EANS-Adhoc: SALZGITTER AG - preliminary key data on the sales and result of the financial year 2012

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annual result/preliminary key data
30.01.2013

- Improvement in the operating results in the fourth quarter, as
expected - Q4/2012: Earnings before tax (EBT) of around EUR 14
million (Q4/2011: EBT EUR 32.5 million) - FY 2012: EBT of around EUR
-29 million (FY 2011: EUR 201.6 million) - Reporting date-related
special items burden the 2012 accounts

According to the preliminary key data now available on the financial
statements for the financial year 2012, the Salzgitter Group achieved
a significant improvement in its pre-tax operating result compared
with the previous quarter. Nonetheless, reporting date-related
valuation effects in the context of the annual accounts led to a
pre-tax result for the financial year of around EUR -29 million (FY
2011: EUR 201.6 million) that fell marginally short of recent
guidance.

The result after tax stood at approximately EUR -100 million (FY
2011: EUR 236.0 million). This figure includes non-cash deferred
income taxes expenses of EUR 62 million that became necessary under
the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) owing to a
revaluation of capitalized tax loss carryforwards. The amount of the
actual loss carryforwards of the Group remains as to their amount and
can be used in subsequent periods.

Consolidated external sales grew to almost EUR 10.4 billion in the
reporting period (2011: EUR 9.8 billion), thereby outperforming sales
guidance.

The annual financial statements for the financial year 2012 are still
subject to the audit currently being conducted by the external
auditor and to adoption by the Supervisory Board. The final figures
and further details will be published, as planned, on February 27,
2013.

Further inquiry note:
Markus Heidler
Deputy Head of Investor Relations
+49 (0) 5341/21-6105
heidler.m@salzgitter-ag.de

end of announcement euro adhoc
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issuer: Salzgitter AG
Eisenhüttenstraße 99
D-38239 Salzgitter
phone: +49 (0) 5341-21-3783
mail: info@salzgitter-ag.de
WWW: http://www.salzgitter-ag.de
sector: Iron & Steel
ISIN: DE0006202005
indexes: Midcap Market Index, MDAX, CDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share
stockmarkets: free trade: Hannover, Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf,
Stuttgart, regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt
language: English