11.04.2014
BAUER Aktiengesellschaft DE0005168108
DGAP-News: BAUER Aktiengesellschaft: BAUER AG goes into 2014 with high levels of orders in hand, after a difficult year
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Results/Dividend
BAUER Aktiengesellschaft: BAUER AG goes into 2014 with high levels of
orders in hand, after a difficult year
11.04.2014 / 07:00
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- Total Group revenues up 4.9 percent to EUR 1,506.2 million.
- Net result for the period declines to EUR -19.4 million (previous year:
EUR 25.8 million net profit).
- Orders in hand of EUR 765.2 million (previous year: EUR 785.0 million)
at a high level.
- Forecast for 2014: Total Group revenues of around EUR 1.55 billion,
after-tax profit around EUR 20 to 25 million and EBIT around EUR 75
million.
Schrobenhausen/Munich - The BAUER Group has had a difficult year. One-off
effects and project-specific factors, as well as sharper competition,
impacted on the earnings of the international construction and machinery
manufacturing concern's three business segments.
Total Group revenues rose by 4.9 percent from EUR 1,435.8 million to EUR
1,506.2 million. However, some significant special factors meant that the
company returned a loss for the first time in 14 years. The net loss for
the period was EUR -19.4 million (previous year: EUR 25.8 million net
profit). EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) declined to EUR 32.1
million (previous year: EUR 72.0 million). These results are in line with
the Group's most recent forecast issued in October 2013.
The Management Board and Supervisory Board will propose to the Annual
General Meeting that no dividend be paid (previous year: EUR 0.30). "After
a year such as 2013, it is urgently necessary that funds should be retained
within the business," commented Prof. Thomas Bauer, Chairman of the
Management Board of BAUER Aktiengesellschaft. "We intend fundamentally in
future to hold on to a dividend policy whereby our shareholders have an
appropriate share in the company's success."
Business segments
With its three segments - Construction, Equipment and Resources - and its
broadly diversified business model, the Group operates through more than
110 subsidiaries in some 70 countries around the world.
The major undertakings of the Construction segment were large-scale
projects in Russia, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and the USA. They were key
factors in the 13.4 percent rise in total Group revenues to EUR 742.7
million (previous year: EUR 655.2 million). A number of large-scale
projects were delayed, for a wide variety of reasons, in the first half of
the year. Weather conditions in the first quarter, weakness on some markets
as well as political events additionally impacted on earnings. While EBIT
of EUR 22.8 million was slightly up on the previous year (EUR 22.0
million), the planned net profit for the period was not achieved. It fell
from EUR 8.6 million to EUR 5.5 million.
Orders in hand at the year-end were spread evenly around the world.
Totalling EUR 498.7 million, they were only just below the high levels of
the previous year (EUR 513.1 million).
The Equipment segment was able to sell more machines in total. Sharper
competition, weak markets in India, China and South America and low levels
of order receipts for large machines and special-purpose equipment impacted
on segment earnings. Total Group revenues rose by 6.7 percent from EUR
589.1 million to EUR 628.6 million. Segment EBIT declined slightly, falling
by 5.2 percent from EUR 34.0 million to EUR 32.2 million. Net profit for
the period fell from EUR 8.9 million to EUR 5.1 million.
Orders in hand were higher than in the previous year, with a rising trend
through the four quarters. As most equipment ordered was shipped in
December, orders in hand at the year-end totalling EUR 116.5 million were
at virtually the same level as the previous year (EUR 113.1 million).
The Resources segment faced a wide range of problems and difficult market
conditions in the past financial year, all of which had an impact on the
Group as a whole. A particular negative effect originated from a
large-scale well construction project in Jordan. On completion of the
project, the original earnings forecast had to be cut by around 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 meant that no mutually agreeable
final settlement could be obtained. Total Group revenues fell by 27.8
percent from EUR 262.8 million to EUR 189.9 million. Segment EBIT totalled
EUR -23.6 million (previous year: EUR 15.2 million). The net result for the
period deteriorated correspondingly from EUR 5.7 million to EUR -31.4
million. The segment was reorganized, with the existing three competence
areas being replaced by a regional structure. In the course of this
reorganization, some companies were merged, some locations closed, and cost
structures improved.
Orders in hand decreased slightly, falling by 5.5 percent from EUR 158.8
million to EUR 150.0 million.
Financing
The full-year loss meant 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. In order to safeguard its financing for the years ahead,
the company will agree a syndicated loan with its bankers. Negotiations on
the matter are expected to be concluded shortly.
