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First Sensor: Non-recurring effects result in correction of earnings forecast

12.10.2015 / 17:04
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First Sensor's Shares: ISIN DE0007201907 Ι WKN (German Securities Identification Number) 720190

Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart

First Sensor: Non-recurring effects result in correction of earnings forecast

* EBITDA forecast for 2015 lowered from EUR15-17 million to EUR12-14 million.
* Guidance for development of sales in current year raised to EUR136 million.
* Investments in plant closure in Singapore will result in significant cost reduction from 2016 onward.
* Valuation allowances recognized in inventories due to strategic realignment.
* Forecast takes account of expenses arising from optimized quality and risk management.

Berlin, October 12, 2015 - First Sensor AG has adjusted its EBITDA forecast for the current fiscal year from EUR15-17 million to EUR12-14 million. Operating business is continuing to develop very positively and stably. For this reason, First Sensor AG is increasing its previously forecast guidance for sales from EUR132-134 million to up to EUR136 million.

The adjustment of the forecast for 2015 is attributable to two non-recurring earnings effects during the third quarter and the inclusion of expenses arising from optimized quality and risk management. These are the result of the consistent implementation of First Sensor AG's successful strategic realignment in the third quarter.

As part of the strategic concentration of production capacity at profitable units, the location in Singapore is being closed. Ongoing production will be divided between the existing German locations, thus achieving very good capacity utilization and saving costs. First Sensor expects to save around EUR750,000 per year starting from 2016. This will be offset by the non-recurring closure costs of around EUR1 million. The company has taken precautions to ensure that it can continue to serve the strategically important Asian market reliably in the future.

The strategic realignment toward high-growth markets and their higher-margin business segments led to the recognition of a non-recurring valuation allowance of around EUR1.4 million in the Group's inventories in the third quarter. This was attributable to inventory productions from a wide range of areas from the past, whose remaining stocks have no longer been part of the new, targeted marketing and sales concept since 2014.

With the integration and the aim of clearly positioning the company as a quality provider in a higher-margin environment over the medium term, the Group also began to develop a sophisticated, Group-wide risk and quality management system. Owing to the higher transparency and a redefined risk assessment, additional quality risks have already been identified and taken into account. The expansion of risk and quality management will be continued on an ongoing basis.

First Sensor AG
The Management Board

About First Sensor AG
First Sensor AG is one of the world's leading suppliers in the field of sensor systems. Our company develops and manufactures standardized and customized sensor solutions for applications in the Industrial, Medical and Mobility growth markets. With over 800 employees, we are represented at six German locations and also have development, production and sales sites in the USA, Canada, China, the Netherlands, Great Britain, France, Sweden and Denmark along with a worldwide partner network. First Sensor AG is a German public limited company and has been listed in the Prime Standard of the German stock exchange in Frankfurt since 1999. For more details on First Sensor, please visit http://www.first-sensor.com/.

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