DGAP-Adhoc: BAUER Aktiengesellschaft: BAUER AG predicts net loss for the 2013 financial year due to one-off effects

BAUER Aktiengesellschaft / Key word(s): Profit Warning/Change in Forecast

28.10.2013 18:14

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Schrobenhausen, October 28, 2013 - BAUER Aktiengesellschaft (ISIN
DE0005168108) has to adjust its full-year forecast for 2013 to a net loss,
reflecting the predicted impact of some negative one-off effects.

Following completion of the extensive well construction project executed by
the Group's Resources segment in Jordan, the earnings forecast for the
project has had to be adjusted downwards by some EUR 20 million. The
adjustment was made necessary owing to the complex conditions under which
the project was operated, which substantially increased the costs of the
construction companies involved. Moreover, the financial difficulties being
experienced by Jordan have meant that no amicable settlement has yet been
obtained.

The Group's third-quarter figures have been further impacted by reduced
profit contributions from the Construction segment resulting from delays on
major projects at the start of the year. And the Equipment segment
continues to suffer from weaker margins than last year. The economic
problems still persisting in many parts of the world are hindering
stability of order acquisition in the segment. The Group made a net loss
for the period to September 30, 2013 of more than EUR 20 million.

In view of this situation, the forecast earnings of the Equipment and
Construction segments have been reassessed and the adjusted forecast now
incorporates restructuring expenditure as part of a cost-cutting programme.

Due to the one-off effects, the BAUER Group now expects to make a net loss
of approximately EUR 20 million, with EBIT of around EUR 25 million, in the
2013 financial year. The forecast for total Group revenues remain unchanged
at around EUR 1.5 billion.

As the effects are one-offs, they are not expected to impact on future
earning power.

The full-year loss now predicted would mean that the covenants regarding
net debt to EBITDA agreed with banks in respect of promissory notes and
some long-term loans could not be met. The BAUER Group expects that an
acceptable solution will be found in consultation with its financial
partners. Covenants will be met again next year in line with the Group's
financial planning.

The Group is responding to this displeasing forecast loss by initiating a
cost-cutting programme which will also entail withdrawing from a number of
minor, economically challenging opeations. Based on a sustained high level
of orders in hand, still some 8 percent above last year's figure, the BAUER
Group expects performance next year to resume the trend seen in 2012.

BAUER AG will publish the final figures for the first nine months of the
2013 financial year on November 14, 2013.

Supplementary information:
ISIN: DE0005168108, Bloomberg B5A
Official market / Prime Standard; Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Contact:
Contact
Christopher Wolf
Investor Relations
BAUER Aktiengesellschaft
BAUER-Strasse 1
86529 Schrobenhausen, Germany
Phone: +49 8252 97-1797
Fax: +49 8252 97-2900
investor.relations@bauer.de
www.bauer.de

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Language: English
Company: BAUER Aktiengesellschaft
BAUER-Straße 1
86529 Schrobenhausen
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)8252 97 1218
Fax: +49 (0)8252 97 2900
E-mail: investor.relations@bauer.de
Internet: www.bauer.de
ISIN: DE0005168108
WKN: 516810
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München, Stuttgart

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