EANS-Adhoc: A-TEC Industries AG / A-TEC Industries ups EBIT guidance again due to good performance in final quarter

03.02.2010 | 18:00 Uhr

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Company Information/Guidance uplift

03.02.2010

Vienna, 03 February 2010 - A-TEC Industries AG (ISIN AT00000ATEC9) announced today that it is again increasing its earnings guidance. The company had already upgraded its 2009 operating EBIT margin (EBIT as a percentage of revenue) forecast to 3.5% at its Capital Market Day investors´ event in September 2009. Management now expects the EBIT margin to top the 4% mark.

The improvement reflects a strong performance in the fourth quarter of 2009 in the face of continued adverse trading conditions. This showed the A-TEC Industries Group´s diversified structure, with four business divisions, to be a stabilising factor at times of global economic turbulence.

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Further inquiry note:

Investor Relations
Gerald Wechselauer
Phone:  +43 1 22760 - 130 
Email: ir@a-tecindustries.com

Press Office A-TEC Industries AG
Claudia Müller-Stralz
Pleon Publico Public Relations & Lobbying
Phone: +43-1-71786-107
E-Mail: claudia.mueller@pleon-publico.at

Branche: Holding companies
ISIN:    AT00000ATEC9
WKN:     
Index:   ATX Prime
Börsen:  Wien / Regulated free trade