DGAP-News  571  0 Kommentare AIXTRON SE: Initial Success from the 5-Point-Program / Progress in efficiency and cost reduction programs / Customers remain hesitant to invest

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Initial Success from the AIXTRON 5-Point-Program
Progress in efficiency and cost reduction programs
Customers remain hesitant to invest

Aachen, Germany, July 25, 2013 - AIXTRON SE (ISIN DE000A0WMPJ6), a leading
provider of deposition equipment to the semiconductor industry, today
announced revenues of EUR 45.3m for the second quarter of 2013,
representing a quarterly sequential increase of 13 percent compared to EUR
40.2m in Q1/2013. AIXTRON also recorded improvements in its gross profit
and operating result (EBIT).

This development reflects first positive impacts from the 5-Point-Program,
which was started in Q1/2013. Efficiency improvements and cost cutting
measures resulted in reductions in both cost of sales and operating
expenses.

Key Financials

                                       2013  2012         2013  2013

(in EUR million)                       H1    H1    +/-    Q2    Q1    +/-

Revenues                               85.6  88.1    -3%  45.3  40.2    13%

Gross profit                           -35.4 25.0  -242%  12.3  -47.7  126%

Gross margin                           -41%   28%  -69 pp  27%  -118% 145

pp

Operating result (EBIT)                -86.1 -34.7  148%  -9.8  -76.3  -87%

EBIT margin                            -101% -39%  -62 pp -22%  -190% 168

pp

Net result                             -87.8 -23.9 -267%  -11.8 -76.0  -84%

Net result margin                      -103% -27%  -76 pp -26%  -189% 163

pp

Net result per share - basic (EUR)     -0.87 -0.24 -263%  -0.12 -0.75  -84%

Net result per share - diluted (EUR)   -0.87 -0.24 -263%  -0.12 -0.75  -84%

Free cash flow*                         5.6  -37.5  115%  -3.7   9.3  -140%

Equipment order intake                 60.3  61.5    -2%  30.5  29.9     2%

Equipment order backlog (end of

period)                                71.7  137.7  -48%  71.7  78.4    -9%

* Operating CF + Investing CF + Changes in Cash Deposits

Investment demand from LED manufacturers remained subdued despite a
continued reduction of production overcapacities in the market. This was
also reflected in the development of order intake (Q2/2013: EUR 30.5m;
Q1/2013: EUR 29.9m).

Gross profit in Q2/2013 amounted to EUR 12.3m and thus came in
significantly better than the previous quarter which had been affected by
inventory write-downs (Q1/2013: EUR -47.7m; Q2/2012: EUR 14.7m; H1/2013: