DGAP-News: Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG: Outlook 2018

PRESS RELEASE

Pfeiffer Vacuum gives outlook for fiscal year 2018 and invites to the Annual General Meeting

- Expected Sales: EUR 640 million to EUR 660 million

- EBIT margin: 14 to 16 %, adjusted: 15 to 17%

Asslar, May 23, 2018. Pfeiffer Vacuum, a leading global manufacturer of vacuum solutions, announces its outlook for the fiscal year prior to today's Annual General Meeting. In the current second quarter of 2018, we were able to further expand the pleasing order situation. Assuming that the market environment remains good, we expect sales for 2018 as a whole to range between EUR 640 million and EUR 660 million. The EBIT margin is expected to be between 14 and 16 percent, the EBIT margin adjusted for PPA effects is expected to range between 15 and 17 percent. For the sensitivity of sales to exchange rate changes in USD and KRW, a low double-digit million amount is expected with an assumed deviation of 10 percent from the previous year's exchange rate.

Nathalie Benedikt, CFO of Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG comments: "We also see a pleasing order intake in the current second quarter. This makes us optimistic for further growth in 2018 as a whole compared with the previous year."
Contact
Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG
Investor Relations
Dinah Reiss
T +49 6441 802 1346
F +49 6441 802 1365
Dinah.Reiss@pfeiffer-vacuum.de

About Pfeiffer Vacuum
Pfeiffer Vacuum (stock exchange symbol PFV, ISIN DE0006916604) is one of the worlds
leading providers of vacuum solutions. In addition to a full range of hybrid and magnetically
levitated turbopumps, the product portfolio encompasses backing pumps, measurement and
analysis devices, components as well as vacuum chambers and systems. Ever since the
invention of the turbopump by Pfeiffer Vacuum, the company has stood for innovative
solutions and high-tech products that are used in the markets Analytics, Industry, Research
& Development, Coating and Semiconductor. Founded in 1890, Pfeiffer Vacuum is globally
active today. The company employs a workforce of some 2,900 people and has worldwide
eight production sites and more than 20 subsidiaries.

For more information, please visit group.pfeiffer-vacuum.com