First Sensor presents figures for first quarter of 2015 – Successful business development continues

• Quarterly sales up almost 15% year-on-year.
• Operating result (EBITDA) improves by around 12% to €3.9 million.
• Incoming orders for the quarter increase by €4.5 million to almost €35 million.
• Forecast for 2015 confirmed: sales of €128-132 million, EBITDA of €14-16 million.

First Sensor AG, ISIN DE0007201907, makes a positive start to the 2015 financial year. The provider of sensors and sensor solutions increased its total sales by 14.9% year on year to around €33.3 million in the first three months of 2015 (3M 2014: €29.0 million). At just under €3.9 million, the operating result (EBITDA) was up around 11.8% on the comparative figure for the previous year (3M 2014: €3.5 million). EBIT adjusted for write-downs on purchase price allocations increased by around 7.8% to around €1.5 million (3M 2014: €1.4 million). Hence the consolidated net income of the First Sensor Group for the period increased year-on-year to around €1.7 million.

Incoming orders rose by 14.7% to €34.9 million (3M 2014: €30.4 million), while orders on hand increased by €4.2 million or 4.8% to €90.6 million.

The financial report as of March 31, 2015 is available for download on the Internet from the Investor Relations pages.

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