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27.03.2012
At its meeting on March 27, 2012, the RHI Supervisory Board approved the annual
financial statements 2011 of RHI AG and the consolidated financial statements
2011. The preliminary results of the RHI as published on March 6, 2012 are thus
confirmed.
in EUR million 2011 2010 Change
Revenues 1,758.6 1,522.9 15.5%
Operating result1) 148.6 138.8 7.1%
Operating result margin 8.4% 9.1% (7.7)%
EBIT 150.9 126.0 19.8%
EBIT margin 8.6% 8.3% 3.6%
Profit before income taxes 125.5 104.6 20.0%
Profit for the year 120.8 104.6 15.5%
Earnings per share 3.03 2.63 15.2%
1) before reversal of impairment losses /impairment losses and restructuring
expenses
As announced previously, the Management Board of RHI AG will propose a dividend
of EUR 0.75 per share to the Annual General Meeting on May 3, 2012.
Moreover, the appointment period of the Board members Franz Struzl, Manfred Hödl
and Giorgio Cappelli was extended for five years at the meeting of the
Supervisory Board and Barbara Potisk-Eibensteiner was appointed Chief Financial
Officer for a period of five years as of April 1, 2012. Mark J. Eckhout will
resign from the RHI Management Board as of March 31, 2012 and take over an
important position in the development of the US market for the RHI Group.
Details on the annual results and the online version of the annual financial
report 2011 are available on the RHI website www.rhi-ag.com.
Further inquiry note:
RHI AG
Investor Relations
Mag. Barbara Potisk-Eibensteiner
Tel: +43-1-50213-6123
Email: barbara.potisk@rhi-ag.com
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issuer: RHI AG
Wienerbergstrasse 9
A-1100 Wien
phone: +43 (0)50213-6123
FAX: +43 (0)50213-6130
mail: rhi@rhi-ag.com
WWW: http://www.rhi-ag.com
sector: Refractories
ISIN: AT0000676903
indexes: ATX Prime, ATX
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English