VAT : Half Year 2017 Report

VAT continues to ramp up production capacity in Switzerland,

Malaysia and Romania to meet

the opportunities of a high-growth market, maintain and expand its market leadership, and ensure the highest levels of customer service.

Q2 2017 highlights

• VAT captured the business opportunities presented by ongoing favorable market conditions; quick re- sponse to customer demands

• Orders up 55%; net sales increase 35%

  Half-year 2017 highlights

• Increasing demand for manufacturing equipment in the semiconductor industry and technology advances in displays continue to drive growth

• Order intake up 45% to CHF 372 million; net sales increase by 39% to CHF 326 million

• Adjusted EBITDA plus 33% to CHF 98 million; adjusted EBITDA margin at 30.1% despite costs related to investments in future growth

  Outlook 2017

• Sales growth of around 30% expected at constant FX

• Adjusted EBITDA margin to be maintained approxi- mately at the same level as in 2016

• CAPEX to be around 6% of net sales

PASSION. PRECISION. PURITY.

Key Figures

1. Adjusted EBITDA excludes one-off items.

2. 2016 includes interest cost on shareholder loan.

3. CAPEX contain purchases of property, plant equipment and intangible assets.

4. Free cash flow is calculated as cash flow from operating activities minus cash flow from investing activities.

5. The free cash flow conversion rate is calculated as free cash flow as a percentage of EBITDA.

6. Equity in 2016 includes a shareholder loan of CHF 405.1 million as at December 31, 2016.

7. Net debt in 2016 is calculated excluding the shareholder loan of CHF 405.1 million as at December 31, 2016.

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KEY FIGURES

Net sales

in CHF million

Net sales development in CHF million

326

+39%

236

203

6M 2015 6M 2016 6M 2017

Adjusted EBITDA

in CHF million

Adjusted EBITDA margin

in %

30.1

Net sales

by segment

Net sales

by region

% 50

Free cash flow

in CHF million

54.1

615

13

% 35

81

81 VALVES

13 GLOBAL SERVICE

6 INDUSTRY

50 ASIA

35 AMERICAS

15 EMEA

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HALF-YEAR REPORT 2017

GROUP RESULTS & OUTLOOK

Based on its proven market leadership, VAT continued

to show sustainable growth in the second quarter and

the first six months of 2017

Strong Q2 2017 confirms robustness of underlying markets

VAT continued to post strong results in the second quarter of the year as it captured significant busi- ness opportunities in a high-growth market. Custom- er investments in capacity expansions in semicon- ductors and displays, as well as VAT's ability to quickly respond to customer demands and to ramp up manufacturing output, were key drivers of VAT's strong growth.

Order intake in Q2 of 2017 was CHF 190.2 million, a plus of 55% compared with the previous year's period. Group net sales in the quarter were CHF

161.9 million, an increase of 35.4%.

Key market drivers continue to be positive During the first six months of 2017, demand for new fabrication equipment in the semiconductor market and technology advances in displays continued, confirming the key market factors that drove growth already in 2016.

Growth in demand for high-performance semicon- ductors remained strong, driven by megatrends such as digitalization, cloud computing, Internet of Things and e-mobility. Combined with increasingly complex production processes for microprocessors, miniaturization and the higher number of produc- tion steps needed, for example, in 3D NAND memory devices, high-end vacuum valves remain mission- critical components in a fast-growing market.

In the display business, customers continued to expand their manufacturing capacity for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays, especially for smartphones. The transition from liquid crystal displays (LCD) to OLED screens in these devices is in full swing and is expected to continue, as current production capacity is still not sufficient to cover the strong demand. In addition, display customers are gradually investing in manufacturing capacity for new large-screen LCD televisions, which require Gen 10.5 substrate surfaces of up to nearly 10 square meters. This is driving demand for VAT's new transfer valves of up to 4 meters in width.

All business segments are growing

In the first half of 2017, VAT's order intake was CHF 372 million, an increase of 44.8% compared with the previous year. The order backlog at the end of June was CHF 167.9 million, or 37.5% higher than at the end of 2016.

Order growth was highest in the Valves segment, with a plus of 52.7% to CHF 297.9 million in the first six months of the year compared with the same peri- od in 2016. Global Service increased orders by 20.4% in the first six months to CHF 53.6 million, while the Industry segment recorded orders of CHF 20.5 mil- lion, a growth of 18.5%.

Group net sales of CHF 326.4 million for the first six months were 38.6% higher than a year ago. The positive foreign exchange impact on net sales amounted to around one percentage point.