DGAP-News: Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG / Key word(s): Quarter Results Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG: Annouoncement of Q1/2015 results 05.05.2015 / 07:30 --------------------------------------------------------------------- PRESS RELEASE Pfeiffer Vacuum announces results for Q1/2015 - Q1/2015 sales 8.5 percent higher than in prior year - Q1/2015 EBIT margin at 15.4 percent - Order intake in the amount of EUR 120.3 million Asslar, May 5, 2015. Pfeiffer Vacuum generated sales of EUR 106.9 million during the first quarter of 2015 during which an EBIT margin of 15.4 percent was achieved. This resulted in earnings per share of 1.16 euros for the quarter. The figures at a glance:

                                  Q1/2015           Q1/2014        Change

                  Sales        EUR 106.9m         EUR 98.6m         +8.5%
Operating profit (EBIT)         EUR 16.4m         EUR 10.2m        +61.1%
             Net income         EUR 11.4m          EUR 6.9m        +66.6%
     Earnings per share          EUR 1.16          EUR 0.70        +65.7%

           Order intake        EUR 120.3m        EUR 100.7m        +19.5%
          Order backlog         EUR 72.7m         EUR 63.1m        +15.2%

"The year 2015 has commenced significantly better than the prior year", comments Manfred Bender, CEO of Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG. "Besides the increase in sales and earnings, we are especially content about the ongoing strong demand from the analytics and semiconductor market segments. For this reason we remain convinced that 2015 will achieve noticeably higher sales and an improved EBIT margin compared to the prior year." Bender carries out further: "In the first quarter we recorded an operating cash flow of EUR 19.7 million. The liquid assets at the end of the period amounted to EUR 120.3 million and clearly surpassed our financial liabilities of EUR 31.1 million. We obviously maintain a net cash position on the balance sheet." The development of sales was somewhat heterogeneous both concerning the market segments as well as the regional sales split: The distribution of sales by market segment showed a 29.9 percent increase in semiconductor to EUR 36.7 million (Q1/2014: EUR 28.3 million). Sales in the industry segment declined by 6.8 percent to EUR 25.2 million (Q1/2014: EUR 27.1 million). The analytics segment increased 17.5 percent to EUR 21.9 million (Q1/2014: EUR 18.6 million). The sales contribution from the research and development improved by 4.3 percent to EUR 12.8 million (Q1/2014: EUR 12.3 million) and sales in the coating market segment contracted by 16.8 percent to EUR 10.2 million in the reported period (Q1/2014: EUR 12.3 million). In Europe, sales declined by 5.4 percent to EUR 44.1 million in the first quarter 2015 (Q1/2014: EUR 46.6 million). Sales in Asia increased 14.7 percent in the reported period to EUR 36.4 million (Q1/2014: EUR 31.7 million). In the Americas an increase of 30.9 percent was realized, hence taking the sales figure to EUR 26.2 million (Q1/2014: EUR 20.0 million). Concerning product sales, the service business grew by 16.1 percent to EUR 23.7 million (Q1/2014: EUR 20.4 million). Sales with instruments and components which amounted to EUR 24.8 million were 2.8 percent higher in the reported period (Q1/2014: EUR 24.1 million). Backing pump sales experienced an increase of 19.1 percent to EUR 25.0 million (Q1/2014: EUR 21.0 million). The increase in turbopump sales amounted to 5.4 percent and took the figure to EUR 32.8 million (Q1/2014: EUR 31.1 million). With sales of EUR 0.5 million (Q1/2014: EUR 1.9 million) the systems business plays a limited role. New orders in the first three months of 2015 totaled EUR 120.3 million and were hence 19.5 percent higher versus the previous corresponding figure (Q1/2014: EUR 100.7 million). The book-to-bill ratio, the ratio of order intake to sales, was 1.13 for the period (Q1/2014: 1.02). The company's order backlog of EUR 72.7 million on March 31, 2015, was 15.2 percent higher than the corresponding figure one year earlier (March 31, 2014: EUR 63.1 million). Pfeiffer Vacuum's gross profit margin in the first three months of 2015 increased by 0.5 percentage points to 37.0 percent (Q1/2014: 36.5 percent). The period's operating profit of EUR 16.4 million was 61.1 percent above the prior year's corresponding figure (Q1/2014: EUR 10.2 million). This resulted in an EBIT margin of 15.4 percent (Q1/2014: 10.4 percent). Net income amounted to EUR 11.4 million and thus was 66.6 percent higher than a year earlier (Q1/2014: EUR 6.9 million). This translated to earnings per share of EUR 1.16 for the reported first quarter of 2015 (Q1/2014: EUR 0.70). Attachments: Income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement Contact Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG Investor Relations Eerik Budarz T +49 6441 802 1346 F +49 6441 802 1365 [email protected] About Pfeiffer Vacuum Pfeiffer Vacuum (stock exchange symbol PFV, ISIN DE0006916604) is one of the world's leading providers of vacuum solutions. In addition to a full range of hybrid and magnetically levitated turbopumps, the product portfolio encompasses backing pumps, measurement and analysis devices, components as well as vacuum chambers and systems. Ever since the invention of the turbopump by Pfeiffer Vacuum, the company has stood for innovative solutions and high-tech products that are used in the markets Analytics, Industry, Research & Development, Coating and Semiconductor. Founded in 1890, Pfeiffer Vacuum is globally active today. The company employs a workforce of some 2,250 people and has more than 20 subsidiaries. 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