SURTECO GROUP SE: Sales and EBIT significantly increased in the first three quarters

- Group sales up by 23 % to € 566.1 million

- EBIT at € 59.1 million up by 105 % compared with year-earlier value despite sustained higher cost of raw materials

- Sales expected between € 725 and € 750 million. EBIT expected between € 63 and € 68 million for 2021

Buttenwiesen, 29 October 2021 - SURTECO GROUP SE, holding company for leading national and international brands of surface technology, once again succeeded in significantly increasing its sales revenues year on year in the third quarter of 2021. Accumulated over the first three quarters, Group sales climbed by 23 % to € 566.1 million compared with the previous year. Sustained high cost of raw materials, which could only be partly passed on and with a delay, is increasingly exerting a negative impact on the cost of materials ratio. Nevertheless, earnings before financial result and income tax (EBIT) rose by 105 % to € 59.1 million compared with the year-earlier value of € 28.8 million. This success was essentially due to improved Group structures in the context of restructuring launched at the end of 2019. Consolidated net profit went up by 112 % to € 39.4 million (2020: € 18.6 million). Insofar, the company is now expecting sales between € 725 and € 750 million (original target range: € 650 to € 675 million) and an EBIT between € 63 and € 68 million (original target range: € 47 to € 52 million) for the full year 2021.

All segments of the Group contributed to the positive results. Decoratives, the biggest segment in the Group, increased sales from € 331.0 million in the previous year to € 410.8 million. EBIT improved from € 21.6 million to the current value of € 50.7 million. Profiles increased sales from € 77.9 million in the previous year to € 102.6 million and EBIT from € 8.1 million to € 10.4 million. Technicals achieved sales of € 52.8 million (2020: € 50.4 million). EBIT went up from € 3.3 million to € 4.7 million.

"In view of the good business performance during the first three quarters, we are targeting sales between € 725 million and 750 million and EBIT between € 63 million and € 68 million for the year 2021 overall. This is subject to the provision that the already tense situation in the raw materials markets does not deteriorate further." according to Wolfgang Moyses, Chairman of the Management Board of SURTECO GROUP SE.

You will find the report for the first three quarters of 2021 and other information about SURTECO GROUP SE on the Internet at www.surteco.com.

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Profile of SURTECO

SURTECO GROUP SE with registered office in Buttenwiesen is a mid-sized holding company with international operations. The company listed on the stock exchange combines leading national and international brands for surface technology under one roof. The comprehensive product portfolio includes papers printed with decor designs, impregnated materials, release papers, decorative flat foils and edgebandings based on specialist technical papers and plastics. This portfolio is complemented by skirtings made of plastics, technical extrusions (profiles) for industry, and roller shutter systems. With more than 3,000 employees at 22 production sites worldwide, the Group generates annual sales of around EUR 627 million in 2020. 27 % of these sales are generated in Germany, 47 % in European countries outside Germany and a further 26 % in America, Asia and Australia. Customers of the SURTECO Group primarily come from the wood-based, flooring and furniture industries, as well as from interior design.

The shares in SURTECO GROUP SE are listed on the official market (Prime Standard) of the Frankfurt and Munich Stock Exchanges under the ticker symbol SUR and ISIN DE0005176903. They are also traded on the stock markets in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Stuttgart.

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