ProSep Inc, Canada

ProSep Inc, Canada

COMPANY WATCH Pall Corp, USA ProSep Inc, Canada Key Figures (US$ million) Second quarter ended 31.1 2012 2011 Key Figures (C$ thousand) Fourth qu...

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Pall Corp, USA

ProSep Inc, Canada

Key Figures (US$ million) Second quarter ended 31.1 2012

2011

Key Figures (C$ thousand) Fourth quarter ended 31.12 2011

2010

698.0

645.2

Revenues

7348

8464

Cost of Sales

5800

5251

Gross Profit

1548

3213

Net Sales Of Which: Life Sciences Industrial

357.2 340.8

334.2 311.0

Cost of Sales

337.7

312.7

EBITDA

(1511)

(168)

Gross Profit

360.3

332.5

Net Profit/(Loss)

(7181)

(1248)

21.6

20.8

112.3

104.0

84.7

75.7

R&D Expenses Earnings before Income Taxes Net Earnings

Six months ended 31.1 2012

2011

Net Sales Of Which: Life Sciences Industrial

1403.6

1250.7

713.3 690.3

645.8 604.9

Cost of Sales

687.1

609.6

Gross Profit

716.5

641.2

42.5

40.9

Earnings before Income Taxes

204.8

201.5

Net Earnings

154.2

147.1

R&D Expenses

April 2012

2011

2010

Revenues

33 707

34 665

Cost of Sales

25 569

24 336

Gross Profit EBITDA Net Profit/(Loss)

COMMENT Pall has posted sales of US$698.0 million for its second quarter of fiscal 2012, 8.2% stronger than a year earlier, while its net earnings were up 11.9% on the 2011 figure at US$84.7 million. Larry Kingsley, Pall’s president and CEO, said the sales increase in the quarter reflected good growth in both the company’s Life Sciences and Industrial segments. “On a global basis, emerging market sales grew over 20% in local currency driven by the Energy markets in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) and Latin America,” he said.

Year ended 31.12

“We continue to invest to grow in the emerging markets which represented about 20% of second quarter sales compared to about 17% a year ago.” Kingsley added that organic orders growth for the quarter was mixed against a tough comparison for the same quarter in 2011. “Consumables orders were up 5%, while systems orders decreased 6% driven by Food & Beverage, which experienced unusually high order volume in the second quarter of last year,” he said. ■ www.pall.com

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COMMENT Process equipment manufacturer ProSep closed out a challenging fiscal 2011 by posting fourth quarter sales of C$7.3 million, down 13.2% on the year earlier. The net loss for the period was C$7.2 million, compared to a loss of C$1.2 million in 2009. It was a similar tale for the full year with revenues down 2.8% to C$33.7 million, while a loss of C$15.1 million compared to a C$4.3 million deficit in 2010. Despite the results, president and CEO, Jacques Drouin, said ProSep had made progress during the year with new strategic partnerships formed and the conclusion of two equity financing agreements. “Year 2011 marked a period of important investments for ProSep,” Drouin said. “We expanded our process engineering and business development teams and built one of the industry’s leadingedge portfolio of solutions. We entered into promising partnerships with Flint Energy

Services in Canada, and with Kolon Group in South Korea.” Drouin added that ProSep’s reorganisation activities had negatively affected its financial results for the year, but should also provide the platform for stronger performance going forward. “With significant achievements realised in the last two quarters, we believe that 2012 will be a turnaround year for ProSep,” he said. “Our pipeline of opportunities and backlog are growing at a fast pace, which should lead to record revenues in 2012. Finally, our proprietary technologies are being deployed at an accelerated rate, with promising results achieved in Mexico, Saudi Arabia, and Norway.” Drouin said the company had signed C$49.4 million in new contracts during 2011 compared with C$23 million the year earlier, and had won a further C$20 million in the first two months of 2012. ■ www.prosep.com

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