Catalis SE: Profit for Q3 below expectations

La Waalre (pta027/26.11.2014/21:00 UTC+1) Ad Hoc News:
Profit for the first nine months 2014 below expectations
Guidance for 2014 reduced to around Euro 29.5m revenues and Euro 1.3m-1.5m EBIT before non- recurring cost

La Waalre, November 26, 2014 - Catalis SE, the worldwide service provider for the digital media and entertainment industry, today announces its financial results for the first nine months of 2014. Catalis Group figures reflect the difficult environment in the third quarter as well as the internal disruptions generated by the transactions in the context of the change in major shareholder.

The unaudited results for the first nine months of the fiscal year 2014 are as follows:

- Year to date revenues (1.1.-30.9.2014) at Eur 21.5m (2013: Eur 21.4m)

- Year to date EBIT before non- recurring cost at Eur 0.76m (2013: Eur 1.6m)

- Net income after non- recurring cost of Eur -1.02m at Eur -0.26m (2013: Eur 1.6m)

- Operating cash flow of Eur 0.98m (2013: Eur 1.3m)

We will shortly be publishing all full Q3 results.

Achieving our original guidance for the year is now dependent on the level of royalties that may be due on two games from our Kuju division that have been recently published. We will not know the quantum, if any, of these until after Christmas. In the absence of royalties we now expect to achieve revenue in the region of Eur 29.5m and generate an operating profit before non-recurring items of Eur 1.3m - Eur 1.5m. After deducting non-recurring items relating to the corporate restructure and refinancing process EBITDA is forecasted to be around Eur1.2m with EBIT of Eur 0.3m to Eur 0.5m for the full year 2014.

The complete report for the period from January 1 to September 30, 2014 is available on our website www.catalisgroup.com from November 30th onwards.

For further information on Catalis SE and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Testronic Labs and Kuju, please refer to www.catalisgroup.com, www.testroniclabs.com and www.kuju.com.

For further questions please contact our Investor Relations team directly:

Catalis SE
Investor Relations Team
t: +31 (0)40-2137735
f: +31 (0)40-2940263
info@catalisgroup.com

About Catalis SE:

Catalis is a worldwide leading outsourcing provider focusing on high-end technical ser-vices relating to the creation of digital content for the film, video games and software in-dustries. Catalis offers both testing and development services. It operates through its wholly-owned subsidiaries Testronic Labs and Kuju from eight locations throughout the US, the UK, Poland, Belgium and the Netherlands.

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