Ad-hoc | 9 May 2007 07:30
United Internet AG / Quarter Results Release of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, 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 Successful Q1 2007 for United Internet Montabaur, May 9, 2007. The Management Board of United Internet AG today announced the Group’s consolidated results according to IFRS for the first quarter of 2007. Compared with the same period last year, there was once again strong growth in all relevant financial ratios and customer figures. In addition to strong organic growth, the financial figures are influenced by the sale and deconsolidation of the United Internet Group subsidiary twenty4help Knowledge Service AG. The sale resulted in extraordinary income of around EUR 65.8 million, which is disclosed in the figures for the first quarter of 2007 as Discontinued Operations in accordance with IFRS 5. Also in accordance with IFRS 5, the following prior-year figures of the income statement have been adjusted. In the first quarter of 2007, consolidated sales revenues of the United Internet Group grew by 29.4% to EUR 336.9 million (prior year: EUR 260.4 million). Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) grew by 24.8% to EUR 63.4 million (prior year: EUR 50.8 million). Earnings before taxes (EBT) from continued operations were increased by 27.8% to EUR 50.1 million (prior year: EUR 39.2 million). Despite increased costs for the penetration of new business fields, the EBT margin thus amounted to around 15%. Earnings per share reached EUR 0.41 (split-adjusted prior-year figure: EUR 0.10) – of which EUR 0.28 (prior year: EUR 0.01) resulted from discontinued operations.In EUR million Jan. – March Jan. – March Growth 2007 2006 Sales 336.9 260.4 29.4% EBITDA 63.4 50.8 24.8% EBT (from continued operations) 50.1 39.2 27.8% EPS in EUR 0.41 0.10 310.0% Of which from continued 0.13 0.09 44.4% operations Of which from discontinued 0.28 0.01 2,700.0% operationsThe number of fee-based customer contracts grew to 6.63 million as of March 31, 2007 (prior year: 5.30 million). Of this total, the Information Management product line accounted for 1.12 million contracts (prior year: 1.01 million), the Webhosting business for 3.00 million (prior year: 2.25 million), of which 1.37 million were outside Germany (prior year: 0.71 million), and Internet Access for 2.51 million contracts (prior year: 2.04 million), of which 2.36 million were DSL accounts (prior year: 1.84 million). Compared with March 31, 2006, the number of telephony customers grew by 670,000 to 1.37 million. Up to 780 million telephone minutes were completed per month (prior year: 480 million). The number of DSL connection customers also continued to grow: it rose to 1.97 million (prior year: 1.23 million). This means that 83.5% (prior year: 66.8%) of the DSL access customers receive both their internet access and DSL connection from United Internet. 58.1% (prior year: 38.0%) of the DSL access customers also use the DSL telephony product in addition to pure internet access.Customer contracts (million) 31.03.2006 31.12.2006 31.03.2007 Information Management 1.01 1.09 1.12 Webhosting 2.25 2.86 3.00 of which abroad 0.71 1.26 1.37 Internet Access 2.04 2.44 2.51 of which DSL 1.84 2.27 2.36 Total 5.30 6.39 6.63Information Management: excluding test contracts Internet Access and DSL: excluding provider-independent VoIP flat rate contracts Marcus Schaps Press spokesman United Internet AG United Internet AG Elgendorfer Strasse 57 56410 Montabaur Germany Tel: +49 2602/96-1076 Fax: +49 2602/96-1013 E-mail: mschaps@united-internet.de Internet: www.united-internet.de DGAP 09.05.2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: United Internet AG Elgendorfer Straße 57 56410 Montabaur Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)260 296-1631 Fax: +49 (0)260 296-1013 E-mail: 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------