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BAUER Aktiengesellschaft: BAUER AG recorded a good start of the business year - Seite 3

improvements all over the world, as well as engineering construction
services and project development. Bauer's Equipment segment, a world market
leader, offers a comprehensive range of construction machinery, equipment
and tools for the specialist foundation engineering sector as well as for
other underground drilling operations, such as for mines, water wells,
geothermal energy sources, and oil and gas extraction. The Resources
segment covers the activities of the Group in the areas of water,
environment and natural resources.

Bauer profits greatly from the collaboration between its three separate
segments, enabling the Group to position itself as an innovative, highly
specialized provider of complete solutions and services for demanding
projects on the specialist foundation engineering and related markets.

Founded in 1790, Bauer today generates around three quarters of its total
revenues outside of Germany. In 2014, the Group with its workforce of about
10,400 people achieved total Group revenues of approx. EUR 1.56 billion
(previous year: EUR 1.5 billion). BAUER Aktiengesellschaft has been listed
on the official market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since July 4, 2006
(Prime Standard, ISIN DE0005168108).


GROUP KEY FIGURES January - March 2015 (IFRS)

                                              2014*           2015  Change
                                     in EUR million in EUR million
Total Group revenues                          378.1          409.1  +8.2 %
of which
- Germany                                     112.5          124.1 +10.3 %
- International                               265.6          285.0  +7.3 %
of which
- Construction                                178.5          193.5  +8.4 %
- Equipment                                   163.8          173.8  +6.1 %
- Resources                                    48.4           54.3 +12.1 %
- Other/Consolidation                         -12.6          -12.5     n/a
Consolidated revenues                         371.1          391.5  +5.5 %
Sales revenues                                313.4          299.6  -4.4 %
Orders received                               333.9          494.6 +48.1 %
Orders in hand                                721.1          848.2 +17.6 %
EBITDA                                         27.5           24.2 -12.0 %
EBITDA margin (of sales revenues)             8.8 %          8.1 %     n/a
EBIT                                            4.9            1.2 -74.9 %
EBIT margin (of sales revenues)               1.6 %          0.4 %     n/a