The Group launched an extensive cost-saving programme during 2013, aimed at
saving some EUR 20 million, so as to compensate for the additional
financial burdens incurred and enable earnings targets to be met.
Orders in hand and outlook
The Group had high overall levels of orders in hand at the end of the
financial year. The total of EUR 765.2 million is only slightly below the
previous year's figure of EUR 785.0 million.
Prof. Thomas Bauer comments: "The past year saw a number of individual
issues which together produced an unsatisfactory overall result. That does
not, however, change the fact that the BAUER Group is fundamentally sound,
and capable of generating income on a sustained basis. We have increased
our revenues slightly, and we have acquired enough new orders to turn our
performance around in the current year."
The Group forecasts total revenues of around EUR 1.55 billion for 2014. It
expects profit after tax of around EUR 20 to 25 million and EBIT of around
EUR 75 million. As is customary, however, the first quarter will make a
loss, which will then be balanced out over the subsequent quarters.
Our full Annual Report, including a detailed analysis of the individual
segments and markets, can be found on our website at http://www.bauer.de.
About Bauer
Bauer is a provider of services, machinery and products for ground and
groundwater. The Group markets its products and services all over the
world. Its global spread allows it to remain largely unaffected by
fluctuating business cycles.
The operations of the Group are divided into three segments: Construction,
Equipment and Resources. The Construction segment carries out specialist
foundation engineering work for complex excavation pits and foundations on
major infrastructure and building projects all over the world, installing
cut-off walls and carrying out ground improvement works as well as
providing related project development services. Bauer's Equipment segment,
a world market leader, offers a comprehensive range of construction
machinery, equipment and tools for the specialist foundation engineering
sector as well as for other underground drilling operations, such as for
mines, water wells, geothermal energy sources, and oil and gas extraction.
The Resources segment pools the Group's activities in the fields of water,
energy, mineral resources and environmental technology.
Bauer profits greatly from the collaboration between its three separate
segments, enabling the Group to position itself as an innovative, highly
specialized provider of complete solutions and services for demanding
projects on the specialist foundation engineering and related markets.
Founded in 1790, Bauer today generates around three quarters of its total
revenues outside of Germany. Employing some 10,300 people, the Group's
total revenues in 2013 were approximately EUR 1.5 billion (previous year:
EUR 1.44 billion). BAUER Aktiengesellschaft has been listed on the official
market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since July 4, 2006 (Prime Standard,
ISIN DE0005168108).
GROUP KEY FIGURES 2013 (IFRS)
2012* 2013 Change in EUR in EUR million million Total Group revenues 1,435.8 1,506.2 +4.9 % of which - Germany 378.6 412.1 +8.8 % - International 1,057.2 1,094.1 +3.5 % of which - Construction 655.2 742.7 +13.4 % - Equipment 589.1 628.6 +6.7 % - Resources 262.8 189.9 -27.8 % - Other/Consolidation -71.3 -55.0 n/a Consolidated revenues 1,376.1 1,449.5 +5.3 % Sales revenues 1,344.4 1,404.2 +4.4 % Orders received 1,470.8 1,486.5 +1.1 % Orders in hand 785.0 765.2 -2.5 % EBITDA 163.8 126.0 -23.1 % EBITDA margin (of sales revenues) 12.2 % 9.0 % n/a EBIT (earnings before interest and 72.0 32.1 -55.4 % taxes) EBIT margin (of sales revenues) 5.4 % 2.3 % n/a Net profit or loss 25.8 -19.4 n/a Shareholders' equity 462.5 419.4 -9.3 % Equity ratio 30.2 % 26.5 % n/a Earnings per share in EUR 1.44 -0.99 n/a Employees (on average over the year) 10,253 10,264 +0.1 %* Previous year's figures restated Contact: Contact Christopher Wolf Investor Relations BAUER Aktiengesellschaft BAUER-Strasse 1 86529 Schrobenhausen, Germany Phone: +49 8252 97-1797 Fax: +49 8252 97-2900 [email protected] www.bauer.de End of Corporate News --------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.04.2014 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. 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: BAUER Aktiengesellschaft BAUER-Straße 1 86529 Schrobenhausen Germany Phone: +49 (0)8252 97 1218 Fax: +49 (0)8252 97 2900 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.bauer.de ISIN: DE0005168108 WKN: 516810 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service --------------------------------------------------------------------- 262748 11.04.2014
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