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Bechtle AG Reports Excellent Second Quarter - Seite 3

EAT EURk 16,422 10,401 +57.9% 31,224 20,476 +52.5%
EPS EUR 0.79 0.50 +57.9% 1.49 0.98 +52.5%
OCF EURk -3,952 -6,855 -42.3% -876 11,606 -107.5%
Employees (average) 6,387 6,043 +5.7% 6,343 6,003 +5.7%

                                 30.06.2014        31.12.2013           +/-

Liquidity*          EURk            113,525           156,105        -27.3%

Equity ratio           %               57.6              55.1

Employees                             6,393             6,219         +2.8%

*Including time deposits and securities

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The interim financial report for the second quarter of 2014 is available
for download at www.bechtle.com/reports.

About Bechtle
As a one-stop IT provider, Bechtle AG is active with 65 system houses in
Germany, Austria and Switzerland and is one of Europe's leading online
resellers for information technology, with subsidiaries in 14 countries.
This combination forms the basis of Bechtle's trend-setting business model,
which links IT services to the conventional IT trading business.
Established in 1983 and headquartered in Neckarsulm, Germany, the company
offers a one-stop, vendor-independent, comprehensive IT portfolio to its
more than 75,000 customers from the fields of industry and trade, the
public sector and the financial industry. Bechtle has been quoted on the
stock exchange since 2000 and has been listed in the TecDAX technology
index since 2004. In the fiscal year 2013, the group generated revenues of
more than EUR2.2 billion.

Contact
Bechtle AG
Bechtle Platz 1
D-74172 Neckarsulm

Investor Relations Corporate Communications/Press
Martin Link Sabine Brand
[e-mail] [e-mail]
Tel: [phone] Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone] Fax: [phone]



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Language: English
Company: Bechtle AG
Bechtle Platz 1
74172 Neckarsulm
Germany
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Internet: www.bechtle.com
ISIN: DE0005158703
WKN: 515870
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard);
Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover,
München, Stuttgart


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