Continental AG / Quarter Results 29.10.2009 Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On the basis of final figures, Continental AG, Hanover, realized an adjusted EBIT* (EBIT before amortization of intangibles from PPA, consolidation and special effects) of EUR413.4 million in the third quarter of 2009 (PY: EUR319.1 million). With third-quarter sales of EUR5,337 million (PY: EUR5,892 million), the adjusted EBIT margin is 7.8% (PY: 5.5%). The most significant special effect in the third quarter is a non-cash effective goodwill impairment in the three Automotive divisions in the amount of EUR875.8 million. It is essentially due to this impairment that a negative EBIT of EUR-911.8 million was reported for Q3 (PY: EUR162.7 million). In the first nine months of 2009 the corporation realized total sales of EUR14,400.2 million (PY: EUR19,146.0 million) and an adjusted EBIT of EUR662.1 million (PY: EUR1,502.8 million). The EBIT reported for the first nine months amounts to EUR-1,038.0 million (PY: EUR1,075.1 million). The Continental Corporation's financial report for the first nine months of the current fiscal year will be published today on October 29. 29.10.2009 |[![CDATA[|[a href="http://www.dgap.de"|]Financial News transmitted by DGAP|[/a|]]]|] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Continental AG Vahrenwalder StraÃe 9 30165 Hannover Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)511 938-1068 Fax: +49 (0)511 938-1080 E-mail: ir@conti.de Internet: www.conti.de ISIN: DE0005439004 WKN: 543900 Indices: MDAX Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hannover, Stuttgart, Hamburg; Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München; Terminbörse EUREX; Foreign Exchange(s) Luxembourg, SWX End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-Adhoc: Continental AG: Quarter Results
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