EANS-Adhoc: Von Roll Holding AG / Profit warning for fiscal year 2012

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Financial Figures/Balance Sheet/Profit warning 18.01.2013

- Difficult market conditions in second half-year - Earnings for 2012 heavily impacted by extraordinary charges

Au / Wädenswil, Switzerland, 18 January 2013 - Due to persistently difficult market conditions in the second half of 2012, Von Roll Holding AG has recorded significantly weaker sales in its core markets. Consolidated sales for the 2012 business year declined by 8.5% from CHF 543 million to CHF 497 million, with a significant 16.4% decline especially in the fourth quarter 2012. Large and technically demanding projects in the transformer business resulted in delivery delays and extraordinary expenses. Reorganization and restructuring projects also impacted transformer business during the second half of 2012. Furthermore, non-recurring charges and impairment losses on intangible assets negatively affected the operating result. Von Roll expects a sharp overall decline for the fiscal year 2012. However, the Von Roll equity ratio continues to reflect an outstandingly robust balance and financing structure. The results of the fiscal year 2012 will be published on 18 March 2013.

About Von Roll Holding AG: Von Roll is an international, medium-sized industrial company specialising in products and services for electrical insulation, electrical technology and power transmission and distribution as well as water treatment. Based in Switzerland, Von Roll has around 3,000 employees and is represented at over 30 production and distribution sites across the world.

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