EANS-News: BWT Aktiengesellschaft / BWT reports first-half year results BWT growing due to Point of Use products and innovations

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6-month report

Mondsee (euro adhoc) - * Revenue: +2.3% to EUR257.6 million
* EBIT: -4.2% to EUR16.2 million
* Net income: EUR10.6 million after EUR11.4 million
* Outlook 2013: Revenue growth, decline in earnings

Mondsee, August 9th, 2013. Setting new standards of hygiene, safety
and health, the environment and efficiency in the industry, our
product innovations, like the E1 Single Lever Filter, the AQA perla
soft water technology or the Gourmet Magnesium Table Water Filter,
are the growth drivers of BWT in generally difficult market
conditions in the first six months of the year", says Andreas
Weissenbacher, CEO of the BWT Group.

In the first half of 2013, the BWT - Best Water Technology - Group
increased its consolidated revenues by 2.3% year on year to EUR257.6
million. In the second quarter, revenues increased by 3.9% to
EUR137.7 million. Revenues generated by Point of Use products
increased by 22.5% in the second quarter.

The additional costs associated with the expansion of the Point of
Use business, the difficult market situation in Southern Europe and
the decline in public contracts did not allow any improvements to
earnings. After six months, EBIT amounted to EUR16.2 million, which
equates to a decrease of 4.2% on the previous year's figure. Earnings
came to EUR10.1 million in the second quarter, matching the previous
year's figure. As at the end of June 2013, consolidated earnings were
EUR10.6 million compared with EUR11.4 million in the previous year.

In the first half of the year, capital expenditure rose to almost
EUR15 million (previous year: EUR11.9 million), the net debt ratio
stood at 23.9% (previous year: 16.2%) and the equity ratio decreased
from 48.2% to 45.8% compared with the result for last June.

Outlook Andreas Weißenbacher: "Based on the developments in the first
half of the year and the current market situation, we expect to
achieve a slight increase in consolidated revenues for the current
financial year with slightly lower consolidated earnings. The
continuing solid net assets and financial position of the BWT Group
provides a healthy basis for the successful implementation of the
planned expansion measures."

The first half-year financial report 2013 is available on our
homepage www.bwt-group.com.

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

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company: 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 Auction
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English