Ad hoc: ELMOS Semiconductor AG: ELMOS: Significant sales increase, break-even reached
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - ELMOS Semiconductor AG / Quarterly report / Ad hoc: ELMOS: Significant sales increase, break-even reached Ad hoc announcement according to §15 WpHG processed and transmitted by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ELMOS Semiconductor AG (FSE: ELG) increased sales of the 3rd quarter2009 by 40.9% over the previous quarter and reached a positive EBIT.While sales of 35.5 million Euro are considerably below theprior-year level (Q3 2008: 42.6 million Euro), the significantrecovery of business shows in the course of the year 2009 (Q1 2009:22.6 million Euro / Q2 2009: 25.2 million Euro).The company generated a gross profit of 19.9 million Euro in thefirst nine months. This corresponds with a 65.8% reduction incomparison with the previous year (9M 2008: 58.1 million Euro);however, the improvement of the quality of results from the 2ndquarter 2009 to the 3rd quarter 2009 was disproportionately high. Thegross profit gained 9.6 million Euro over this quarterly period ofcomparison to reach 12.4 million Euro (Q2 2009: 2.8 million Euro).In consequence, operating result and EBIT also improved in comparisonwith the previous quarter (operating result Q2 2009: -9.6 millionEuro vs. Q3 2009: 0.3 million Euro / EBIT Q2 2009: -9.9 million Eurovs. Q3 2009: 0.1 million Euro). Thus a balanced EBIT was realized onequarter earlier than predicted in the half-year report. At -0.3million Euro, the net result for the period turned out much betterthan in the previous quarter as well (Q2 2009: -7.5 million Euro).Both operating cash flow and free cash flow were positive in the 3rdquarter 2009 and amounted to 2.7 million Euro and 2.5 million Euro,respectively. Cash and cash equivalents were maintained at a highlevel (40.8 million Euro).ELMOS is expecting this positive trend in the course of business tokeep up until the end of the year 2009.Based on nine months, ELMOS achieved sales of 83.3 million Euro (9M2008: 133.5 million Euro), the EBIT came to -18.7 million Euro (9M2008: 14.2 million Euro), and the net loss amounted to -14.0 millionEuro (9M 2008: net income of 9.7 million Euro).The complete report on the 3rd quarter / nine-month report isavailable in German and English at www.elmos.de. On November 4, 2009at 11:00 a.m. (CET), ELMOS will hold a conference call (in English)for analysts and investors. The conference call will later bedownloadable from the company website.Contact: ELMOS Semiconductor AG, Mathias Kukla, Heinrich-Hertz-Str.1, 44227 Dortmund, Telephone: 0231-7549-0, Direct: -199, Fax:0231-7549-548, eMail: info(at)elmos.de, www.elmos.de --- End of Message ---ELMOS Semiconductor AGHeinrich-Hertz-Strasse 1 Dortmund DeutschlandWKN: 567710; ISIN: DE0005677108; Index: Prime All Share, CDAX, HDAX, MIDCAP, TECH All Share, GEX;Listed: Prime Standard in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, Freiverkehr in Börse Düsseldorf, Freiverkehr in Börse Berlin, Freiverkehr in Hanseatische Wertpapierbörse zu Hamburg, Freiverkehr in Niedersächsische Börse zu Hannover, Freiverkehr in Börse Stuttgart, Freiverkehr in Bayerische Börse München, Regulierter Markt in Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse;
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