EANS-Adhoc: BWT Aktiengesellschaft / BWT reports final results 2012 Investment programme and brand building to continue

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annual result/annual report
16.04.2013

BWT discloses the Annual Report 2012 confirming the preliminary
figures reported on February 21. "Also in 2012, our innovation
strategy produced several revolutionary technologies that provide the
foundation of our investment programme and the brand building of BWT
- For You and Planet Blue. As a result, in 2012, we could pass the
milestone of exceeding half a billion Euro of sales for the first
time", says Andreas Weissenbacher, CEO of the BWT Group.

At EUR502.3 million, revenues were EUR23.4 million (or 4.9%) up on
the previous year. The strategically important BWT Point of Use
business continued to experience strong growth. At EUR41.8 million,
the previous year's revenues were exceeded by 20%, increasing the
percentage of total revenues to 8.3% (previously 7.3%).

Consolidated net earnings only inched up slightly against the
previous year, despite higher revenues. This was due to the further
rise in expenditure related to the extension of the BWT brand and the
extensive measures intended to develop and expand the Point of Use
product segment. EBITDA rose by 4.3% to EUR40.8 million, EBIT by 2.3%
from EUR21.7 million to EUR22.2 million and consolidated net earnings
before minority interests by 4.7% to EUR14.4 million. Earnings per
share also increased 7.6% from EUR0.80 in the previous year to
EUR0.87, not least due to the lower number of shares outstanding.

Despite the high level of investments, the balance sheet continues to
be strong: gearing, ie the net debt to equity ratio, also increased
only slightly from the previous year's figure of 10.5% to 13.7% as at
the end of 2012. The number of employees increased to 2,726 people
(previous year: 2,689) as at 31 December 2012.

The Management Board will propose the upcoming Annual General Meeting
a dividend of 0.28 Euro per share.

Outlook Andreas Weissenbacher: "The measures taken for the brand
building of BWT to become the leading water brand, supported by
investments of more than 50 million in the year 2013 - primarily for
the Point of Use product segment at the Mondsee site, will be
continued. Higher earnings overall are not anticipated for the coming
financial year owing to the further increased advertising
expenditure, depreciation of fixed assets and financing costs."

The Annual Report and the Annual Financial Report are available on
our homepage www.bwt-group.com in section Investor Relations.

Further inquiry note:
BWT Aktiengesellschaft
Mag. Ralf Burchert
ralf.burchert@bwt-group.com
Tel.: 06232/5011-1113

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issuer: BWT Aktiengesellschaft
Walter-Simmer-Str. 4
A-5310 Mondsee
phone: 06232/5011-0
FAX: 06232/4058
mail: office@bwt.at
WWW: www.bwt-group.com
sector: Water Supply
ISIN: AT0000737705
indexes: Standard Market Continuous
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English