AMADEUS FIRE AG

Earnings Release • Jul 19, 2001

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Ad-hoc | 19 July 2001 08:15

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Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– Strong Growth of Amadeus Operating Profit in Quarter 1 almost doubled Frankfurt/Main, 19th of July 2001. In quarter 1 of fiscal year 2001/2002 Amadeus AG Human Resource Services and Solution Provider continued it’s strong growth and achieved excellent results. The consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with IAS and show at 30th of June 2001 sales revenues of KEuro 16,659 (prior year KEuro 10,062), an increase of 65.6 %. The organic growth of the Group’s core business was 37.1 % on prior year. Gross profit totals KEuro 6,849 (prior year KEuro 3,866), an increase of 77.1 %. The gross profit margin after three months in fiscal year 2001/2002 amounted to 41.1 % (prior year 38.4 %). The gross profit margin for the period excluding acquisitions was 38.8 % (prior year 38.9 %). The operating profit excluding goodwill amortization (EBITA) after three months was KEuro 2,362 (prior year KEuro 1,209), an increase of 95.3 %, resulting in an EBITA margin of 14.2 % (prior year 12.0 %). The profit before tax (PBT) for the current fiscal year 2001/2002 totals KEuro 2,154 (prior year KEuro 1,301), an improvement of 65.6 %. Net income after minorities amounts to KEuro 1,169 (+84.1 % on prior year), influenced by a decreasing tax rate of 43.9 % (prior year 52.7 %). After three months of fiscal year 2001/2002 the undiluted earnings per share including goodwill amortization amount to Euro 0.22 (prior year Euro 0.12). The Quarter 1 Report for fiscal year 2001/2002 is available on the Amadeus homepage http://www.AmadeusAG.de/investor. end of ad hoc announcement (c) DGAP 19.07.2001 ——————————————————————————– WKN: 509310; Index: SDax Listed: Amtlich Handel in Frankfurt (SMAX); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München und Stuttgart 190815 Jul 01