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Kardex AG: Half Year Results 2014 / Successful first half year for Kardex - Seite 3

A PDF version of the Interim Report, is available on our website at
http://www.kardex.com/index.php?id=2182&no_cache=1&L=0

Today, 21 August 2014, at 3:00 pm (CET), there will held an analyst
conference call with Executive Director Felix Thöni, Head of Finance and
Controlling Thomas Reist and Investor Relations Contact Officer Edwin van
der Geest to discuss the half-year results. The conference call is expected
to be held in English. The corresponding presentation is available at
http://www.kardex.com/index.php?id=56&no_cache=1&L=0. Please dial-in
approx. 5 minutes prior to the conference.
To take part, dial-in: [phone]
Conference-ID: 4691685

Contact for media and investors:
Edwin van der Geest
[e-mail]
Tel. [phone]
Tel. [phone]

Agenda
12 March 2015 Publication Annual Report 2014
Media and Analysts Conference year-end 2014
SIX Swiss Exchange, Zurich
23 April 2015 Annual General Meeting
SIX Swiss Exchange, Zurich
13 August 2015 Publication Interim Report 2015
Conference Call for Media and Analysts




Key figures (Continued Operations)

EUR millions



1.1. - 30.6.                   2014      (%)         2013      (%)    +/-%

Bookings                      153.0   103.9%        153.4   107.1%   -0.3%

Order backlog (30.6.)         110.0    74.7%        116.1    81.1%   -5.3%

Net revenues                  147.2   100.0%        143.2   100.0%    2.8%

Gross Profit                   48.8    33.2%         44.4    31.0%    9.9%

OPEX                           36.7    24.9%         34.5    24.1%    6.4%

Operating result (EBIT)        12.1     8.2%          9.9     6.9%   22.2%

EBITDA                         15.1    10.3%         12.7     8.9%   18.9%

ROCE                          31.1%                 22.6%            37.6%



                          30.6.2014            31.12.2013            +/- %

Net working capital            55.4                  54.4             1.8%

Net cash                       69.8                  77.0            -9.4%

Equity/Equity ratio            99.6    55.9%        106.9    55.9%   -6.8%

Employees (FTE)               1'448                 1'447             0.1%

Kardex Group - Corporate Profile

The Kardex Group is a global industry partner for intra-logistic solutions
and a leading supplier of automated storage solutions and material handling
systems. The Group consists of two entrepreneurially managed divisions,