DGAP-Adhoc: SAF-HOLLAND S.A.: Increase in earnings and sales in first quarter


SAF-HOLLAND S.A. / Preliminary Results

23.04.2010 09:49 

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Improving market conditions helped SAF-HOLLAND S.A. achieve a significant
increase in earnings in the first quarter. According to preliminary
figures, adjusted EBIT in the first three months of 2010 amounted to
approximately EUR 4.8 million (Q1 2009: EUR -0.5 million), which
corresponds to an increase of 4.5 million EUR when compared with the fourth
quarter of 2009. Group sales also climbed in the reporting period,
according to preliminary figures, to approximately EUR 125.0 million (Q1
2009: 112.1). This represents an increase of EUR 21.8 million or 21.1%
compared to the fourth quarter of 2009.

Luxembourg, April 23, 2010
The Board of Directors of SAF-HOLLAND S.A.




Contact:
SAF-HOLLAND Group GmbH
Barbara Zanzinger
Hauptstraße 26
63856 Bessenbach

Phone +49 6095 301-617
barbara.zanzinger@safholland.de




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Language:     English
Company:      SAF-HOLLAND S.A.
              68-70, boulevard de la Pétrusse
              L-2320 Luxembourg
              Luxemburg
Phone:        +49 6095 301 - 0
Fax:          +49 6095 301 - 260
E-mail:       info@safholland.de
Internet:     www.safholland.com
ISIN:         LU0307018795
WKN:          A0MU70
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
              in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Hamburg, Stuttgart
 
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