Ad-hoc | 22 February 2005 17:17

BOV AG reports positive 4th Quarter 2004 and another major contract

Ad hoc announcement §15 WpHG Results 4th Quarter 2004 / large order intake BOV AG reports positive 4th Quarter 2004 and another major contract Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— BOV AG closes the 4th quarter 2004 according to the preliminary figures as estimated with a positive EBITDA in the amount of EUR 547 thousand and a profit before tax of EUR 278 thousand Total output has been increased the third consecutive quarter to the amount of EUR 4,960 thousand. The final numbers for the financial year 2004 will be released at the annual press- and analysts-conference being held on march 29th 2005. Above that BOV has taken in a large order in Switzerland. The BOV subsidiary GLANCE AG has been retained by IBM Switzerland on a times & materials basis for consulting services within the software-project “VISTA”, a project initiated by the Swiss social securities organizations. The order intake amounts to 3,600 thousand SFR. GLANCE was in charge of conducting the functional analysis and of the concepts within the project in the years 2002 to 2004. The order by IBM is the result of the high quality work by BOV in the first phases of the project. —————————————————————————— BOV Aktiengesellschaft Contact person for Investor Relations: Christoph Junge mailto:christoph.junge@bov.de Contact person for PR, press and media: Martin Möllmann mailto:martin.moellmann@bov.de Alfredstrasse 279 D-45133 Essen Tel.: +49.(0)201.4513-3 Fax: +49.(0)201.4513-520 BOV AG Alfredstr. 279 45133 Essen Deutschland ISIN: DE0005493704 WKN: 549370 Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (General Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München und Stuttgart End of ad hoc announcement (c)DGAP 22.02.2005 221717 Feb 05