CENIT AG Systemhaus / Half Year Results 07.08.2008 Release of a Adhoc News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CENIT affected by Investment Backlog Expected Revenue in 2008 at 75 m. with 4 to 4.5 m. EBIT Stuttgart, August 7, 2008 With this publication of the 6 Months Figures, we expect a turnover of 75 m. for 2008 (2007: 77 m. ). We also expect an EBIT of 4 to 4.5 m. (2007: 8.4 m. ). Due to the general cautious global economic cyclical trend our customer segment shows a strong investment decline. Thus, our customers did not finalize important expected software and service orders yet. Nevertheless, we could increase our incoming orders by 14% to approx. 52.3 m. (06/2007: 46 m.). The biggest order in CENITs history was signed in May and thus the start date for the service order was set on July 2008. This start was successfully implemented. At the same time, the necessary international recruiting of new staff is going along as expected which leads to increased expenses for newly-hired qualified specialists. The number of employees Group-wide increased by 19% from 578 to 687. Thus, personnel expenditures increased by 1.4 m. compared to the previous year. We also decided upon seizing our hardware business activities earlier then expected. CENITs declining hardware sector was fully restructured and outsourced to an experienced hardware distributor that will now offer these services to CENITs existing customers. On another note, our international subsidiaries show continuously positive development. And the newly acquired cad scheffler GmbH is well integrated after only 6 months as part of the Group and now contributes positively to the Groups turnover and result. 6 Months Figures at a Glance After 6 months, Group-wide sales contracted by 10% to 34.28 m. (06/2007: 38.05 m. ). The gross profit decreased by 4% to 28.25 m. (06/2007: 29.49 m. ). EBITDA attained 1,43 m. (06/2007: 5.21 m. / -73%). EBIT for the reporting period were at 0.87 m. (06/2007: 4,68 m. / -81%). The pre-tax result EBT reached 1.12 m. (06/2007: 4.95 m. / -77%). The net profit was 1.00 m. (06/2007: 3.11 m. / -68%). Group EPS (earnings per share)thus reached 0.12 per share (06/2007: 0.36 / -68%). The operative cashflow attained 1.47 m. (06/2007: 6.26 m. / -77%). On balance-sheet date, the total of bank deposits and securities including current assets amounted to 10.03 m. (31.12.2007: 18.3 m. ) after the deduction of the dividend distribution of 4.2 m. and the acquisition of cad scheffler GmbH that totaled 2.43 m. . The company is still clear of bank liabilities. Incoming orders increased by 14% to 52.3 m. (06/2007: 46 m. ). Holdings - Subsidiaries CENIT (Switzerland) AG achieved sales of 1.9 m. (06/2007: 1,6 m. ), with EBIT at 1.00 m. (06/2007: 0,8 m. ). CENIT North America Inc. was able to achieve sales of 2.7 m. (06/2007: 2,6 m. ), attaining EBIT of 0.1 m. (06/2007: 0,4 m. ). CENIT SRL attained sales amounting to 0.4 m. and EBIT of 0.16 m. . CENIT France achieved sales of 0.13 m. and EBIT of 0.02 m. . cad scheffler, the company integrated into CENIT Group in January 2008 has achieved sales of 1.29 m. and EBIT of 0.24 m. . Breakdown of Earnings The sales volume in the service sector showed a rise by 5% to a current 23.24 m. (06/2007: 22.16 m. ), making it the strongest contributor to sales with a share of 68%. Sales of CENIT software amounted to 4.51 m. (06/2007: 5.96 m. / -24 %) during the first 6 months of the current business year. This means, approx. 13% of total sales can be attributed to CENITs own software. Sales of third party software increased by 16% to 4.66 m. (06/2007: 4.03 m. ), thus amounting for 14% of total sales. Hardware business decreased by 68% to 1.88 m. (06/2007: 5.90 m. ), equaling approx. 5% of CENITs total sales. Outlook The result of operations was lower than expected due to low software sales especially in the PLM sector. However, on medium-term, we expect a reversal of the investment backlog and thus an improvement in the result and sales. Incoming orders of the Group increased by 14% and will thus have a positive influence on the future development. At the beginning of the third quarter 2008, the software sector showed increased activities. As an example, our EIM sector could achieve a turnover of approx. 0.4 m. through one individual order. Our customers show the tendency towards bigger and long-term service orders; therefore, our services sector should rise disproportionately. Our top priority is and will be for the next years set on the expansion of sales of CENIT software. Furthermore, we are looking into filling the vacant 70 job positions. Send queries to: CENIT AG Systemhaus ISIN:DE0005407100 Fabian Rau Vice President Investor Relations & Marketing Industriestraße 52-54, D-70565 Stuttgart Tel.: +49 711 7825-3185 Fax: +49 711 782544-4185 E-Mail: f.rau@cenit.de About CENIT: Since 1988, the company has been active as a specialist for Product Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Information Management and Application Management Outsourcing. CENIT is listed on the Prime Standard of Deutsche Börse and currently employs more than 680 staff. Among others, CENIT serves clients such as Allianz, BMW, Daimler, EADS Airbus, LBS, Metro and VW. A large portion of customers are medium-sized businesses, particularly from the automotive sector and mechanical engineering, e.g. Dürr, Georg Fischer or Leoni. http://www.cenit.de Additional information: This press/ad hoc report may contain future-oriented statements regarding the business, financial and earnings situation of as well as profit projections for CENIT. 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In a future-oriented statement by which CENIT expresses expectations or assumptions with regard to future events, these expectations or assumptions are made in good faith, and it shall be assumed that they are made upon an appropriate basis; however, it cannot be guaranteed that the said statements, expectations or assumptions shall indeed occur, be attained or fulfilled. The actual operative result may diverge significantly from such future-oriented statements and is subject to certain risks. In this regard, please refer to the Business Report of CENIT AG Systemhaus. DGAP 07.08.2008 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: CENIT AG Systemhaus Industriestraße 52 - 54 70565 Stuttgart Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)711 78 25 - 30 Fax: +49 (0)711 78 25 - 4000 E-mail: aktie@cenit.de Internet: www.cenit.de ISIN: DE0005407100 WKN: 540710 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Stuttgart; Freiverkehr in Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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