Corporate | 26 November 2003 14:36
PSI Confirms Prognosis for 2003 and Details Targets for 2004
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PSI Confirms Prognosis for 2003 and Details Targets for 2004
Berlin, 26 November 2003 – Based on the assumption of a general economic
situation in 2004 that is similar to that of 2002 and 2003, PSI is planning
sales of 135 million euro and the same volume of new orders. This cautious
planning foresees an increase of the own added value by 5% and a further
reduction of the transitory hardware sales. On that basis PSI is forecasting an
operating result of 6 million euro for 2004; 3 million euro of this will be used
in risk provisions. PSI, as a group-independent product manufacturer, will
profit more than most from a market recovery predicted by industry associations.
For the current year, PSI is predicting new orders of 128 million euro, sales of
133 million euro and for the first time since the IPO five years ago a positive
EBIT between 0 and 2 million euro. In the year 2003 additional restructuring
costs of 1.5 million euro and development and marketing launch costs of the new
industrial control systems are included in the results. With that PSI has
achieved the turnaround they predicted despite the difficult general economic
situation.
PSI AG develops and integrates individual solutions, on the basis of its own
software, for the management of large networks (electricity, gas, oil,
telecommunications, transport), cross-company production management (steel,
chemicals, machinery, automotive, logistics) and information management for
government and service providers. PSI was founded in 1969 and currently employs
1,200 persons in the group.
http://www.psi.de
Your contact person:
PSI AG
Karsten Pierschke
Investor Relations und Kommunikation
Dircksenstraße 42-44, D-10178 Berlin
Tel. +49 30 2801-2727
Fax +49 30 2801-1000
eMail: KPierschke@psi.de
end of message, (c)DGAP 26.11.2003
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