Ad-hoc | 22 February 2002 07:33

Hunzinger Information AG english

English Ad-hoc-announcement processed and transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– Hunzinger Information AG 2001 – Group and operative businesses in the black – Sales climb to approximately EUR24 million Result of ordinary operations of action press, infas and Hunzinger PR: over EUR1.3 million Frankfurt am Main, February 22, 2002 – The preliminary figures for the 2001 fiscal year show that the listed company Hunzinger Information AG (Frankfurt am Main) will achieve the expected IAS result before tax of EUR0.31 million (2000: EUR-4.8 million) and after tax of EUR0.15 million. When the cost of closing operations in Nürnberg is excluded, the IAS result before tax comes to EUR0.5 million, after tax to EUR0.26 million. In contrast to general market developments, Group sales grew 4.2 percent to EUR23.9 million (2000: EUR22.9 million). action press, one of the world’s largest press photo agencies, saw sales grow 2.4 percent to EUR7.3 million (2000: EUR6.4 million), while infas-Institut sales rose 20.9 percent to EUR5 million (2000: EUR4.1 million). As announced in the 3rd quarter report, PR business declined 6.6 percent to EUR11.6 million (2000: EUR12.4 million). The result of ordinary operations in the three business fields of photos, surveys and PR was EUR1.3 million. action press gmbH & co. kg (Hamburg): anticipated result also exceeded The IAS result after tax grew 37.5 percent to EUR0.58 million (2000: EUR0.41 million) and the result of ordinary operations by 36.8 percent to EUR0.66 million (2000: EUR0.48 million). infas Institut für angewandte Sozialwissenschaft GmbH (Bonn): continuation of growth trend At 5.1 percent infas again achieved an above-average result for the opinion, market and social research field. The IAS result after tax was EUR0.15 million (2000: EUR0.1 million). The result of ordinary operations grew 11.4 percent over the previous year to EUR0.25 million (2000: EUR0.22 million). Hunzinger PR GmbH (Frankfurt, Eschborn, Berlin): solid contribution to Group result With a result of ordinary operations of EUR0.4 million (2000: EUR-1.7 million) and an IAS result after tax of EUR0.31 million (2000: EUR-1.68 million), public relations, political communication and event management made a positive contribution to the Group’s result. Holding company costs cut in half The cost of the holding company according to IAS before tax declined by EUR0.92 from EUR1.94 million to EUR1 million for a saving of 47 percent. Following the completion of the scheduled change from the New to Geregelter Markt at the shareholder’s meeting in May, holding company costs will again decline and the Group’s result will improve. Hunzinger Information AG – Board of Directors – Hunzinger Information Aktiengesellschaft 60322 Frankfurt am Main, Holzhausenstrasse 21 Telephone (069) 15 20 03-20, Fax (069) 15 20 03-33 http://www.hunzinger.de, info@hunzinger.de, German Securities Code Number: 609 710 (HUZG.F) end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 22.02.2002 ——————————————————————————– WKN: 609710; ISIN: DE0006097108; Index: Listed: Neuer Markt in Frankfurt; Freiverkehr in Berlin, Bremen, Düsseldorf, München, Hamburg, Hannover, Stuttgart 220733 Feb 02