DGAP-News: E.ON SE / Key word(s): Interim Report E.ON SE: E.ON's transformation making progress 11.05.2016 / 07:30 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- E.ON's transformation making progress - EBITDA and underlying net income surpass prior-year figures owing to one-off effects - Economic net debt reduced by EUR1.1 billion because of seasonal factors - Adjusted forecast for full-year 2016 EBITDA and underlying net income affirmed E.ON's first-quarter results were in line with expectations. EBITDA increased from EUR2.8 billion to EUR3.1 billion. Underlying net income also rose by EUR300 million to EUR1.3 billion. The earnings improvement is attributable to a nonrecurring positive effect resulting from the agreement with Gazprom to adjust the terms of long-term gas supply contracts. Without this effect, E.ON's earnings would have been slightly below the figure from the first quarter of the prior year. "Our first-quarter results indicate that parts of our traditional operating business remain under pressure. That's why it's all the more important that since the start of the year E.ON's transformation has moved forward according to plan. We presented E.ON and Uniper's strategy and financial plan to the capital market at the end of April in London. The course we've set was met with considerable approval. At our Annual Shareholders Meeting on June 8, we intend to convince our owners that the planned spinoff will give E.ON and Uniper better prospects for the future than they would have under our old setup. I'm very confident that we'll succeed, paving the way for Uniper's public listing in the second half of 2016," said Michal Sen, E.ON SE's Chief Financial Officer, on the company's results for the first three months of the new financial year. Financial discipline called for Sen emphasized that 2016 would mark a new beginning and be a transitional year: "The dislocations in our market environment and the need to provide Uniper with a solid capital structure will leave their marks on the new E.ON's balance sheet. 2016 is a year of transition and marks a new start. In the medium term we will focus on our core business activities, i.e. energy networks, customer solutions and renewable energies. These stable sources of income, a sound financial structure, stringent resource allocation, steadfast customer orientation and superior performance across all businesses will lay the foundation for us to position ourselves in the new energy world." Gazprom effect dominates first-quarter results In the first quarter of 2016 E.ON recorded EBITDA, which it adjusts for extraordinary effects, of EUR3.1 billion, about EUR200 million more than the prior-year figure. Earnings were higher primarily in the Global Commodities segment because Uniper and Gazprom agreed to new terms for long-term gas supply contracts, enabling E.ON to release provisions. This alone yielded roughly EUR400 million in earnings. E.ON also achieved operating improvements in its gas-trading business. Together, these effects enabled the Global Commodities segment to increase its earnings by EUR600 million. E.ON's newly commissioned assets-Amrumbank West and Humber Gateway offshore wind farms and unit 3 at Maasvlakte power station-also had a positive impact on earnings. These positive factors were partially offset by lower market prices, the decommissioning of generating capacity, the divestment of the E&P business in the Norwegian North Sea and generating capacity in Spain and Italy, and a power-plant outage and the resulting earnings decline in Russia. Thanks primarily to the increase in EBITDA, E.ON's underlying net income improved by EUR300 million year on year, from EUR1 billion to EUR1.3 billion. Seasonally strong cash flow helped the company reduce its economic net debt by EUR1.1 billion to EUR26.6 billion. Updated forecast affirmed After the first quarter E.ON stands by its updated forecast for full-year 2016. E.ON had adjusted this forecast in March after the agreement with Gazprom. E.ON expects its full-year 2016 EBITDA to be between EUR6.4 and EUR6.9 billion and its underlying net income to be between EUR1.5 and EUR1.9 billion. This press release may contain forward-looking statements based on current assumptions and forecasts made by E.ON Group Management and other information currently available to E.ON. Various known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors could lead to material differences between the actual future results, financial situation, development, or performance of the company and the estimates given here. E.ON SE does not intend, and does not assume any liability whatsoever, to update these forward-looking statements or to conform them to future events or developments. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.05.2016 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP 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: E.ON SE Brüsseler Platz 1 45131 Essen Germany Phone: +49 (0)201-184 00 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.eon.com ISIN: DE000ENAG999 WKN: ENAG99 Indices: DAX, EURO STOXX 50 Listed: Regulated Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart; Terminbörse EUREX; Mailand End of News DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 462307 11.05.2016