PULSION Medical Systems AG / Preliminary Results/Preliminary Results 22.10.2009 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Sales revenue on disposables up by 11% - EBIT & EBIT margin rise significantly - Concerted effort and cooperative team spirit within the new management are rewarded Munich, 22 October 2009 - PULSION Medical Systems AG has seen definite signs of an upward trend in the third quarter 2009. The Munich manufacturer, which specializes in intelligent medical diagnosis and therapy management systems, forecasts that third-quarter sale revenue from disposables business - which is particularly important for earnings - will be 11% up on the previous year (Q3 2008: EUR 4.0 million), well ahead of the company's previous forecast. As well as improvements in sales revenue, there have also been improvements in terms of cost structure and cost of sales. The EBIT margin for the third quarter is therefore likely to rise to between 12% and 15% (2008: negative EBIT margin of 3%) and thus be brought back close to the target corridor of 15% - 20%. Third-quarter earnings will be clearly positive (Q3 2008: loss of EUR 0.2 million) and, compared to the previous year, the cash situation will improve significantly (Q3 2008: EUR 3.6 million). These improvements have been achieved, on the one hand, as a result of the structural changes introduced throughout the company, and, on the other, thanks to the constructive attitude towards team work demonstrated by the new management team which first came together in its current constellation in May 2009. Pulsion's CFO, Frank Posnanski, commented as follows: 'Developments in recent months reinforce the positive forecast of EUR 2.3 million EBIT for the full year which might even be exceeded. The third quarter 2009 has been one of the best quarters in PULSION's recent history. We have made quite considerable progress since setting the business in a new direction'. PULSION will publish finalized figures for the third quarter 2009 on November 11, 2009. It will also be making a company presentation at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Equity Forum (Frankfurt Exhibition Centre, 11 November 2009, 12:00, room: Zurich). 22.10.2009 |[![CDATA[|[a href="http://www.dgap.de"|]Financial News transmitted by DGAP|[/a|]]]|] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: PULSION Medical Systems AG Joseph-Wild-Strasse 20 81829 München Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)89 4599 14-0 Fax: +49 (0)89 4599 14-18 E-mail: info@pulsion.com Internet: www.pulsion.com ISIN: DE0005487904 WKN: 548790 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, München, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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