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Porsche and Volkswagen continue to be profitable.

Prof. Winterkorn presents the Porsche SE financial statement.

Stuttgart. This Wednesday in Stuttgart, Porsche Automobil Holding SE presented its company figures for the business year 2008/09, which covered Porsche operations from August 1, 2008 to July 31, 2009 and Volkswagen business for the six-month period from January to June 2009. This is because Porsche SE increased its voting share in Volkswagen AG above 50 percent on January 5, 2009, leading to a full consolidation.

In his first official act as the new chief executive officer of Porsche SE, Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn emphasized that both Porsche AG and Volkswagen AG continue to be profitable businesses, despite the difficulties on global markets. The company’s operating results for the reporting year stood at
1.9 billion euros. Within this, Porsche AG recorded a profit margin of 10.3 percent, and Volkswagen of 2.4 percent.
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Porsche Sees End of Slump in Sales

New Jobs Created Once Again

Stuttgart. Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Stuttgart, has not gone unscathed by the severe slump of the economy in the world market in the year of business 2008/2009 (to July 31). As the company announced on Tuesday at the Frankfurt Motor Show IAA in providing an initial overview of the business year that has just ended, the expected car sales by its subsidiary Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, dropped 24 per cent to approximately 75.200 units. In comparison, revenues were down by only 12 per cent to an estimated amount of Euro 6.6 billion. In the words of Michael Macht, Executive Board Member of Porsche SE and Chief Executive Officer of Porsche AG, this should mark the lowest point in the slump: “Although the next few months will remain difficult, we are moderately optimistic for calendar 2010”, he stated in Frankfurt.
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