United Internet AG

Earnings Release • Aug 9, 2007

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Ad-hoc | 9 August 2007 20:05

United Internet posts new record figures. Earnings per share up 45%.

United Internet AG / Half Year Results

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Ad hoc announcement acc. to Sec. 15 WpHG

United Internet posts new record figures. Earnings per share up 45%.

Montabaur, August 9, 2007. The Management Board and Supervisory Board of
United Internet AG today adopted the Group’s consolidated results according
to IFRS for the first half-year 2007 – with growth of 45% in earnings per
share.

Consolidated sales of United Internet AG achieved year-on-year growth of
27.1%, from EUR 549.2 million (comparable prior-year figure after sale and
deconsolidation of twenty4help in the first quarter of 2007) to EUR 698.0
million. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization
(EBITDA) grew by 43.0%, from EUR 111.1 million (comparable prior-year
figure) to EUR 158.9 million. Earnings before taxes (EBT) of the United
Internet Group improved by 39.6%, from EUR 87.3 million (comparable
prior-year figure) to EUR 121.9 million. These earnings figures include a
non-recurring net positive effect from the Online Marketing segment of EUR
16.8 million in EBITDA and EUR 7.4 million in EBT. Earnings per share (EPS)
climbed 185.7%, from EUR 0.21 (split-adjusted prior-year figure, including
EUR 0.01 from discontinued operations) to EUR 0.60, of which EUR 0.28 was
from discontinued operations and EUR 0.03 from positive one-off effects.

Half-year comparison in EUR million 1st half- 1st half-year Gr-
year 2006 2007 owth
Sales 549.2 698.0 27.
1%
EBITDA 111.1 158.9 43.
0%
EBITDA without one-off positive effect 111.1 142.1 27.
9%
EBT 87.3 121.9 39.
6%
EBT without one-off positive effect 87.3 114.5 31.
2%
EPS in EUR 0.21 0.60 185
.7%
Of which from continued operations 0.20 0.32 60.
0%
Of which from discontinued operations 0.01 0.28 -
EPS in EUR (from continued operations) 0.20 0.29 45.
without one-off positive effect 0%

Quarterly figures in EUR million Q2 Q2 Grow
2006 2007 th
Sales 288.8 361.1 25.0%
EBITDA 60.3 95.5 58.4%
EBITDA without one-off positive effect 60.3 78.7 30.5%
EBT 48.1 71.8 49.3%
EBT without one-off positive effect 48.1 64.4 33.9%
EPS in EUR 0.12 0.19 58.3%
Of which from continued operations 0.11 0.19 63.6%
Of which from discontinued operations 0.01 - -
EPS in EUR (from continued operations) without one- 0.11 0.16 45.5%
off positive effect

The number of fee-based customer contracts grew to 6.84 million as of June
30, 2007 (prior year: 5.79 million). Of this total, the Information
Management product line accounted for 1.16 million contracts (prior year:
1.05 million), the Webhosting business for 3.11 million (prior year: 2.61
million), of which 1.47 million were outside Germany (prior year: 1.06
million), and Internet Access for 2.57 million contracts (prior year: 2.13
million), of which 2.42 million were DSL accounts (prior year: 1.94
million) with 90,000 new DSL customers in the first quarter of 2007 and
64,000 new customers in the second quarter. Up to 780 million telephone
minutes were completed per month (prior year: 500 million). The number of
DSL connection customers also continued to grow: it rose to 2.06 million
(prior year: 1.40 million). This means that 85.1% (prior year: 72.2%) of
our DSL access customers receive both their internet access and DSL
connection from United Internet.

Customer contracts in million 30.06.2006 31.03.2007 30.06.2007
Information Management 1.05 1.12 1.16
Webhosting 2.61 3.00 3.11
thereof abroad 1.06 1.37 1.47
Internet Access 2.13 2.51 2.57
thereof DSL 1.94 2.36 2.42
Total 5.79 6.63 6.84

Information 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 09.08.2007

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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
Internet: www.United-Internet.de
ISIN: DE0005089031
WKN: 508903
Indices: TecDAX
Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Stuttgart, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf

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