euro adhoc: CHRIST WATER TECHNOLOGY AG / Financial Figures/Balance Sheet / CHRIST reports preliminary 2006 figures

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09.03.2007

• Order backlog: +25% to EUR 183mn
• Sales: +14.5% to EUR 210mn
• EBIT: + 77% to EUR 7.0mn

Christ Water Technology Group reports pleasing growth in orders,
sales and earnings. Thanks to recent acquisitions a focus on high
quality orders was maintained with order intake again reaching a high
level of 246mn EUR (+2% on last year´s EUR 241.5mn). Order backlog of
EUR 183mn at year-end 2006 exceeded the value of last year (2005: EUR
146.5mn) supported by positive trends in all divisions. Group sales
increased 15% from EUR 183mn to EUR 210mn.

In the first full stand-alone year after its spin-off from BWT
(November 2005), CHRIST has undertaken important growth steps:
extension of R&D activities was accompanied by foundations of new
businesses and takeovers for expansion into new markets and customer
segments.

EBIT jumped 77% from EUR 4.0mn to EUR 7.0mn and EBITDA grew to EUR
10.2mn from EUR 6.6mn a year earlier. The key drivers of earnings
were the divisions Ultrapure Water and Municipal Water Treatment. In
Pharma & Life Science, the market launch of new products and the
expansion of international presence put a strain on divisional
income. In Food & Beverage restructuring effects and start-up costs
in the new participation burdened operating earnings.

A higher share of taxes made net income increase moderately from EUR
2.9mn last year to EUR 3.4mn for 2006 resulting in earnings per share
of EUR 0.19 after EUR 0.16.

Net debt increased from EUR 20.4mn to EUR 34.6mn while equity
amounted to EUR 43.2mn as of December 31, 2006. This corresponds to a
share of 25.6% of the balance sheet total after 28.5% due to the
higher volume of business.

The number of employees increased to 1,032 persons after 842 on
31/12/2005 caused by acquisitions and organic growth.

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Hartmut Gussmann will resign from the
managing board for personal reasons and leave the CHRIST Group at the
end of March. He will remain available for CHRIST as a consultant.
The vacancy will be filled.

Outlook

In the year 2006 a series of important decisions was made to secure
further earnings growth. CHRIST-initiatives targeting new
technologies and markets include considerable synergy- and earnings
potentials. The strategic focus on the margin-positive service
business will be continued. Based on the good order backlog as of
year-end 2006 and supported by the positive economic conditions in
all business units management expects double-digit growth in sales
and disproportionate growth in EBIT in the current year.

end of announcement euro adhoc 09.03.2007 17:00:00
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Christ Water Technology Group
Ralf Burchert
ralf.burchert@christ-water.com
Tel.: +43 (0)6232/5011-1113

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