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6-month report

22.08.2008

. Revenue rose by 7.5% to EUR 326.4 million
. EBIT improved by 12.3% to EUR 33.2 million
. Satisfactory results for 2008 financial year expected

Vienna, August 22, 2008 - Despite a slowdown in the global economy
and the difficult situation on raw material and currency markets,
Semperit Group once again succeeded in increasing earnings and
revenue in the first half of 2008, surpassing the performance of the
preceding year.

| |1-6/2007 |1-6/2008 |Change in %
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|Revenue in EUR million |303.6 |326.4 |+7.5
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|EBIT in EUR million |29.6 |33.2 |+12.3
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|EBT in EUR million |31.3 |32.2 |+2.7
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|Net profit for the period in EUR|22.8 |23.4 |+2.5
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|million | | |
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Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) improved by 12.3%, to EUR 33.2 million.
Total revenue rose by 7.5% to EUR 326.4 million. Rising raw material, energy
and personnel costs led to a considerable rise in expenses. These price rises
could be partially counteracted by efficiency improvements and cost savings.
However, in many cases it was necessary to pass on the higher production costs
to customers.

The financial result in the first half of 2008 was negatively impacted by the
required depreciation of financial assets in the first quarter. However, a
considerably positive performance was achieved in the second quarter by
reducing select financial positions and investing free cash flow on the money
market. As a consequence, the financial result amounted to minus EUR 1.0
million for the first half year and earnings before tax (EBT) totalled EUR 32.2

million, a rise of 2.7%. Accordingly, the net profit for the period
increased by 2.5% compared to the first half of 2007, to EUR 23.4
million.

Performance of the divisions

Despite high currency translation losses as a consequence of the weak
US dollar, the Sempermed division reported a 3.2% increase in revenue
in the first half of 2008, to EUR 111.3 million. Earnings before tax
(EBT) of the Sempermed division improved by 16.2%, to EUR 6.4 million
(previous year: EUR 5.5 million).

In the first half of 2008, total revenue of the Semperflex division
rose by 6.7%, to EUR 89.3 million. Earnings before tax totalled EUR
11.3 million, or 5.8% above the previous year's level of EUR 10.7
million, despite being burdened by high raw material costs for
rubber, carbon black and wires, as well as the increase in energy
prices.

In the first half of 2008, total revenue of the Semperform division
climbed 8.4%, to EUR 60.3 million. Earnings before tax improved by
EUR 0.9 million, to EUR 9.2 million, which represents a rise of
10.6%.

The Sempertrans division once again posted the most dynamic growth in
the Semperit Group in the first half of the 2008 financial year, with
revenue climbing by 16.0%, to EUR 65.5 million. Earnings before tax
rose from EUR 5.9 million, to EUR 7.5 million.

Outlook

The main challenge in the upcoming months will be to cope with the
tremendous expenses resulting from further, massive raw material
price increases in the best possible way. Overall the company is
confident that it will be able to achieve satisfactory earnings even
in the difficult 2008 financial year.

The complete half-year report is available under www.semperit.at.

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Semperit AG Holding

Mag. Sybille Bernhardt

Investor Relations

Tel.: +43 1 79 777- 210

mailto:sybille.bernhardt@semperit.at

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