Business Division Results

3rd quarter 2006

Quarterly Report 3/2006

Business Divisions' Sales
in € million	Q3 2006	Q3 2005	Change in %	9M 2006	9M 2005	Change in %
WACKER SILICONES	321.2	284.6	13	971.5	846.3	15
WACKER POLYMERS	152.8	130.7	17	421.6	360.7	17
WACKER FINE CHEMICALS	26.3	26.4	0	87.8	80.8	9
WACKER POLYSILICON	80.4	67.3	19	243.8	215.5	13
Siltronic	330.7	254.7	30	917.4	643.2	43
Corporate functions / Other	49.7	32.7	52	154.7	125.1	24
Consolidation	-103.8	-81.6	27	-310.6	-247.1	26
Group Sales	857.3	714.8	20	2,486.2	2,024.5	23

Business Divisions' EBIT
in € million	Q3 2006	Q3 2005	Change in %	9M 2006	9M 2005	Change in %
WACKER SILICONES	42.1	46.0	-8	132.0	102.7	29
WACKER POLYMERS	26.7	31.0	-14	70.7	70.3	1
WACKER FINE CHEMICALS	-1.8	2.2	n..m.	1.3	7.4	-82
WACKER POLYSILICON	24.4	15.4	58	65.4	49.3	33
Siltronic	63.1	16.3	>100	134.0	-33.1	n.m.
Corporate functions / Other	-15.5	-14.0	11	-45.5	-3.5	>100
Consolidation	0.5	0.0	n.a.	-0.9	0.0	n.a.
Group EBIT	139.5	96.9	44	357.0	193.1	85

Business Divisions' EBITDA
in € million	Q3 2006	Q3 2005	Change in %	9M 2006	9M 2005	Change in %
WACKER SILICONES	63.2	68.4	-8	195.0	172.7	13
WACKER POLYMERS	31.0	35.8	-13	84.1	85.3	-1
WACKER FINE CHEMICALS	-0.2	4.0	n.m.	8.7	12.9	-33
WACKER POLYSILICON	32.2	21.7	48	86.1	68.2	26
Siltronic	98.2	55.6	77	240.5	90.6	>100
Corporate functions / Other	-7.0	-3.5	100	-16.3	27.4	n.m.
Consolidation	0.5	-0.3	n.m.	-0.9	-0.7	29
Group EBITDA	217.9	181.7	20	597.2	456.4	31

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