First half-year sales 2012

Group sales growth rate exceeds the market

Half-year sales (Jan - June)

Product sales grew organically 7.6% in the first semester and maintenance growth reached 9.6%.

Backlog progressed by 15.4% compared to year-end 2011. Order intake increased by 6.8%.

The half-year Group gross margin is in line with this year perspectives already published.

A lower sales growth is expected during the second half-year.

The Group targets a yearly organic sales growth of 3 to 5% with an EBITDA increase of 5 to 10%.

Next media release: Half-year results, on 5 September 2012 (after trading).

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About agta record

Ranking among the top players in the global market for automatic pedestrian doors, agta record calls on its integrated technological and commercial know-how. The Group’s extensive expertise covers the design, production, marketing, installation and maintenance of a large range of automatic doors.

Based in Switzerland, agta record is present with subsidiaries in 50 countries around the world.

agta record is listed on Euronext Paris - foreign stocks

ISIN : CH0008853209

http://shareholders.agta-record.com

Contacts:

agta record

Hubert Jouffroy - Chairman of the Board 

Actus Lyon, Analyst and investor relations agency for agta record

Amalia Naveira - Investor Relations -

Tél : +33 (0)4 72 18 04 97 - [email protected]

Marie-Claude Triquet - Press Relations -

Tél : +33 (0)4 72 18 04 93 - [email protected]

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