Ad-hoc | 31 March 2006 07:39

Augusta Technologie AG: AUGUSTA generates positive EBT of EUR 13.6 million

Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— AUGUSTA generates positive EBT of EUR 13.6 million Consolidated loss for the period amounts to EUR 2.6 million after finalisation of restructuring Frankfurt am Main, March 31 2006. Prime Standard member AUGUSTA Technologie AG (ISIN DE000A0D6612) generated consolidated sales revenues amounting to EUR 200.9 Mio. million (2004 adjusted for the deconsolidated Data Display AG: EUR 189.3 million; 2004: EUR 219.3 million) in fiscal year 2005. Segment results (accumulated earnings before tax of the single investments, before holding costs) rose to a total of EUR 21.9 million (2004: EUR 14.9 million). The Sensor Systems division generated the highest segment results, amounting to EUR 15.7 million (2004: EUR 12.0 million), an increase of 30.8%. The segment result of the IT Systems division, amounting to EUR 2.3 million, exceeded the comparable prior-year period adjusted for the deconsolidated Data Display AG (2004 adjusted: EUR 2.0 million; 2004: EUR 3.5 million). The Communication Systems division increased segment results to EUR 3.9 million (2004: EUR -0.6 million). All in all, earnings development of the operating investments as well as on the Group level before discontinued operations improved. The AUGUSTA Group generated EBITDA (earnings before depreciation, amortization, interest and tax) of EUR 23.4 million (2004: EUR –0.8 million). EBIT (earnings before interest and tax) improved to EUR 19.3 million (2004: EUR –4.7 million). EBT (earnings before tax) amounted to EUR 13.6 million in 2005 (2004: EUR –13.2 million). The deconsolidation of Pandatel AG is recorded in full in the income statement under the ‘Result from discontinued operations after tax’ in the amount of EUR-11.3 million (2004: EUR-15.7 million). As a result, the profit before discontinued operations for fiscal year 2005 is EUR 8.7 million (2004: loss of EUR 11.5 million). After discontinued operations, the loss for the period amounts to EUR 2.6 million (2004 loss for the period after discontinued operations: EUR 27.2 million). The profit per share before discontinued operations amounted to EUR 1.16 (2004: loss of EUR 9.62). The loss per share after discontinued operations amounted to EUR 0.34 (2004: loss of EUR 22.73). As of December 31, 2005, the AUGUSTA Group’s booked business amounted to EUR 86.0 million (December 31, 2004: EUR 81.3 million). Accumulated incoming orders of EUR 208.8 million exceeded the adjusted prior-year figures (December 31, 2004 adjusted for the deconsolidated Data Display AG: EUR 191.5 million; 2004: EUR 216.1 million). The book-to-bill ratio of 1.0 was on a level with the previous year. The Group annual report 2005 is going to be published on the homepage of AUGUSTA Technologie AG www. augusta-ag. de within the course of the day. The Managing Board Key Figures 2005 2004 Group sales revenues (adjusted) EUR 200.9 EUR 189.3 million million Sales revenues Data Display AG – EUR 30.0 million EBITDA EUR 23.4 EUR -0.8 million million EBIT EUR 19.3 EUR -4,7 million million EBT EUR 13.6 EUR –13.2 million million Profit/loss before discontinued EUR 8.7 EUR –11.5 operations million million Profit/loss per share before discontinued EUR 1.16 EUR –9.62 operations Result from discontinued operations after EUR –11.3 EUR –15.7 tax million million Profit/loss for the period after EUR –2.6 EUR –27.2 discontinued operations million million Profit/loss per share for the period EUR –0.34 EUR –22.73 after discontinued operations (c)DGAP 31.03.2006 ————————————————————————— language: English emitter: Augusta Technologie AG Wilhelm-Leuschner-Straße 9-11 60329 Frankfurt am Main Deutschland phone: +49-(0)69-242669-19 fax: +49-(0)69-242669-40 email: trautmann@augusta-ag.de WWW: www.augusta-ag.de ISIN: DE000A0D6612 WKN: A0D661 indexes: CDAX, PRIMEALL stockmarkets: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (General Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————