Q4 FY 2011 Total Segment Result of Euro 195 million and flat sales complete the record 2011 fiscal year

• Quarterly sales of Euro 1.038 billion almost flat sequentially; Total Segment Result margin of 18.8 percent
• 2011 fiscal year: 21 percent sales growth to Euro 4.0 billion at 19.7 percent Total Segment Result margin with Group net income in excess of Euro 1 billion mark all-time highs for the current portfolio. Euro 308 million of cash returned to the capital markets, diluted share count reduced by circa 2.5 percent
• Outlook for the first quarter of the 2012 fiscal year: sales to decline about ten percent; Total Segment Result margin to be 13 to 14 percent
• FY 2012 outlook: Revenue expected to be down a mid single digit percentage versus the 2011 fiscal year with a low to mid teens percentage for Total Segment Result margin

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