Ad-hoc | 11 May 2006 21:01

Further record quarter for United Internet /// International business gathering pace

Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— Ad-hoc announcement acc. to Sec. 15 WpHG Further record quarter for United Internet International business gathering pace Montabaur, May 11, 2006. The Management Board of United Internet AG today announced its consolidated results according to IFRS for the first quarter of 2006. The company posted its record levels of sales and earnings. Consolidated sales of United Internet AG were up some 81 % on the same period last year to stand at EUR 285.6 million (prior year: EUR 157.9 million). Earnings also made strong progress: earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) grew from EUR 30.4 million (prior-year figure) to EUR 54.5 million. Earnings before taxes (EBT) of the United Internet Group rose from EUR 25.5 million (prior-year figure) to EUR 41.5 million. Depreciation of tangible and intangible assets grew from EUR 5.3 million last year to EUR 12.8 million in the period under review. This figure includes around EUR 5.1 million for the amortization of identified and capitalized intangible assets in connection with company acquisitions, resulting from the takeover of WEB.DE’s portal business and CibleClick in late 2005. In line with the positive development of earnings, cash flow from operating activities also grew to EUR 38.7 million (prior year: EUR 21.1 million). Earnings per share (EPS) amounted to EUR 0.39 (prior year: EUR 0.25). The number of fee-based customer contracts rose to 5.38 million as of March 31, 2006 (prior year: 3.7 million). Divided according to product lines, the customer contract figures comprise 1.07 million contracts in the field of Information Management (prior year: 0.41 million without WEB.DE), 2.25 million in Webhosting (of which 0.71 million outside Germany. Prior year: 1.88 – of which 0.37 million outside Germany) and 2.06 million (prior year: 1.41 million) in Internet Access – of which 1.86 million DSL customers (prior year: 1.15 million). The number of monthly DSL telephony minutes rose in March 2006 to 480 million (prior year: 50 million). (c)DGAP 11.05.2006 ————————————————————————— Language: English Issuer: United Internet AG Elgendorfer Straße 57 56410 Montabaur Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)260 296-1631 Fax: +49 (0)260 296-1013 email: Investor-Relations@United-Internet.de WWW: www.United-Internet.de ISIN: DE0005089031 WKN: 508903 indices: TecDAX Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf End of News DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————