Jan 12 (Reuters) - SUESS MICROTEC SE SMHNn.DE :
* PUBLISHES THE FIRST PRELIMINARY FIGURES FOR THE 2021
FINANCIAL
YEAR AND ADJUSTS THE EBIT FORECAST
* ORDER ENTRY REACHED A NEW RECORD LEVEL IN 2021 AND ROSE BY
APPROX. 20 PERCENT COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEAR TO A LEVEL OF
AROUND EUR 336 MILLION (PREVIOUS YEAR: EUR 281.1 MILLION)
* FREE CASH FLOW IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE IN A RANGE OF EUR
12
MILLION TO EUR 18 MILLION.
* PRELIMINARY SALES FOR YEAR AS A WHOLE INCREASED BY 3.5 %
OVER
PREVIOUS YEAR TO AROUND EUR 261 MILLION (PREVIOUS YEAR: EUR
252.1 MILLION)
* ESTIMATE FOR EBIT MARGIN IS THEREFORE ADJUSTED TO A RANGE
OF 8.0
% TO 9.5 %. ESTIMATE PUBLISHED SO FAR RANGED FROM 9 % TO 11 %
* EXPECTED SALES LEVEL CANNOT BE ACHIEVED AND IS BELOW
PREVIOUSLY
PUBLISHED RANGE OF EUR 270 MILLION TO EUR 290 MILLION FOR FULL
YEAR 2021
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