Roblon A/S: Interim report for Q3 2015/16
Company Announcement No 15 - 2016
Interim report for Q3 2015/16 (and the period from 1 November 2015 to 31 July 2016)
Roblon maintains its expectations after the first three quarters of 2015/16
Summary of the first three quarters of 2015/16
- Order intake was DKK 215.9 million (DKK 166.3 million). This growth is mainly attributable to the Industrial Fiber segment.
- Order intake in Q3 was DKK 65.0 million (DKK 42.8 million)
- As of 31 July 2016, the order book was DKK 74.2 million (DKK 41.5 million)
- Revenue amounted to DKK 170.7 million (DKK 169.4 million)
- Revenue in Q3 amounted to DKK 62.1 million (DKK 56.8 million)
- Operating profit (EBIT) amounted to DKK 16.3 million (DKK 21.0 million)
- Operating profit (EBIT) in Q3 amounted to DKK 7.6 million (DKK 1.7 million)
- Profit before tax amounted to DKK 16.9 million (DKK 23.0 million)
- Profit before tax in Q3 amounted to DKK 5.5 million (DKK 1.7 million)
- The gross margin was 55.4% (56.2%). The downturn is due to the revenue mix and rising raw material prices in the Industrial Fiber segment.
- The company is in the process of preparing a new strategy, which will be announced in a special company announcement before the end of October 2016.
- After the first three quarters of the financial year the management is maintaining its expectations for 2015/16, which were announced in the annual report for 2014/15. Revenue in the region of DKK 250 million and profit before tax of around DKK 25 million are therefore still expected in the financial year 2015/16.
Frederikshavn, 8 September 2016 Roblon A/S
Jørgen Kjær Jacobsen Lars Østergaard Chairman of the Board Managing Director and CEO
Enquiries regarding this announcement must be made to: Managing Director and CEO Lars Østergaard, tel. +45 9620 3300
