ALNO Group reported preliminary earnings results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 2015. For the period, the company reported sales of €392.9 million that is €14.0 million or 3.7% more than in the comparable period of the previous year (€378.9 million). EBITDA - corrected to take account of special effects improved by €20.2 million or 90% from LBITDA of €22.4 million to LBITDA of €2.2 million. Including special effects the EBITDA in the first nine months of this year amounts to €22.5 million. This includes effects from the deconsolidation of Impuls Kichen GmbH as at 30 June 2015, amounting to about €25 million. In the comparable period of the previous year, the EBITDA amounted to €29.9 million including about €52 million of special effects from the takeover of AFP.

In the third quarter of 2015 alone, the ALNO Group improved its sales by €7.7 million or 6.9% to €119.9 million (previous year: €112.2 million). EBITDA - without special effects - climbed by €8.0 million or 96% to €0.3 million (previous year: negative €8.3 million). ALNO had already reported increases in the sales and profit/loss (adjusted for special effects) as early as the first and second quarters this year.