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21.03.2012 06:35

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- Revenue up 15.7 %  year-on-year to EUR 589.6 million
- EBIT rises to EUR 34.1 million 
- Earnings per share climb to EUR 0.39
- Proposed dividend of EUR 0.20 per share
- Kontron remains on profitable growth path in 2012

Eching near Munich, March 21, 2012 - Kontron AG, the globally leading
provider of embedded computer technology, achieved new revenue record of
EUR 589.6 million in the 2011 financial year, reflecting 15.7 %  growth.
Operating earnings (EBIT) also registered a very positive trend, rising
from EUR -5.8 million in the previous year to EUR 34.1 million in 2011.
Earnings per share increased to EUR 0.39 (2010: EUR -0.24). The Management
and Supervisory boards will propose to the Shareholders' General Meeting to
be held in June 2012 that it approves the payment of a EUR 0.20 per share
dividend.

As a consequence, 2011 revenue exceeded the forecast, and profitability
reflects Kontron AG's robust development in a difficult environment.
Operating earnings were also up by around 40 %  when adjusting for the
one-off special effects connected with the Malaysia activities. The
dividend will be held at EUR 0.20 per share to allow shareholders to
participate directly in this pleasing trend. Kontron AG shareholders can
thereby count on a dividend yield that is equivalent to 3.9 %  of the 2011
year-end closing price of the company's share.
 
Kontron AG aims to continue on its growth path in 2012. In this context,
Kontron is diversified to an extent hardly matched by any competitor
worldwide given its offering of embedded computer systems and solutions for
applications in the meanwhile seven sectors of industrial automation,
energy, transportation, telecommunications, infotainment, medical
technology, and security & defense. Kontron will focus on the higher-margin
systems and solutions areas in the future. The sale of the production
plants of the Malaysian subsidiary KDMS to strategic partner Plexus Corp.
in January 2012 formed an important step as part of this focusing.

Given the economic and business environment, Kontron is retaining its
forecast for 2012 that it issued at the start of this year. Public-sector
entities around the world are important buyers of Kontron's embedded
computer products. Kontron anticipates moderate business progress in the
first half of the year given the difficult financial circumstances
surrounding many state budgets. At the same time, management expects
significant positive impulses in the second half of 2012. Kontron assumes
its 2012 revenue to remain at the previous year's level (EUR 574 million on
an adjusted basis), with a potential variance of +/-3 % . The EBIT margin
should also rise.  Kontron has created good preconditions for further
growth given a renewed improvement in its financial structure in 2011: an
equity ratio of 63.7 %  (2010: 62.2 % ), equity of EUR 333.6 million (2010:
EUR 320.8 million), and EUR 31.6 million of operating cash flow (2010: EUR
16.2 million).








Investor Relations:                  Further information:
Gaby Moldan                          Dr. Udo Nimsdorf   
Kontron AG                           Engel & Zimmermann AG
Oskar-von-Miller-Str. 1,             Agentur für Wirtschaftskommunikation
D-85386 Eching                       Schloss Fußberg, Am Schlosspark 15, 
Phone: +49 (0) 8165/77212 
Fax: +49 (0) 8165/77222              D-82131 Gauting
                                     Phone: +49 (0) 89-89 35 633, 
                                     Fax: +49 (0) 89-89 39 84 29
E-mail: Gaby.Moldan@kontron.com      E-mail: info@engel-zimmermann.de   


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Language:     English
Company:      Kontron AG
              Oskar-von-Miller-Str. 1
              85386 Eching
              Germany
Phone:        08165-77-225
Fax:          08165-77-222
E-mail:       gaby.moldan@kontron.com
Internet:     www.kontron.com
ISIN:         DE0006053952
WKN:          605395
Indices:      TecDAX
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
              in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München, Stuttgart
 
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