Ad-hoc | 2 April 2003 23:06

INTERSHOP Communications english

INTERSHOP ANNOUNCES REVENUE EXPECTATIONS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2003 Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– INTERSHOP ANNOUNCES REVENUE EXPECTATIONS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2003 Jena, Germany, April 2, 2003 Intershop Communications AG (Nasdaq: ISHP; Prime Standard: ISH1), the market leader in Unified Commerce Management, today announced revenue expectations for the first quarter of 2003, ended March 31, 2003. Intershop expects first quarter 2003 revenue will be approximately Euro 6 million to 7 million, down from Euro 12.0 million in the previous quarter. Although the Company had expected a decline in first quarter 2003 total revenue, the significant shortfall in license revenue was larger than internally expected. The Company expects to incur a first quarter 2003 EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) loss of approximately Euro 6 million to 7 million. Stephan Schambach, Intershop Chief Executive Officer commented, “Due to the highly uncertain global economic environment combined with ongoing weakness in information technology (IT) spending, the number of deals closed during the first quarter of 2003 did not meet our expectations. As many prospective first quarter customers have deferred IT spending, we expect that a significant number of these deals could materialize in subsequent months. In the interim, we continued to implement measures to reduce costs in the first quarter of 2003 as announced on January 21, 2003.” Intershop will report full financial results for the first quarter of 2003 on April 30, 2003. Investor Relations and Press: Klaus F. Gruendel T: +49-40-23709-128 F: +49-40-23709-116 k.gruendel@intershop.com end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 02.04.2003 Issuer’s information/explanatory remarks concerning this ad-hoc-announcement: About Intershop Communications Intershop Communications (Nasdaq: ISHP; Prime Standard: ISH1) is the market leader in Unified Commerce Management, which creates strategic differentiation for companies by integrating e-commerce processes across the extended enterprise. Intershop Enfinity, based on the best practices of Unified Commerce Management, enables companies to manage multiple business units from a single commerce platform, optimize their business relationships, improve business efficiencies and cut costs to increase profit margins. By streamlining business processes, companies can achieve a higher return on investment at a lower total cost of ownership, increasing the lifetime value of customers and partners. Intershop has more than 300 enterprise customers worldwide in a broad range of industries, including multichannel retail and high technology. Customers including Hewlett-Packard, Bosch, BMW, TRW, Bertelsmann, Otto and Homebase have selected Intershop’s Enfinity as the cornerstone of their global e-commerce strategies. More information about Intershop can be found on the Web at http://www.intershop.com. This news release contains forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial and operational performance of Intershop. Actual events or performance may differ materially from those contained or implied in such forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties that could lead to such difference could include, among other things: Intershop’s limited operating history, the unpredictability of future revenues and expenses and potential fluctuations in revenues and operating results, consumer trends, the level of competition, seasonality, risks related to electronic security, possible governmental regulation, and general economic conditions. Additional information regarding factors that potentially could affect Intershop’s business, financial condition and operating results is included in Intershop’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s Form 20-F dated May 9, 2002. ——————————————————————————– WKN: 747292; ISIN: DE0007472920; Index: NEMAX 50 Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin- Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München und Stuttgart 022306 Apr 03