EANS-Adhoc: Lenzing AG / Preliminary results for 2010 show strongest growth of sales and profits in Group history

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21.02.2011

Based on preliminary figures, the Lenzing Group, a world market
leader in man-made cellulose fibers for the textile and nonwovens
industry, achieved record results in the 2010 business year. The
determinative factors for this result were the dynamic expansion of
fiber production, very strong demand for Lenzing fibers and
significantly higher fiber sales prices compared to the previous
year.

Preliminary consolidated sales(1) increased by 45% from EUR 1.22
billion in 2009(2) to EUR 1.77 billion. Preliminary consolidated
EBITDA rose by 76% from EUR 187.9 million to EUR 330.6 million.
Preliminary consolidated income from operations (EBIT) more than
doubled, increasing by 103% from EUR 114.2 million to EUR 231.9
million.

"In 2010, we benefited from the expansion strategy we pursued in
recent years. We could have sold even more fibers than we were able
to produce. From our point of view, the 2010 business year was not a
one-off event but the beginning of a long-term upward trend in the
development of the man-made cellulose fiber business. The reason for
this is the increasing structural shortage of cotton on the global
market, which leads textile manufacturers to increasingly turn to
alternatives such as Lenzing fibers", explains Lenzing CEO Peter
Untersperger, commenting on the preliminary results for 2010.

With approx. 90% of consolidated sales, the Fibers segment, the
Lenzing Group´s core business, was again the Group´s main growth
driver in 2010. In total, Lenzing was able to increase its fiber
production capacity from 605,000 tons to approx. 710,000 tons
currently.

Lenzing plans to increase fiber production capacity from approx.
710,000 tons as of year-end 2010 by approx. 300.000 tons to more than
one million tons by the end of 2014, mainly through expansion and
modernization investments. In addition, the Lenzing Group plans to
increase the share of pulp, the most important raw material used in
the fiber production process, that it sources from its integrated own
supply from currently 40% to more than two-thirds of the Group´s
total requirements. Including maintenance investments, Lenzing plans
to invest approx. EUR 1.5 billion through 2014.

Good development in the Plastics Products and Engineering segments
After a very difficult year in 2009, the Plastics Products segment
reported a significant improvement the volume of demand, with sales
of EUR 144.6 million (2009: EUR 110.6 million) based on the
preliminary results for 2010. Due to the clearly improved order
situation, total sales of the Engineering segment rose to EUR 91.2
million (2009: EUR 81.5 million), of which EUR 37.7 million (2009:
EUR 29.5 million) were generated by external customers.

Solid financial basis despite high investments Lenzing was able to
reduce its net debt from EUR 315.7 million in 2009 to EUR 307.2
million in 2010, while increasing sales by 45%. Investments(3)
amounted to EUR 285.1 million in 2010 (compared to EUR 165.6 million
in 2009) and primarily related to the expansion of fiber production
capacity and of energy supply at the production sites as well as by
the acquisition of a 75% stake in the Biocel Paskov pulp mill.

With a net debt that is lower than annual EBITDA and liquid funds as
well as credit lines in excess of EUR 0.5 billion, Lenzing is well
positioned to implement our ambitious investment program.

Outlook The upward trend in the global fiber market has continued
during the first weeks of the current business year against the
background of an overall satisfactory global economic development.
The increasing scarcity of cotton has led to new all-time high prices
for cotton. The order situation of the Lenzing Group at the beginning
of 2011 was gratifying. Fiber and pulp production were operating at
full capacity at all sites. For the current business year, based on
the assumption of a 10% increase of production compared to 2010,
stable prices remaining at the levels as of the beginning of the 2011
business year and a moderate increase of costs, Lenzing expects to
increase sales by 15-20% and further improve EBITDA and EBIT margins.
Capex is estimated to amount to approx. 15% of sales. In view of the
capital-intensive expansion program, the Lenzing management plans to
propose a dividend payout of approx. 25% of consolidated net income
(after minority interests) to its supervisory board and the annual
general meeting.

Consolidated key figures (IFRS) in EUR mill.
2010 prelim. 2009 adjusted
Sales 1,766.3 1,218.0
EBITDA 330.6 187.9
EBIT 231.9 114.2
EBT(4) 216.9 102.9
Profit for the year attributable
to the shareholders of Lenzing AG 159.1 64.4
EBITDA margin in % 18.7 15.4
EBIT margin in % 13.1 9.4
Operating cash flow 292.9 140.9
Investments (property, plant and
equipment, financial assets and
intangible assets) 285.1 165.6
31/12/2010 31/12/2009
Adjusted equity ratio(5) in % 38.6 42.0
Employees 6,530 6,021

(1) Continuing operations, all figures preliminary (2) 2009 figures
adjusted. (3) Investments in property, plant and equipment, financial
assets and intangible assets (4) Continuing operations. (5) Equity
incl. government investment grants less prop. deferred taxes

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