Unaudited Business Report of SIJ Group for the First Half of 2016

In accordance with the Ljubljana Stock Exchange Rules and the applicable legislation and with best business practices, SIJ - Slovenska industrija jekla, d.d. hereby publishes The Unaudited Business Report of the SIJ Group and the company SIJ d.d. for the First Half of 2016.

In the first half of 2016 the SIJ Group recorded revenue of EUR 413.9 million (13.5 percent increase compared to the same period last year), the EBITDA of EUR 60.1 million (14.5 percent increase) and a net profit of EUR 24.6 million. The Group additionally increased profitability of operations, recording an EBITDA MARGIN of 14.5 percent for the first six months of the year (a 3.2 percentage point increase). Assets of the SIJ Group increased by EUR 288.1 million, to EUR 1.1 billion.

The published information will also be available online at www.sij.si for a period of no less than 10 years.

Business report of the SIJ Group and the company SIJ d. d. 

The Management board of SIJ d. d.