Corporate | 28 February 2013 07:00

AURELIUS announces preliminary consolidated figures for record year 2012

AURELIUS AG / Key word(s): Preliminary Results

28.02.2013 / 07:00

AURELIUS announces preliminary consolidated figures for record year 2012

– Revenues rise to EUR1,378.1 million

– EBITDA of the combined group up 153 percent to EUR163.7 million

– Cash and cash equivalents at a historic high of EUR244.7 million (+58%)

Munich, February 28, 2013 – The Munich-based AURELIUS Group (ISIN DE000A0JK2A8) finished the 2012 fiscal year with preliminary consolidated revenues, earnings, and cash and cash equivalents all at record levels. Total consolidated revenues increased 9 percent to EUR1,378.1 million (2011: EUR1,262.6 million). This also includes the proportionate revenues of the subsidiaries that were sold in fiscal year 2012 and therefore deconsolidated. This relates to the most successful exit in the company's history: the sale of Schabmüller GmbH in July 2012, as well as the sale of Consinto GmbH in February 2012.

Consolidated revenues cleared the EUR1.5 billion mark on an annualized basis with EUR1,583.7 million (2011: EUR1,342.6 million). The new acquisition of Getronic's operations in Europe and Asia, based in Amsterdam (Netherlands), the IT consulting activities of Thales Spain and the Spanish IT consulting firm Steria Iberica (both Madrid, Spain), and the Briar Chemicals production site in Norwich (United Kingdom) acquired from Bayer CropScience contributed over EUR500 million to consolidated revenues.

EBITDA of the combined group up 153 percent
The AURELIUS Group's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) increased in fiscal year 2012 by 153 percent to EUR163.7 million (2011: EUR64.8 million). This includes income in the amount of EUR103.2 million (2011: EUR3.2 million) from the reversal of negative goodwill from the capital consolidation ('bargain purchase') as well as restructuring and non-recurring expenses of EUR57.7 million (2011: EUR27.8 million). Operating EBITDA of the combined Group reached EUR118.2 million (2011: EUR89.4 million), the highest amount in the company's history.

Cash on hand at a record level due to successful company sales
Cash and cash equivalents increased at the end of the fiscal year to the record level of EUR244.7 million, an increase of 58 percent (December 31, 2011: EUR154.4 million), positively influenced by the proceeds from the successful sales of Schabmüller and Consinto. The equity ratio was unchanged at 30 percent as of the reporting date.

Key figures
(in EUR millions)	2012	2011
Total consolidated revenues	1,378.1	1,262.6
Consolidated revenues, annualized	1,583.7	1,342.6
Total consolidated EBITDA	163.7	64.8
– of which bargain purchase income	103.2	3.2
– of which restructuring and non-recurring expenses	57.7	27.8
Consolidated operating EBITDA	118.2	89.4
	12/31/2012	12/31/2011
Cash and cash equivalents	244.7	154.4
Equity ratio	30%	30%

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. 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 .

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