3rd Quarter Results
24 July 2003 - 5:18PM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:9101N
Siemens AG
24 July 2003
Ad-hoc Q3
Siemens in the third quarter (April 1 to June 30) of fiscal 2003
* Net income was Euro632 million, compared to Euro725 million in the third
quarter a year earlier.
* Group profit from Operations was Euro1.023 billion, compared to Euro1.098
billion in the same period a year ago. A majority of Siemens Groups
increased their earnings.
* Sales of Euro17.380 billion and orders of Euro17.215 billion were down 15%
and 10%, respectively, from the third quarter a year earlier. Excluding
currency translation and the net effect of acquisitions and
dispositions, orders were down 1% and sales were down 7%.
* Net cash from operating and investing activities for the first nine
months of fiscal 2003 was Euro527 million. Net cash of Euro3.206 billion in
the same period a year earlier benefited from Euro945 million in net
proceeds from portfolio activities. Net cash in the current nine-month
period included an acquisition payment of Euro505 million, approximately
Euro850 million of increases in investments and marketable securities and
supplemental pension contributions totaling Euro442 million in the first
quarter. Net cash from operating and investing activities for the third
quarter was Euro266 million.
"I am satisfied with our third-quarter result," said Siemens CEO Heinrich v.
Pierer. "While the absence of demand growth in key markets, combined with
significant currency translation effects, lowered sales and orders
year-over-year, the trend is more gradual on a consecutive-quarter basis. It is
even more satisfying that most of our Groups were able to move further toward
their target earnings ranges for fiscal 2003. I expect a similarly positive
performance in the fourth quarter. Clearly the Operation 2003 measures are
taking effect, and they are being consistently applied."
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