask Equipment division remained stable in 2016. At the end of December 2016, order entry was EUR 26.3 million (previous year: EUR 21.5 million). Division sales amounted to EUR 19.7 million after EUR 23.5 million in 2015.