SURTECO SE / Key word(s): Interim Report/Quarter Results 09.11.2012 07:40 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buttenwiesen-Pfaffenhofen, 9 November 2012 - SURTECO SE generated sales of EUR 313.0 million in the first three quarters of 2012. The leading manufacturer of surface technologies based on plastics and technical papers for the international construction and furnishing industry thereby maintained the sales volume at the level of the equivalent year-earlier period (EUR 312.9 million). A decrease of 3 % was posted on the German market while foreign sales rose by 2 %. The strategic Business Unit Plastics closed the first nine months of the reporting year with sales of EUR 182.5 million (+1 %). The paper segment generated EUR 130.5 million (-2 %). Both Strategic Business Units succeeded in generating growth of 2 % in foreign markets. Growth for the Strategic Business Unit Paper in the domestic market fell by 9 %. The plastics segment achieved growth of 1 % in Germany. During the first three quarters of 2012, the operating result (EBITDA) of the SURTECO Group amounted to EUR 41.0 million (-9 %). Earnings before tax (EBT) came down from EUR 18.6 to EUR 18.1 million. The increased cost of materials and personnel expenses was countered by an improved financial result. Consolidated net profit amounted to EUR 13.1 million (2011: EUR 12.1 million) after the first nine months of the reporting year. 11,075,522 no-par-value shares yield earnings per share of EUR 1.19 (2011: EUR 1.09). 09.11.2012 DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: SURTECO SE Johan-Viktor-Bausch-Str. 2 86647 Buttenwiesen-Pfaffenhofen Germany Phone: +49 (0)8274 99 88-0 Fax: +49 (0)8274 99 88-5 05 E-mail: ir@surteco.com Internet: www.surteco.com ISIN: DE0005176903 WKN: 517 690 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), München; Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------