Ad-hoc | 21 August 2002 07:47

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ORBIS AG: Consulting revenues rise by 8.6%, Company holds fast to consolidation Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– ORBIS AG: Consulting revenues rise by 8.6%, Company holds fast to consolidation Saarbrücken, August 21, 2002 The business consulting firm ORBIS AG recorded revenues of EUR 13.8 million during the first half of 2002 for an 8.6% increase over the sales revenues in the consulting segment for the same period last year (EUR 12.7 million). Production costs remained almost steady at EUR 13.2 million (EUR 13 million). The result for the first half of the year contains the result from new positioning in the amount of EUR 1.2 million, which contains the dissolution of deferred and accrued revenues and earnings. The operating result (EBIT) improved by 26% or EUR 0.9 million to minus EUR 2.7 million over the previous year (minus EUR 3.6 million). The result after tax and minority shares remained nearly steady at minus EUR 2.3 million. The result per share amounts to minus EUR 0.25 (minus EUR 0.24). ORBIS AG had 329 employees (414) at the end of the first half of the year. ORBIS AG continues to hold fast to ongoing consolidation efforts. The positive effects of measures already implemented will be realized beginning with the second half of 2002. In light of orders already received and the fact that nearly 50% of the annual sales target was already attained by the end of the first half of the year, ORBIS AG is confident that it will achieve its sales objective for the year of EUR 28 million. For further information contact: Klaus Kieren Executive Spokesman and CFO of ORBIS AG Nell-Breuning-Allee 3-5; 66115 Saarbrücken Tel: +49 (0)681 99 24 999; Fax: +49 (0)681 99 24 201 ir-orbis@orbis.de end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 21.08.2002 ——————————————————————————– WKN: 522 877; ISIN: DE0005228779; Index: Listed: Neuer Markt in Frankfurt; Freiverkehr in Berlin, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Hannover und Stuttgart 210747 Aug 02