First half operating results
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PIRELLI & C. SPA APPROVES FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF 30
JUNE 2010:
- FIRST HALF OPERATING RESULTS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVED OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF 2009
- IN THE SECOND QUARTER PIRELLI TYRE REPORTS RECORD QUARTERLY OPERATING PROFIT
- 2010 TARGETS OF PIRELLI GROUP AND PIRELLI TYRE RAISED AGAIN:
PIRELLI GROUP: 2010 REVENUE TARGET IMPROVED (EXCLUDING PIRELLI RE) TO 4.8-4.9 BILLION EUROS, COMPARED WITH 4.6-4.7 BILLION EUROS ESTIMATED IN MAY, WITH EBIT OF ABOUT 7% (IN MAY TARGET WAS AT LEAST 6.5%); INVESTMENTS RISING TO MORE THAN 350 MILLION EUROS FROM MORE THAN 300 MILLION EUROS, WITH CONFIRMATION OF THE TARGET FOR A NET FINANCIAL POSITION OF – 700 MILLION EUROS
PIRELLI TYRE: 2010 REVENUE TARGET RAISED, REVENUES EXPECTED TO RISE ORGANICALLY UP TO 15%, COMPARED WITH A TARGET OF MORE THAN 10% ORGANIC GROWTH ESTIMATED IN MAY; EBIT IN ABSOLUTE VALUE EQUAL TO AT LEAST 360 MILLION EUROS COMPARED WITH 320- 330 MILLION EUROS ESTIMATED IN MAY
- BOND ISSUE APPROVED, TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN 12 MONTHS, POSSIBLY IN MORE THAN ONE INSTALLMENT, OF UP TO 800 MILLION EUROS TO OPTIMIZE THE DEBT STRUCTURE
- CARLO PURI NEGRI RESIGNS. VITTORIO MALACALZA COOPTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PIRELLI & C. GROUP
- REVENUES: +19.8% TO 2,426.5 MILLION EUROS (2,026.2 MILLION EUROS AS OF 30 JUNE 2009)
- EBIT: +62.8% TO 193.4 MILLION EUROS (118.8 MILLION EUROS AS OF 30 JUNE 2009)
- NET INCOME OF CONTINUING OPERATIONS 80.8 MILLION EUROS, MORE THAN DOUBLE COMPARED WITH 30.3 MILLION EUROS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2009
- TOTAL CONSOLIDATED NET RESULT NEGATIVE FOR 175.6 MILLION EUROS DUE TO ACCOUNTING EFFECT OF THE SEPARATION OF PIRELLI RE (NEGATIVE FOR 256.4 MILLION EUROS)
- OPERATING CASH FLOW POSITIVE FOR 55.6 MILLION EUROS (-18.5 MILLION EUROS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2009); INVESTMENTS UP TO 135.5 MILLION EUROS (65.4 MILLION EUROS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2009); NET FINANCIAL POSITION NEGATIVE FOR 696.9 MILLION EUROS (- 528.8 MILLION EUROS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2009)
PIRELLI TYRE
- REVENUES: +21.4% TO 2,325.3 MILLION EUROS (1,915.9 MILLION EUROS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2009); OPERATING INCOME: +59% TO 217.3 MILLION EUROS (136.8 MILLION EUROS IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2009), WITH EBIT MARGIN RISING TO 9.3% FROM 7.1%
- REVENUES IN THE SECOND QUARTER: +22.9% TO 1,215.3 MILLION EUROS (989.0 MILLION EUROS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2009); OPERATING INCOME: +54% TO 121.8 MILLION EUROS (79.3 MILLION EUROS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2009), WITH EBIT MARGIN RISING TO 10% FROM 8%