DGAP-News: UR Holding S.p.A.: Publication of Mid-term Report 2011

DGAP-News: UR Holding S.p.A. / Key word(s): Half Year Results
UR Holding S.p.A.: Publication of Mid-term Report 2011

05.09.2011 / 18:00

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Corporate News

CORPORATE NEWS SEPTEMBER 5th, 2011

UR Holding S.p.A.
Publication of the 2011 Mid-term Report

– Further increase in consolidated bookings by 3.1% up to EUR18.6m
(mid-term 2010 EUR18.0m)

– Significant increase in consolidated sales by 14.9% up to EUR18.7m
(mid-term 2010 EUR16.3m)

– Strong increase in earnings, EBIT increased by 94.2% up to EUR1.01m
(mid-term 2010 EUR0.52m)

– Positive trend from the first six months continues and positive outlook
for 2011 as a whole reinforced

Milan, September 5th, 2011: UR Holding S.p.A. (SIN: A0LBEG/ISIN
IT0003463772) today published its report on the first half of 2011
financial year.

UR Holding S.p.A. was able to continue the positive trend in bookings
during 2010 and also into the first six months of the fiscal year 2011. The
level of incoming orders has increased slightly by 3.1% and have now
reached a level of EUR18.62m (mid-term 2010: EUR18.06m).

The ongoing high level of incoming orders over the last 12 months has also
already positively impacted on sales during the 2nd half of 2010 and this
has been continued also in 2011. Sales have been significantly increased by
14.9% up to EUR18.74m (mid-term 2010: EUR16.31%).

The investments of UR Holding S.p.A. in the evolution of its strategy for
the Power- and Communication division has lead the Company towards more
stable markets. The increased solution portfolio, including now also
sub-system and complete systems has lead to a higher profitability on the
overall business. The consolidated EBIT has significantly increased by
94.2% up to EUR1.01m (mid-term 2010: EUR0.52m), the net earnings have
amounted to 892,000 Euro – equal to 12 Cents earnings per share (mid-term
2010: 3 Cents).

–The stable trend in bookings as well as the increased profitability have
shown that we are on the right way to position UR Group well for the
future. We will continue to invest in our organization with a special focus
on our supply chain activities and also to further increase our presence in
North America. Based on our stable position in Europe, we will put also a
special focus on the German market where we consider the biggest
opportunities to support the growth our Company in Europe. The target is to
define the strategy until the end of 2011 and to implement it during 2012–
says Stefan Haas, Chief Financial Officer of UR Holding S.p.A.

The Management Board

UR consolidated key figures as at June 30, 2011

Balance sheet ratios

2011-06-30   2010-06-30   Variance

                               EUR 000      EUR 000    EUR 000         %

Balance Sheet Total             16,733       16,617      + 832    + 0.7%

Total Equity                     7,158        6,292      + 866   + 13.8%

Liabilities                      9,575       10,325      - 750    - 7.8%

Equity Ratio (%)                 42,8%        37.9%               + 4.9%

Cash and cash equivalents        1,695        1,616       + 79    + 4.9%

Income statement ratios

2011-06-30    2010-06-30    Variance

                           EUR 000       EUR 000     EUR 000          %

Revenues                    18,737        16,314     + 2,423     + 14.8

EBITDA                       1,110           641       + 469     + 73.1

EBIT                         1,011           523       + 488     + 93.2

Financial Result               118           -71       + 189        N/A

EBT                          1,188           460       + 728    + 158.3

Profit of the year             892           238       + 654    + 274.9

Earnings per share            0.12          0.03      + 0.09     + 300%

About UR Holding:

Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Milan, UR Holding

S.p.A. is a specialized and focused sales organization for electronic high-

tech components and systems in the electronics industry. Unlike

conventional

sales companies, UR has far-reaching technological expertise, an

international group structure, a comprehensive understanding of the market

and is providing complimentary supply-chain services for it--s customers.

Thanks to this unique market positioning, UR is one of Europe--s leading

demand creation companies in the electronics industry.



Contact:  UR Holding

S.p.A., Viale Edison 44, 20090 Trezzano S/N (MI), Italy

 Phone: +39 02 4840

1580 / Fax: +39 02 4840 1581 / corporate@urgroup.com / www.ur-home.com

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