EANS-News: Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG / Pfeiffer Vacuum achieves targets for the full year of 2011

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Subtitle: Turnover at € 519.5 million
EBIT margin was 14.6 % (excluding PPA-effects)
Incoming orders at € 515.9 million

Aßlar (euro adhoc) - Pfeiffer Vacuum announces its preliminary,
unaudited results for fiscal year 2011. Accordingly, the company has
increased its turnover to EUR 519.5 million (previous year: EUR 220.5
million). The first-time inclusion of revenues from adixen and, in
addition, positive developments in the core business across all
segments led to these satisfactory results. Before PPA effects,
operating profit amounted to EUR 75.9 million (previous year: EUR
52.9, million). Thus, the operating margin for 2011 was 14.6 percent;
the target level was set at 15 percent.

As part of the purchase price allocation (= PPA for short), the
assets and liabilities of the adixen business units were
retroactively newly assessed at fair value. The result was a
significant increase in the value of acquired assets. From this, on
the one hand, follows a reduction of goodwill by about
EUR 38 million. On the other hand, the higher values lead to an
increase in the depreciation/amortization base and also the annual
depreciation/amortization of primarily intangible assets. The impact
on operating profit was EUR 13.3 million during the year 2011. This
amount will be reduced significantly in the coming years. When taking
into account these effects, the results showed an operating profit of
EUR 62.6 million and an operating profit margin of 12.0 percent.

Manfred Bender, CEO of Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG, states the
following about the results: "By purchasing adixen we have sensibly
expanded our strategic product portfolio. We were already highly
profitable in the first year and have almost completed the
integration. Accounting has confirmed that we have bought valuable
assets. We are now well prepared for future growth and will
significantly increase the EBIT-margin in the coming years."

Orders received by Pfeiffer Vacuum were, for fiscal year 2011, at
EUR 515.9 million (previous year: EUR 223.7, million). The
book-to-bill ratio, which is the ratio of orders to sales, was at
0.99 in 2011 compared to 1.01 in 2010. Incoming orders were at EUR
113.0 million (previous year: EUR 58.4 million); the fourth quarter
of 2011 was marked with an upward trend over the previous quarter.

The detailed audited earnings figures, the full balance sheet and the
proposal to pay dividends will be announced by the company on the day
of a press conference scheduled for March 26, 2012.

About Pfeiffer Vacuum Pfeiffer Vacuum (Stock Exchange Symbol PFV,
ISIN DE0006916604) is one of the world´s leading providers of vacuum
solutions. In addition to a full range of hybrid and magnetically
levitated turbopumps, the product portfolio comprises backing pumps,
measurement and analysis devices, components as well as vacuum
chambers and systems. Ever since the invention of the turbopump by
Pfeiffer Vacuum, the company has stood for innovative solutions and
high-tech products that are used in the markets Analytic, Industry,
Research & Development, Coating, Semiconductor and Chemistry. Founded
in 1890, Pfeiffer Vacuum is active throughout the world today. The
company employs a workforce of some 2,300 people and has more than 20
subsidiaries. For more information, please visit
www.pfeiffer-vacuum.com

Further inquiry note:
Brigitte Looß
Leiterin Investor Relations
Tel.: +49 (6441) 802-346
E-Mail: Brigitte.Loos[at]pfeiffer-vacuum.de

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company: Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG
Berliner Str. 43
D-35614 Aßlar
phone: +49 (6441) 802-0
FAX: +49 (6441) 802-202
mail: info@pfeiffer-vacuum.de
WWW: http://www.pfeiffer-vacuum.de
sector: Machine Manufacturing
ISIN: DE0006916604
indexes: TecDAX, CDAX, HDAX, Prime All Share, DAXsector All Industrial
stockmarkets: free trade: Hannover, Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf,
Stuttgart, regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English