Interim Report for first half-year 2013/14.
Roblon's half-year results improvement on last year.
At its meeting today, the Board of ROBLON A/S adopted the company's unaudited
interim report for the period 1 November 2013 to 30 April 2014.
Summary:
* Revenue for the first half-year of 2013/14 increased by 8.4% to DKK 124.8
million, compared to DKK 115.1 million the previous year.
* Operating profit amounted to DKK 22.2 million compared to DKK 17.5 million
the previous year.
* The EBIT margin is 17.8% compared to 15.2% the previous year.
* Profit before tax was DKK 22.9 million compared to DKK 17.9 million the
previous year.
* Profit after tax was DKK 17.3 million compared to DKK 13.4 million the
previous year.
* Revenue figures for the product group areas are broadly as expected. The
"cable fibres/cable machinery" and "TWM" areas reported slightly higher
sales than expected, while the "offshore" area reported lower sales than
expected.
* Roblon expects revenue and earnings for the full financial year, as
previously announced, to be in the region of DKK 250 to 275 million and
profit before tax to be somewhere between DKK 35 and 45 million.
Frederikshavn, 24 June 2014
Roblon A/S
Jørgen Kjær Jacobsen
Chairman of the Board
[HUG#1795171]
