Aurubis AG / Key word(s): Profit Warning 03.02.2014 14:53 Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- According to preliminary figures, Aurubis AG generated operating earnings before taxes (EBT) of EUR -2.5 million in the first quarter of the current fiscal year 2013/14 based on operating earnings as defined by Aurubis. The result after the first quarter of the previous fiscal year was EUR 140 million, which included positive extraordinary effects of EUR 65 million. The large-scale shutdown in Hamburg, the weak copper scrap markets resulting in a lower metal yield and the poor sulfuric acid markets strained earnings in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013/14. IFRS earnings before taxes (EBT) in the first quarter of fiscal year 2013/14 amount to EUR -73 million according to preliminary figures (first quarter of the previous year: EUR 13 million). 03.02.2014 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Aurubis AG Hovestrasse 50 20539 Hamburg Germany Phone: +49 (0)40 / 78 83 - 31 78 Fax: +49 (0)40 / 78 83 - 31 30 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.aurubis.com ISIN: DE0006766504 WKN: 676650 Indices: MDAX Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hamburg; Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------