Ansaldo STS S.p.A
Via P. Mantovani, 3-5, 16151 Genoa - Italy
Press Office
Phone +39 010 655 2067 - Fax +30 010 655 2939
A Finmeccanica Company
Ansaldo STS, listed on the Italian Stock Exchange, is an international leading technology company that operates through two Business Units: Transportation Solutions and
Signalling in the global Railway & Mass Transit Transportation business with the provision of traffic management, planning, train control and signalling systems and services.
It acts as lead contractor and turnkey provider on major projects worldwide. Ansaldo STS is headquartered in Genoa, Italy, and employs over 4,300 people in 28 countries.
In 2008, its revenues reached
1.106
M, with a gross operating margin of
118M and net profits of 77.6
M.
27 January 2010
Ansaldo STS Releases Preliminary Financial Year 2009 estimates
New orders at EUR 1,790 million
Order backlog worth EUR 3,760 million
Revenues at EUR 1,175 million
EBIT at EUR 125 million; ROS at 10.6%
Net financial position: EUR 278 million
Financial calendar for 2010 approved
Please note that the figures contained in this press release are currently being audited by
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS SpA, Ansaldo STS’s external auditing company. The results of
the audit will be released at the same time as the annual report and accounts are approved.
The Board of Directors of Ansaldo STS met today under the chairmanship of
Alessandro Pansa to examine the preliminary estimates for the company’s main
results for 2009, which are as follows:
New orders: EUR 1,790 million (EUR 1,297 million at 31/12/2008); order backlog:
EUR 3,760 million (EUR 3,136 million at 31/12/2008); revenues: EUR 1,175 million
(EUR 1,105 million at 31/12/2008); EBIT: EUR 125 million (EUR 118 million at
31/12/2008); ROS: 10.6% (10.6% at 31/12/2008); net financial position:
EUR 278 million (EUR 196 million at 31/12/2008).
The Board welcomed the results, which confirm that the company has succeeded in
reaching its stated targets.
The Board also approved the financial calendar for 2010.
Financial Calendar 2010
Wednesday 27 January
Approval of financial calendar 2010
Monday 1 March
Approval of the ASTS SpA draft annual report for 2009
Friday 23 April
Approval of first-quarter 2010 report
Thursday 22 April
(1^ conv.)
Friday 23 April
(2^ conv.)
Shareholders’ meetings
Tuesday 27 July
Approval of first-half report
Wednesday 3 November
Approval of third-quarter 2010 report
Ansaldo STS SpA
PRESS RELEASE
Pursuant to article 2.2.3, paragraph 3 of the Italian stock market regulations, the draft
annual results and the consolidated accounts approved by the Board of Directors will
be published within 75 days of the end of the financial year, instead of the interim
results for the fourth quarter of 2009.
Conference calls/meetings for the presentation of the results to the financial
community will usually be held on the day or the day after the Board of Directors
approves the results.
Any changes to this calendar will be announced immediately.
Alberto Milvio, the director responsible for drawing up the company’s accounting statements,
hereby declares, pursuant to article 154-bis, paragraph 2 of the Testo Unico della Finanza law,
that the information contained in this press release accurately represents the figures in the
group’s accounting records.
NB:
The management of Ansaldo STS also assesses the business and financial performance of
the Group and its business segments based on a number of indicators not provided for by
IFRS. As required by CESR recommendation CESR/05 - 17 b, the components of each of the
non-GAAP alternative performance indicators used in this press release are defined below.
EBIT: i.e. earnings before interest and tax (non-adjusted). It excludes income and expenses
relating to the operations of unconsolidated subsidiaries and securities, and gains/losses on
any sales of consolidated shareholdings, which are recorded under “financial income and
expenses”, or in the case of income/expenses relating to shareholdings accounted for using
the equity method, under the item “effect of the valuation of shareholdings at equity”.
Return on Sales (ROS): is calculated as the ratio of EBIT to revenues.
Free operating cash flow (FOCF): this is the sum of the cash flows generated by/used in
operations, cash flow generated by/used in investments in/disposals of tangible and intangible
assets and shareholdings, net of cash flows from the purchase/sale of shareholdings that, due
to their nature or size, are considered “strategic investments”.
Further information:
Riccardo Acquaviva, tel +39 348 0811485
acquaviva.riccardo@ansaldo-sts.com
Anne Richardson, tel +61 438 626 909
richardson.anne@ansaldo-sts.com
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