Shanghai, China, February 8, 2018 – Olaf Berlien, CEO of OSRAM Group, said: “Our first quarter performed well. Despite the huge resistance caused by the exchange rate impact, we have achieved further growth and maintained High profitability. From the current point of view, we are expected to climb again in the second half of this fiscal year. The market has strong and continuous demand for our products, which shows that our decision to increase production and invest in emerging technologies is correct, we also Will seize better opportunities and achieve long-term growth."

In the first quarter of fiscal year 2018, OSRAM continued to grow and increased capital expenditures. The market still has a great demand for high-tech products, especially for optoelectronic semiconductor products. Revenue for the quarter reached 1.03 billion euros, an increase of 5% compared to the same period last year. The adjusted EBITDA for special projects reached 172 million euros, which was basically the same as last year. The adjusted EBITDA margin reached 16.7%. Due to the strong growth in operation, the company almost completely offset the negative impact of monetary factors, continue to increase investment in research and development, coupled with the expansion of production scale (such as opening a new plant in Kulim, Malaysia), also increased the company's Capital expenditures. R&D expenses have now reached 9.4% of revenue. OSRAM will continue to operate smoothly in accordance with its development strategy.

As previously announced, the fiscal year 2018 will be affected by capital expenditures and monetary factors. Due to the negative impact of recent exchange rate changes, revenue losses in the first quarter exceeded 60 million euros. In order to achieve sustainable profitable growth, OSRAM will continue to invest in its production capacity and future technologies. Product revenue based on new LED-related technologies has accounted for two-thirds of actual revenue.

From the business sector, the first quarter data shows that the growth momentum and operation of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors (OS) have not been affected. In the first quarter, the increased cost of increased production reduced profits, which we have foreseen. In order to cater to the high demand for LEDs (especially in general lighting), OSRAM opened a new plant in Kulim, Malaysia in November 2017. The scale of production will expand according to plan and the production capacity will also increase significantly. We are expected to witness the additional capacity brought by the first phase of investment at the end of the fiscal year.

Special lighting (SP), which accounts for the largest proportion of revenue, is also affected by the exchange rate. The current status of the global automotive products sector is mixed. The automotive market has not changed since the fourth quarter, and we expect it to continue to grow, but it will be lower than the 2017 fiscal year. However, LED lighting still has a continuous breakthrough, especially in the automotive industry. LEDs will gradually replace traditional lighting technologies in new cars, which will help us in our business strategy.

In the field of lighting system solutions (LSS), we have not seen much improvement in the business environment. The construction sector for new industrial and office buildings continues to be sluggish, especially in the North American market. As a result, demand for lighting fixtures, electronic ballasts and related services in this category continues to decline.

In the 2018 fiscal year, OSRAM will continue to stand on the ground and look to the future. The company's revenue growth rate is between 5.5% and 7.5%. The adjusted EBITDA for special projects will be around 700 million euros, and will be affected by factors such as currency, the cost of production at the Kulimin plant and the increase in research and development funds – which will increase the cost of hundreds of millions of euros. In the current fiscal year, OSRAM estimates an expected earnings per share of 2.40 to 2.60 euros. Free cash flow is expected to be between -50 million and -150 million euros. The Board of Directors is confident in OSRAM's medium-term development prospects, so it plans to achieve a dividend of at least 1.11 Euro per share for the 2018 fiscal year.

In the past three months, the euro exchange rate has been rising, especially against the US dollar. This situation has an impact on OSRAM's key data. The forecast for this fiscal year from November will be based on the exchange rate of 1 Euro at the time equal to 1.18 USD.

OSRAM Group's first quarter important data

(The above is temporary, unaudited data. The unit is “million euros”, the profit rate is expressed as a percentage, and the number of employees is due on December 31; negative values ​​are in parentheses.)

(1 After special project adjustments, such as transformation costs, major legal and regulatory issues, and related costs of corporate mergers and acquisitions.)

Reporting performance in the business area in the first quarter

(The above is interim, unaudited data. The unit is “million euros” and is negative in parentheses.)

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