SURTECO SE / Key word(s): Preliminary Results/Final Results 14.03.2013 07:43 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ad-hoc release pursuant to Article § 15 Securities Trading Act (WpHG) 14 March 2013 SURTECO SE: Preliminary results 2012 SURTECO SE, one of the leading manufacturers of surface materials based on plastics and technical papers for the international construction and furnishing industry, generated sales amounting to 407.7 million euros in the business year 2012 (2011: 408.8 million euros). While the domestic market fell back by 3 %, foreign sales went up by 1 %. The share of foreign sales in total sales increased by 2 percentage points to 69 %. The sales of the Strategic Business Unit Plastics rose by 1 % to 237.6 million euros. Sales in the paper segment slowed by 2 % and reached 170.1 million euros. During the course of 2012, the Group achieved an operating result (EBITDA) of 51.7 million euros after 56.1 million euros in 2011. The decline was essentially caused by a one-off expense amounting to 1.7 million euros for restructuring measures and the collectively agreed payscale increase for wages and salaries which could not be passed on to customers in their entirety. The financial result improved significantly because the package of shares in Pfleiderer AG still held by SURTECO was subject to impairment in the previous year. The preliminary operating result before tax (EBT) amounted to some 21 million euros (2011: 22.9 million euros). SURTECO SE will publish the complete, audited annual financial statements for the business year 2012 on 30 April 2013. 14.03.2013 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------