Porsche Automobil Holding SE / AGM/EGM/Forecast
25.01.2008
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Stuttgart. Despite economic conditions becoming more difficult, Porsche
Automobil Holding SE, Stuttgart, is developing positively. In the first six
months of the current 2007/08 financial year (1 August 2007 - 31 January
2008) the Company is expected to show an increase in revenues, based on the
figures up to mid-January 2008, of approximately 14.2 per cent to Euro 3.5
billion. Sales are expected to increase by an even more significant 18.7
per cent to approximately 46,600 units. This will be announced by the
President and Chief Executive Officer of Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Dr.
Wendelin Wiedeking, at the Annual General Meeting of the Company this
Friday in the Stuttgart Porsche Arena.
Earnings in the first six months will not be announced until the
presentation of the Semi-Annual Report in March, since, according to the
international IFRS accounting standards, VW's figures for the fourth
quarter 2007 still have to be taken into account and are not yet available.
Dr. Wiedeking added: 'The semi-annual results are also expected to reflect
our optimistic expectations. The operating profit in our car business is
developing according to plan and our hedging transactions in the context of
our long-term VW strategy look good.'
In terms of sales, the Cayenne model series has picked up significant
momentum, clearly underlining and confirming the development already seen
in the first four months of the 2007/08 financial year. Sales of Porsche's
sports utility are expected to double in the first half of the year to some
20,340 units, clearly confirming the ongoing great interest in the new
Cayenne, even though the previous year's figure of 9,940 units sold was
characterised by the discontinuation of the first generation of the Cayenne
in November 2006. Accounting for sales of presumably 16,360 units by the
end of the first half, the 911 will be down approximately 5.6 per cent from
the very high figure in the same period last year of 17,329 units. The
Boxster series including the Cayman models is expected to account for sales
of 9,900 units following 11,979 in the same period last year.
The increase in sales varies from one region to the other: Up by an
anticipated 11.4 per cent to approximately 16,200 units, North America is
continuing to develop positively. Porsche is well-prepared for a possible
economic crisis in the USA, with inventories in the local market having
been significantly reduced. Germany shows slight growth to approximately
5,700 units following 5,498 in the same period last year. The increase in
sales in the other regions remains substantial, expected to show growth by
more than 28 per cent in the first six months of the ongoing 2007/08
financial year, equal to approximately 24,700 units in absolute terms.
In all, Porsche intends in fiscal 2007/08 to follow up the high level of
sales in the previous year. New models such as the particularly sporting
Cayenne GTS, the 911 Turbo Cabriolet and the 911 GT2 will contribute to
this positive development in the same way as the Company's ongoing growth
in the future markets China and Russia. Looking at the entire 2007/08
financial year which started on 1 August 2007, Porsche is confident that
the Company will continue its successful course of development, Dr.
Wiedeking says. 'Barring the unexpected, we should again achieve a result
where it will be difficult to suppress tears of joy.'
DGAP 25.01.2008
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Language: English
Issuer: Porsche Automobil Holding SE
Porscheplatz 1
70435 Stuttgart
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)711 911-11000
Fax: +49 (0)711 911-26375
E-mail: info@porsche.de
Internet: www.porsche-se.com
ISIN: DE0006937733
WKN: 693773
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Berlin, Frankfurt (General Standard),
München, Stuttgart; Freiverkehr in Hannover, Hamburg,
Düsseldorf; Terminbörse EUREX
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DGAP-Adhoc: Porsche Automobil Holding SE: Going Well Despite Difficult Times
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