EANS-News: Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG / Pfeiffer Vacuum achieves full-year profitability target for 2012

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Subtitle: Turnover at € 461.3 million
EBIT at € 67.7 million significantly higher than previous year
Incoming orders at € 445.6 million

annual result/Financial Figures/Balance Sheet

Aßlar (euro adhoc) - February 19, 2013. Pfeiffer Vacuum announces its
preliminary, unaudited results for fiscal 2012. The company's
turnover decreased as anticipated by 11.2 percent to EUR 461.3
million (previous year: EUR 519.5 million). In contrast, operating
profit rose by 9.6 percent to EUR 67.7 million (previous year: EUR
61.8 million). The resulting operating margin of 14.7 percent for
2012, therefore above the prior year's level (previous year: 11.9
percent).

Manfred Bender, CEO of Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG, states: "We
have successfully implemented our plan to raise operating profit -
despite declining turnover in a difficult market. I'm very proud of
this achievement. The integration of adixen is progressing according
to plan. We have interesting products in the pipeline which we plan
to introduce at the "Hannover Messe" trade exhibition. These products
will give a foretaste of the breadth of expertise the new Pfeiffer
Vacuum is now able to offer."

Orders received by Pfeiffer Vacuum for the fiscal year 2012 amounted
to EUR 445.6 million (previous year: EUR 515.9 million). The
book-to-bill ratio, which is the ratio of orders to sales, was at
0.97 in 2012 compared to 0.99 in 2011. The relatively low year-end
level of order backlog of EUR 71.8 million in 2012 previous year:
EUR 87.6 million) is the result of unusually weak business in
December.

Bender adds, "Business is currently very inconsistent. One month it's
good, the next it slackens off. It is too early as yet to deliver a
forecast for the current fiscal year 2013. One thing is certain
however - we will need to focus intensely on further improving our
already respectable profitability in the months ahead."

The detailed audited earnings figures, the full balance sheet and the
dividend payout proposal will be announced by the company on the day
of the press conference on their financial statements scheduled for
March 22, 2013.

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 Analytics, Industry,
Research & Development, Coating and Semiconductor. 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) 802-1346
E-Mail: Brigitte.Loos@pfeiffer-vacuum.de

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company: Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG
Berliner Str. 43
D-35614 Aßlar
phone: +49(0)6441-802-0
FAX: +49 (6441) 802-1202
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