Press Release

August 16, 2016

Pleasing growth and improved profitability

In the first half of 2016, Schindler pursued its growth strategy while, at the same time, improving profitability. In spite of the softening of the global new installations market, Schindler reported a 2.1% increase in orders received to CHF 5 083 million, corresponding to an increase of 2.3% in local currencies.

Schindler increased revenue by 3.4% to CHF 4 645 million in the first half of 2016 (+3.9% in local currencies). Operating profit (EBIT) rose by 5.9% to CHF 504 million (+7.6% in local currencies) and the EBIT margin reached 10.9% (first half of 2015: 10.6%), or 11.1% before restructuring costs. Net profit improved by 3.9% to CHF 372 million.

For further information:

Dr. Barbara Schmidhauser, Chief Communications Officer

Tel. +41 41 445 30 60, barbara.schmidhauser@ch.schindler.com

Marco Knuchel, Head Investor Relations

Tel. +41 41 445 30 61, marco.knuchel@ch.schindler.com


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