Ad-hoc | 8 November 2001 08:24

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freenet.de AG set on a growth path Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– freenet.de AG set on a growth path 37.6 mill.DEM in sales for first 9 months of 2001 (+33% above last year); -7.60 mill.DEM group result (IAS, Q3/2001); -25.67 mill.DEM EBT (IAS) for first 9 months of 2001; 3.61 mill. members end of Sept. 2001 (+98% above last year); 2.50 mill. active dial-in customers end of Sept. 2001 (+21% over Q2/01). freenet.de AG is consistently pursuing to the strategy outlined upon its IPO, and has achieved accumulated sales of 37.6 mill.DEM during the first 9 months of 2001- 33% improvement over the same period last year. Its total sales are the sum of the 4 sectors Connectivity (16.95 mill.DEM -up 9% above last year), E- commerce (8.99 mill.DEM -up 112% above last year), Advertising (8.51 mill.DEM – up 2% above last year) and B2B Services (3.14 mill.DEM). At 12.39 mill.DEM, third-quarter sales are on a par with Q2/01, despite the tense overall political and economic situation. Of the 12.39 mill.DEM in total sales, 5.03 mill.DEM were attributable to connectivity (Q2/01: 5.58 mill.DEM), 2.58 mill.DEM to advertising (Q2/01: 3.09 mill.DEM), 1.43 mill.DEM to B2B services (Q2/01: 793,000 DEM) and 3.35 mill.DEM to e-commerce (Q2/01: 3.02 mill.DEM). EBT was on target at -25.67 mill.DEM for the first 9 months of 2001 (-9.52 mill.DEM for the same period last year). This result primarily reflects an expansive customer growth strategy and the attendant expenditures on marketing and customer acquisition (25.97 mill.DEM). During Q3/01 the company experienced the strongest growth since its founding – freenet.de was able to grow its number of active dial-in customers by 430,000 (+21%) from 2.07 mill. (Q2/01) to 2.5 mill.(Q3/01). EBT amounts to -12.21 mill.DEM for Q3/01 (Q2/01: -6.66 mill.DEM). The group result for the Q3/01 came to -7.6 mill.DEM. Q1-Q3/2000 Q1-Q3/2001 Q1/2001 Q2/2001 Q3/2001 Sales 28,175 37,595 12,729 12,477 12,389 Gross profit 26,342 32,141 11,353 10,646 10,142 Marketing expenses (23,617) (25,974) (8,194) (7,535) (10,245) EBT -9,521 -25,665 -6,795 -6,663 -12,207 Group result -5,529 -15,727 -4,599 -3,531 -7,597 Cash & cash equivalents 172,070 120,735 141,495 126,787 120,735 (IAS; in thousands of DM/Source: freenet.de AG) end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 08.11.2001 ——————————————————————————– WKN: 579200; Index: Listed: Neuer Markt in Frankfurt; Freiverkehr in Berlin, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart, Hannover 080824 Nov 01