Corporate | 24 October 2012 06:30

AURELIUS generates a record profit in the third quarter

AURELIUS AG / Key word(s): Quarter Results

24.10.2012 / 06:30

AURELIUS generates a record profit in the third quarter

– Preliminary figures: Revenues for the first nine months up 7.1% to EUR1.02 billion

– EBITDA for the first nine months up 237% to EUR164.7 million

– Successful purchases (Thales CIS, Getronics, Briar Chemicals) and successful sales (Consinto, Schabmüller)

– Tradeability of AURELIUS share unchanged. Closure of the Deutsche Börse First Quotation Board without impact on our share

Munich, October 24, 2012 – According to preliminary figures, the Munich-based AURELIUS Group (ISIN DE000A0JK2A8) generated total consolidated revenues of EUR1,017.4 million (Q1-Q3 2011: EUR949.5 million) in the first nine months of fiscal year 2012 (January 1 – September 30). This figure also includes the revenues generated by the subsidiaries that have been deconsolidated in the course of the current fiscal year. On an annualized basis, consolidated revenues amounted to EUR1,526.5 million (Q1-Q3 2011: EUR1,291.0 million).

EBITDA for the first nine months reaches a record level
Total Groupwide earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose to arecord level of EUR164.7 million in the first nine months of fiscal year 2012 (Q1-Q3 2011: EUR48.8 million). After adjusting for the proceeds on the sale of deconsolidated subsidiaries, the income from the reversal of negative goodwill ('bargain purchase income') and restructuring and non-recurring expenses, the operating EBITDA amounted to EUR61.3 million (Q1-Q3 2011: EUR72.3 million).

Key figures
(in EUR millions)	01/01- 09/30/2012	01/01- 09/30/2011
Total consolidated revenues	1,017.4	949.5
Consolidated revenues, annualized	1,526.5	1,291.0
Total EBITDA AURELIUS Group	164.7	48.8
– thereof gains/losses on the sale of deconsolidated subsidiaries	54.2	-4
– thereof bargain purchase income	89.5	-/-
– thereof restructuring and non-recurring expenses	-40.3	-19.5
– thereof operating profit	61.3	72.3
	09/30/2012	12/31/2011
Cash and cash equivalents	195.9	154.4
Employees in the Group	9,817	5,887

Substantial profit and cash contribution from successful sales
The gains on the successful sales of the subsidiaries Consinto and Schabmüller in 2012 totaled EUR59.7 million. The sale proceeds boosted the Group's cash and cash equivalents to EUR195.9 million as of the reporting date of September 30, 2012 (December 31, 2011: EUR154.4 million).

AURELIUS share can still be traded even after the closure of the First Quotation Board by Deutsche Börse AG
Effective December 17, 2012, Deutsche Börse AG will close the First Quotation Board, a sub-segment of the Open Market segment in which the share of AURELIUS AG has also been listed. However, this move will have no effect whatsoever on the ability to trade the shares of AURELIUS AG. Because the shares of AURELIUS AG have been traded in the Open Market segment of the Munich Stock Exchange (market segment m:access) for some time already, AURELIUS meets the requirements for listing in the so called Quotation Boards of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Therefore, the share will continue to be traded in the electronic trading system XETRA.

About AURELIUS
The AURELIUS Group specializes in acquiring companies with potential for development that can be unlocked with close operational support. In the company acquisition process, AURELIUS concentrates on identifying, analyzing, creating and exploiting all the opportunities afforded by the market. The AURELIUS Group views itself as a long-term 'good home' for its subsidiaries. AURELIUS does not limit its acquisition targets to particular industrial sectors, although it focuses primarily on the following segments: Industrial Enterprises, Chemicals, Business Services, Consumer Goods/Food & Beverage, and Telecoms, Media & Technology (TMT).

AURELIUS has many years of investment and management experience in various industries and sectors. AURELIUS employs its management capacities and the necessary financial resources to invest in product innovation, sales and research in order to develop the potential of its subsidiaries. With offices in Munich and London, and subsidiaries in Germany, the UK, France, Poland, Hungary, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Slovenia, the United States, China, Malaysia, India, Thailand and South Korea, AURELIUS operates throughout the world. The shares of AURELIUS AG are traded in the m:access segment of the Munich Stock Exchange under the ISIN DE000A0JK2A8. For more information, visit our website at www.aureliusinvest.de .

Contact
Investor Relations & Corporate Communications
Phone +49 (89) 544799 – 0
Fax +49 (89) 544799 – 55
investor@aureliusinvest.de

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