3U Holding AG — Earnings Release 2009

Mar 3, 2010

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Ad-hoc | 3 March 2010 08:16

3U HOLDING AG: Preliminary figures to the business year 2009 – 3U HOLDING AG reaches positive annual result

3U HOLDING AG / Final Results

03.03.2010 08:16

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3U HOLDING AG (ISIN DE0005167902) has reached, according to preliminary and
unchecked calculations, sales of EUR 92.1m and EBITDA (Earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) of EUR 13.3m in the expired
business year. With an EBITDA margin of about 14.4 percent EBITDA lay about
40.3 percent above EBITDA of the business year 2008 (EUR 9.5m). EBT was
increased by about EUR 7.0m from EUR -3,9m to EUR 3,1m. Due to a larger tax
burden and the extraordinary expenditures at the Subsidiary LambdaNet the
result could not be increased in the same extent. However a positive result
of EUR 0.1m was achieved, after a deficit of EUR 4.0m the year before. With
these preliminary results 3U HOLDING AG has reached its EBITDA prediction
(EUR 12 - 14m) which was raised on the occasion of the publication of the
half-year figures in 2009.

In the fourth quarter 2009 sales of EUR 21.3m, EBITDA of EUR 2.6m and
earnings of EUR -1.0m were achieved. The result of the fourth quarter in
2009 was strained by non-recurrent expenses in the amount of EUR 1.2m in
connection with the reorganisation measures within LambdaNet. At the
Subsidiary a series of synergetic measures were enacted in the fourth
quarter, which will mostly come into effect in the business year 2010 and
which will lead to a significant improvement of the result. In addition, a
wide spectrum of reduction in costs measures will come into effect, which
will partly include the reduction of jobs.

The annual report 2009 of 3U HOLDING AG with the audited financial results
and an outlook for the current business year will be published on March 31,
2010.

Contact:
Peter Alex
Head of Investor Relations

3U HOLDING AG
Neue Kasseler Straße 62 F
D-35039 Marburg
Tel.: + 49 (0)6421 999-1200
Fax: + 49 (0)6421 999-1222
Email: IR@3U.net
www.3u.net

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Language: English
Company: 3U HOLDING AG
Neue Kasseler Str. 62 F
35039 Marburg
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)6421/999-1200
Fax: +49 (0)6421/999-1222
E-mail: IR@3U.net
Internet: www.3u.net
ISIN: DE0005167902
WKN: 516790
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, München, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Hamburg

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