EANS-News: REpower Systems SE / REpower Systems SE announces preliminary results for the first quarter of 2011/12

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Subtitle: Revenue increases to EUR 262.5 million
EBIT rises to EUR 10.0 million
Order backlog at EUR 2.61 billion

Hamburg (euro adhoc) - Hamburg, July 27, 2011. According to initial
calculations REpower Systems SE (WKN 617 703) generated a total
performance of EUR 248.3 million in the first quarter of fiscal year
2011/12 (April 1, 2011 - June 30, 2011) compared to EUR 204.0 million
in the previous year´s period. Revenue increased by around 23%
year-on-year from EUR 213.1 million to EUR 262.5 million. The result
from operating activities (EBIT) for the period from April to June
2011 multiplied from EUR 1.5 million to EUR 10.0 million. The
increase mainly results from a higher business volume in the markets
North America and Offshore.

In the first three months of fiscal year 2011/12 the order intake
volume amounted to approximately EUR 218 million (first quarter of
2010/11: EUR 323 million). The order backlog as per key date June 30,
2011 included agreements with a total capacity of around 2,328
megawatts (MW) compared to 2,095 MW at the previous year´s record
date. This corresponds to a potential revenue volume of around EUR
2.61 billion (June 30, 2010: EUR 2.42 billion). The figures
exclusively comprise the batches bindingly ordered within the scope
of project agreements, as well as on-call orders arising from
framework agreements.

Publication of the final results for the first quarter of fiscal year
2011/12 and the complete quarterly report is scheduled for August 12,
2011.

Further inquiry note:
Thomas Schnorrenberg
Tel.: +49(0)40 5555090-3051
E-Mail: t.schnorrenberg@repower.de

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company: REpower Systems SE
Überseering / Oval Office 10
D-22297 Hamburg
phone: +49(0)40-55 55 090-0
FAX: +49(0)40-55 55 090-3900
mail: info@repower.de
WWW: http://www.repower.de
sector: Alternative energy
ISIN: DE0006177033
indexes: CDAX, Prime All Share, Technology All Share
stockmarkets: Open Market: Berlin, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München,
regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English