18.08.2016
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG DE000A1681X5
DGAP-News: SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES publishes financial figures for the first half year of 2016
DGAP-News: SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG / Key word(s): Half Year Results
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES publishes financial figures for the first half year of
2016
18.08.2016 / 08:00
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Press release
SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES publishes financial figures for the first half year
of 2016
- High order intake and order backlog
- Sales in the period under review at low level
- Restructuring income results in significantly positive net profit
- Equity ratio positive at 24 %
- Segments Optical Disc and Semiconductor weak, Solar division impacted
by one large order in the CIGS solar segment
- Additional solar orders in negotiation
- Bond restructuring successfully concluded
- Resolved capital increase for cash still pending
Kahl am Main, August 18, 2016 - The course of business in the first half of
2016 for SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG (SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES) was mainly driven
by two factors: the successful implementation of the bond restructuring as
well as the conclusion of several contracts for the delivery of machines
for the production of CIGS solar modules with two subsidiaries of the
Chinese state-owned enterprise China National Building Materials (CNBM) in
the course of the trade fair SNEC in Shanghai, China. The planned final
output volume of each factory will amount to around 300 MW in the end. This
goal is targeted by the customer in a subsequent, second expansion step for
the respective factory sites. The first advanced payment could not yet be
received to the deadline of the present report. The respective advanced
payment was announced, however, in written form and will be expected
promptly.
In the half-year under review SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES (SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES)
signed one major order for CIGS production equipment with an order volume
of around EUR 110 million. Accordingly, the order intake of EUR 131.5
million in the first half of 2016 was significantly higher than the
previous year's level of EUR 73.1 million. Correspondingly, the order
backlog increased to EUR 133.5 million (June 30, 2015: EUR 57.9 million).
The half-year sales for 2016 at EUR 24.6 million were below the prior-year
level of EUR 29.2 million. In the second quarter of 2016 sales in the
amount of EUR 10.5 million were below the level of EUR 16.6 million
achieved in the same quarter one year ago. In the first half of 2016
earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) stood at EUR -9.3 million
(previous year: EUR -9.8 million). In the second quarter 2016 EBIT stood at
EUR -3.5 million (previous year: EUR -3.9 million).
Adjusted for restructuring income the second quarter of 2016 produced an
adjusted EBIT in the amount of EUR -4.7 million (previous year: EUR -3.9
million). In connection with the bond restructuring a restructuring income
in the amount of EUR 41.2 was realized in June 2016. The income was
reported as financial income. From this a financial result of EUR 38.6
million was recognized.
The number of employees in the SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES Group slightly
decreased from 335 salaried employees as of December 31, 2015 to 333
employees as of June 30, 2016.
Successful implementation of the resolved bond restructuring
In the past couple of weeks, SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES has largely concluded
the restructuring of the corporate bond due in 2017. Only the capital
increase for cash resolved by the Extraordinary General Meeting is still
pending.
The purchase offer envisaged bondholders of the old SINGULUS bonds
receiving 96 new shares and two new notes with a nominal value of EUR 100
each exchanging with a nominal value of EUR 1,000 each (including all
ancillary claims) for each old SINGULUS note. Within the subscription
period from June 29, 2016 until July 13, 2016, the former bondholders
exercised the overall existing purchase rights to the following extent:
- Exercised share purchase rights: 4,725,408 shares, corresponding to
82.04 %
- Exercised bond purchase rights: EUR 9,858,200.00 nominal value,
corresponding to 82.15 %
The new shares and new bonds in respect of which former bondholders did not
exercise their subscription right were publicly offered for purchase to the
former bondholders, subscription-entitled shareholders and individual
subscribers. The purchase price for each liquidation share after the
conclusion of the rights offering period was determined at EUR 3.25. The
purchase price for the liquidation bond amounted to 71.25 % of the nominal
value. The payments of the share cash compensation and the bond cash
compensation took place between July 27-29, 2016.
The admission of the new shares (WKN A1681X / ISIN DE000A1681X5) from the
exchange capital increase to the Regulated Market at the Frankfurt Stock
Exchange (Prime Standard) and the admission of the new bonds (WKN A2AA5H /
ISIN DE000A2AA5H5) to the Quotation Board of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
became effective on July 20, 2016. The first quotation of the new shares
took place on July 21, 2016, and the new bonds were quoted for the first
time on July 22, 2016.
Outlook for the business year 2016
On June 1, 2016 SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES with immediate effect revoked the
forecasts for the business years 2016 and 2017 published on March 24, 2016.
The reason is the order received at the end of May from two subsidiaries of
the Chinese state-owned enterprise China National Building Materials for
around EUR 110 million for the delivery of machines for the production of
CIGS solar modules.
Generally, SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES realizes sales in the Solar division
according to the progress of project work. Consequently, the amount of
sales expected in the current business year strongly depends on the course
of the implementation of the order described above. At present, we
anticipate that a major share of sales and earnings for the 2016 business
year will not be realized until the business year 2017, as the order was
placed later than had been assumed at the time of providing the outlook.
The company intends to review and publish the sales and earnings forecasts
for the business year 2016 in the course of the second half of 2016.
SINGULUS company key figures according to IFRS (unverified)
First Half Year 2015 2016 Sales (gross) in million EUR 29.2 24.6 Order intake in million EUR 73.1 131.5 Order backlog (June, 30) in million EUR 57.9 133.5 EBIT in million EUR -9.8 -9.3 EBITDA in million EUR -8.0 -8.1 Earnings before taxes in million EUR -12.2 29.3 Net profit/ loss in million EUR -12.3 29.2 Employees (June, 30) 338 333 Earnings per share, basic in million EUR -40.22 67.53 Second Quarter 2015 2016 Sales (gross) in million EUR 16.6 10.5 Order intake in million EUR 10.3 121.1 EBIT in million EUR -3.9 -3.5 EBITDA in million EUR -3.0 -2.9 Earnings before taxes in million EUR -5.2 36.4 Net profit/ loss in million EUR -5.4 36.3SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES - Innovations for new Technologies SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES is an engineering company and develops and builds machines for economic and resource-efficient production processes. The range of use of the machines built by SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES include vacuum thin-film and plasma coating, wet-chemical cleaning and etching processes as well as thermal processing technology. For all machines, processes and applications SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES utilizes its know-how in the areas of automation and process technology in order to provide additional, attractive work areas with innovative products next to the existing application areas of Solar, Semiconductors and Optical Disc. SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG, Hanauer Landstrasse 103, D-63796 Kahl/Main, New shares: WKN A1681X / ISIN DE000A1681X5 New bonds: WKN A2AA5H / ISIN DE000A2AA5H5 Contact: Maren Schuster, Investor Relations, Tel.: + 49 (0) 160 9609 0279 Bernhard Krause, Corporate Communications, Tel.: + 49 (0) 1709202924 E-Mail: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 18.08.2016 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. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: SINGULUS TECHNOLOGIES AG Hanauer Landstrasse 103 63796 Kahl am Main Germany Phone: +49 (0)1709202924 Fax: +49 (0)6188 440-110 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.singulus.de ISIN: DE000A1681X5, DE000A2AA5H5 WKN: A1681X, A2AA5H Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange End of News DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 493755 18.08.2016
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