WARTSILA OYJ ABP : Wärtsilä Interim Report January-September 2012

Wärtsilä Corporation INTERIM REPORT 17 September 2012 at 8.30 a.m. local time 

GROWTH IN ORDER INTAKE AND NET SALES DESPITE TOUGH MARKETS

THIRD QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS
- Prospects for 2012 improved
- Order intake increased 14% to EUR 1,275 million (1,118)
- Net sales increased 28% to EUR 1,087 million (851)
- Operating result (EBIT) EUR 113 million or 10.4% of net sales (EUR 94 million or 11.0%)
- EBITA EUR 129 million or 11.9% of net sales (EUR 103 million or 12.1%)
- Earnings per share amounted to EUR 0.38 (0.26)
- Book-to-bill 1.17 (1.31)
- Cash flow from operating activities EUR 121 million (219)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE REVIEW PERIOD JANUARY-SEPTEMBER 2012
- Order intake increased 10% to EUR 3,583 million (3,267)
- Net sales increased 7% to EUR 3,191 million (2,970)
- Operating result (EBIT) EUR 328 million or 10.3% of net sales (EUR 324 million or 10.9%)
- EBITA EUR 354 million or 11.1% of net sales (EUR 336 million or 11.3%)
- At the end of the period the order book totalled EUR 4,724 million (4,042), an increase of 17%
- Earnings per share amounted to 1.09 euro (0.99)
- Cash flow from operating activities EUR -34 million (303)

BJÖRN ROSENGREN, PRESIDENT AND CEO:

"Despite the continuing uncertainty in the global economy and the tough market conditions, both our order intake and net sales developed well. In the third quarter they were up by 14% and 28% respectively. Ship Power's year-on-year performance is strong, and has been supported by both an active offshore sector and the Hamworthy acquisition. Among the highlights are a major engine and propulsion equipment order for six Brazilian drillships from Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd, and three platform supply vessel related orders from Statoil, as well as the first four ballast water management system orders. Wärtsilä again received a record power plant order, this time for an approximately 600 MW power plant to be constructed in Jordan. It will be the world's largest tri-fuel power plant. I am also happy to note that the growth trend for Services continues, regardless of the difficult market environment that many of our marine service customers are experiencing.

We believe that net sales will grow this year by around 10-15%, which is more than originally estimated. Our profitability now stands at 10.3% and we believe it will improve in the fourth quarter. As a result, we expect profitability for the full year to be 10.5-11%."

¹ EBITA is shown excluding non-recurring items of EUR 16 million (17) and intangible asset amortisation related to acquisitions of EUR 26 million (12) during the review period January-September 2012. During the third quarter, non-recurring items amounted to EUR 3 million (6) and intangible asset amortisation related to acquisitions to EUR 16 million (9).

² EBIT is shown excluding non-recurring items.

MARKET OUTLOOK

The power generation market is expected to remain active during the remainder of 2012. Ordering activity continues to be focused on emerging markets, which continue to invest in new power generation capacity. In the OECD countries, there is still pent-up power sector demand, mainly driven by CO2 neutral generation and the ramp down of older, mainly coal-based generation. Despite the continuing interest for new power generation investments, the macro economic uncertainty may delay investment decisions.

Robust contracting activity, in line with the activity levels seen during 2011 and so far in 2012, is expected for the offshore, gas carrier, and other specialised vessel markets. The outlook for overall vessel contracting activity during 2012 is slightly negative, with full year contracting expected to be less than during 2011. The decrease is largely driven by the low contracting levels in the traditional merchant segments. Interesting opportunities are being seen in the following areas: efficiency improvement, gas as a fuel, and environmental solutions. These are now central issues in many newbuilding discussions and are expected to grow in importance going forward.

The outlook for the overall service market is stable despite the continued uncertainty in the global economy.The outlook for service activities in the merchant segment remains challenging, while the outlook for offshore remains promising. Activity in the other marine markets is expected to be stable. Market conditions for power plants related services are expected to remain on a good level.

WÄRTSILÄ'S PROSPECTS FOR 2012 REVISED

Wärtsilä expects its net sales for 2012 to grow by 10-15% (previously 5-10%) and its operational profitability (EBIT% before non-recurring items) to be 10.5-11% (previously 10-11%).

DISCLOSURE PROCEDURE
Wärtsilä Corporation follows the disclosure procedure enabled by Standard 5.2b published by the Finnish Financial Supervision Authority. This stock exchange release is a summary of Wärtsilä Corporation's Interim Report January-September 2012. The complete report is attached to this release in pdf format and is also available on Wärtsilä's website at www.wartsila.com/investors:
http://www.wartsila.com/investors.

ANALYST AND PRESS CONFERENCE
An analyst and press conference will be held on, Wednesday 17 October 2012, at 10.00 a.m. Finnish time (8.00 a.m. UK time), at the Wärtsilä headquarters in Helsinki, Finland. The combined web- and teleconference will be held in English and can be viewed on the internet at the following address: http://storm.zoomvisionmamato.com/player/wartsila/objects/gftabmj8/:
http://storm.zoomvisionmamato.com/player/wartsila/objects/gftabmj8/.

To participate in the teleconference please register at the following address:
http://www.yourconferencecentre.com/r.aspx?p=1&a=DKXaEsCAWnEelu:
http://www.yourconferencecentre.com/r.aspx?p=1&a=DKXaEsCAWnEelu.
You will receive dial-in details by e-mail once you have registered. If you want to ask questions during the teleconference, press the *-button followed by the 1-button on your phone to register for a question and the # -key to withdraw a question. The event name is: Q3 Results 2012. Please be ready to state your details and the name of the conference to the operator. If problems occur, please press the *-button followed by the 0-button.

An on-demand version of the webcast will be available on the company website later the same day.

For further information, please contact:

Raimo Lind
Executive Vice President & CFO
Tel: +358 10 709 5640
raimo.lind@wartsila.com:
mailto:raimo.lind@wartsila.com

Pauliina Tennilä
Director, Investor Relations
Tel: +358 40 570 5530
pauliina.tennila@wartsila.com:
mailto:pauliina.tennila@wartsila.com

For press information, please contact:

Atte Palomäki
Group Vice President, Communications & Branding
Tel: +358 40 547 6390
atte.palomaki@wartsila.com:
mailto:atte.palomaki@wartsila.com

Wärtsilä in brief
Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising technological innovation and total efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers. In 2011, Wärtsilä's net sales totalled EUR 4.2 billion with approximately 18,000 employees. The company has operations in nearly 170 locations in 70 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, Finland.