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Catalis SE: Audited figures figures for 2014:

Revenue Euro 28.92m, EBIT before non- recurring costs Euro 1.61m, operating income Euro -0.22m

LA Waalre (pta037/12.05.2015/22:10 UTC+2) Ad Hoc News:
Audited financial figures for the 2014 fiscal year: Revenue Euro 28.92m, EBIT before non-recurring costs Euro 1.61m, operating income Euro -0.22m

La Waalre, May 12th, 2015 - Catalis SE hereby publishes the audited financial figures for the 2014 fiscal year. 2014 was a year of consolidation with a change in major shareholders and a very difficult market environment in the games industry.

In the fiscal year 2014, Catalis Group generated total sales of Euro 28.92m (2013: Euro 29.17m). Of this, Euro 22.47m (2013: Euro 19.87m) was attributable to Testronic (quality assurance), Euro 6.27m (2013: Euro 8.86m) was attributable to Kuju (video games development) and Euro 0.18m (2013: Euro 0.44m) was attributable to DDP (self-published games). In the fiscal year 2014, the Group's operating income (EBIT) before non-recurring costs amounted to Euro 1.61m (2013: Euro 2.69m). After deducting non-recurring items of Euro 1.83m (2013: Euro 0.59m), the Group's operating loss was Euro -0.22m (2013: Operating profit of Euro 2.1m).

The loss for the period after tax was Euro -0.90m (2013: profit of Euro 0.87m). This represented earnings per share of Euro Cent -14.3 (2013: Euro Cent 13.9) on a non-diluted as well as on a fully diluted basis (2013 fully diluted: Euro cent 11.9). Testronic's operating profit amounted Euro 2.27m (2013: Euro 1.84m), while Kuju generated an operating loss of Euro -0.41m (2013: operating profit of Euro 1.62m). DDP made an operating loss of Euro -0.02m (2013: operating profit of Euro 0.28m).

As at December 31, 2014, Catalis Group's balance sheet total amounted to Euro 24.54m (2013: Euro 24.22) representing a slight increase on last year. The group's non-current assets were unchanged and amounted to Euro 17.1m (2013: Euro 17.0m). In terms of equity and liabilities, the Group's total shareholder equity decreased to Euro 8.4m (2013: Euro 8.9m). Current liabilities increased to Euro 13.7m (2013: Euro 10.4m) and trade and other payables amounted to Euro 6.0m (2013: Euro 5.6m).

In the fiscal year 2014, Catalis Group generated an operating cash flow of Euro 1.5m (2013: Euro 2.2m). The Group's total net increase in cash and cash equivalents in the fiscal year 2014 amounted to Euro 0.5m (2013: reduction of Euro 0.5m), resulting in a net cash position at the end of the reporting period of Euro 1.3m (2013: Euro 0.9m).

Catalis SE publishes its Annual Report 2014 on May 12th 2015.

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: +49 89 24 41 18 - 223
f: +49 89 24 41 18 - 228
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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Emitter: Catalis SE
Laan van Diepenvoorde 3
5582 LA Waalre
Netherlands
Contact Person: Peter Biewald
Phone: +31 40 2135930
E-Mail: peter.biewald@catalisgroup.com
Website: www.catalisgroup.com
ISIN(s): NL0010447306 (Share)
Stock Exchange(s): Regulated Market in Frankfurt; Free Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart
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