1&1 AG — Earnings Release 2005

Aug 5, 2005

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Ad-hoc | 5 August 2005 08:30

Drillisch AG: Further profit increase in Q2. Drillisch raises FY guidance

Ad hoc announcement §15 WpHG Drillisch raises FY guidance after preliminary results Drillisch AG: Further profit increase in Q2. Drillisch raises FY guidance Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— Drillisch AG: Q2 EBITDA increased by 60 percent Maintal, 5. August 2005 – The mobile communications service provider Drillisch AG (ISIN DE 0005545503) increased its EBITDA in Q2 by 60 percent to 8.5 million EUR compared with Q2 in 2004.. According to the preliminary figures, Drillisch reached with sales of 161.891 million EUR (170.1 mln EUR) an EBITDA in the first half year of 14.1 million EUR (+40,38 percent). The EBITDA-margin of 8.7 percent exceeded signifi-cantly the previous years 5.9 percent and is considerable ahead of the operat-ing margin in the industry. EBT reached 12.8 million EUR – a growth rate of 97.2 percent against the previous Period. EBT-margin improved to 7.9 percent after 3.8 percent. H1 result 2005 vs. H1 result 2004 in million EUR Sales: 161.9 (170.1) EBITDA: 14.1 (10.0) EBT: 12.8 (6.5) Liquidity in the group reached 21.2 million EUR as of 30. June 2005 com-pared to 15.7 million as of 31. March 2005, an increase of 5.5 million. The executive board gives a new guidance for FY 2005. In brackets the old guidance. Sales:~350 mln EUR (~EUR350 mln EUR) EBITDA 27.5 mln EUR ( 24 mln EUR) EBT 24.5 mln EUR ( 21 mln EUR) EPS> 0.32 EUR (>0.32 EUR) The complete H1 report will be published on Monday, 15. August 2005. Maintal, 5. August 2005 Drillisch AG Executive Board Drillisch AG Wilhelm-Röntgen-Straße 1-5 63477 Maintal Deutschland ISIN: DE0005545503 WKN: 554550 Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin- Bremen, Düsseldorf, München und Stuttgart End of ad hoc announcement (c)DGAP 05.08.2005 050830 Aug 05