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Rosenbauer International AG / Decline in revenues, dynamic growth of order intake

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Quarterly Report

Leonding - * Dynamic growth of order intake* Decline in revenues of EUR 162.4
million in the first quarter of 2018; fewer deliveries in Central and Eastern
Europe and Asia
* Significant improvement in EBIT thanks to stronger production output compared
to the previous year
* Dynamic growth of order intake, management estimates revenues and earnings to
be up on the previous year for 2018

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|GROUP_KEY_FIGURES__|_________________|_____________1/2017|______________1/2018|
|Revenues___________|___EUR_million___|______________181.9|_______________162.4|
|EBIT_______________|___EUR_million___|_______________-3.1|_________________1.1|
|Net profit for the | EUR million | -2.6| 0.8|
|period_____________|_________________|___________________|____________________|
|Cash flow from | | | |
|operating | EUR million | -49.7| -19.9|
|activities_________|_________________|___________________|____________________|
|Equity in % of | | 35.1%| 33.5%|
|total_assets_______|_________________|___________________|____________________|
|Earnings_per_share_|_______EUR_______|_______________-0.7|________________-0.3|
|Number of employees| | 3,360| 3,490|
|as_of_March_31_____|_________________|___________________|____________________|
|Order backlog as of| EUR million | 790.6| 933.8|
|March_31___________|_________________|___________________|____________________|



As expected, the global economy has carried its momentum into the new year.
Correspondingly, the global firefighting industry has also shown steady
development in the first three months of 2018. Above all, demand is being driven
by countries with continuous procurement or elevated security requirements
following natural or terrorist disasters.

Revenues and result of operations
The Rosenbauer Group generated revenues of EUR 162.4 million in the first
quarter of 2018 (1-3/2017: EUR 181.9 million). While deliveries have declined in
some Central and Eastern European and Asian countries, higher volumes were
observed particularly in Western Europe and the Middle East. The geographic
allocation of revenues to sales areas reads as follows: 28% CEEU area, 12% NISA