AMADEUS FIRE AG

Earnings Release • Feb 1, 2006

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Ad-hoc | 1 February 2006 07:55

Amadeus Fire AG: Amadeus FiRe AG: Preliminary figures for 2005

Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— Frankfurt/Main, 1st of February 2006. Amadeus FiRe achieved consolidated sales of EUR 52,0 Mio. in fiscal year 2005 (comparable prior year: EUR 43,7 Mio.), an increase of 18,9 per cent. Organically group sales grew by 15,4 per cent. This development was due to an increase in the specialized temporary staffing business and in interim and project management services. Training and education as well as permanent placement have also achieved considerable sales growth. Gross profit margin decreased by 130 basis points to 39,2 per cent after 40,5 per cent in prior year’s comparable period. Amongst others the decrease results from a lower margin in the training and education service which was affected by a consolidation effect of the academy of international accounting. Gross profit margin of the most important sales division temporary staffing has been improved despite less number of chargeable days. The sales and administrative expenses rose by 7,9 per cent. For the last fiscal year the operative group result before goodwill amortisation (EBITA) amounted to EUR 3,5 Mio. (comparable prior year: EUR 1,9 Mio.). EBITA margin was 6,7 per cent (prior year: 4,4 per cent). For 2006 the Amadeus FiRe group expects increasing sales and a further improvement of the operative result. The final figures for the fiscal year 2005 will be announced during a press conference/analyst’s meeting on 29th of March 2006. Amadeus FiRe AG Thomas Weider Investor Relations Tel: +49 (69) 96 876-180 Investor-Relations@Amadeus-FiRe.de (c)DGAP 01.02.2006 ————————————————————————— language: English emitter: Amadeus Fire AG Darmstädter Landstr. 116 60598 Frankfurt Deutschland phone: +49 (0)69 96876 – 180 fax: +49 (0)69 96876 – 182 email: investor-relations@amadeus-fire.de WWW: www.amadeus-fire.de ISIN: DE0005093108 WKN: 509310 indexes: stockmarkets: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt; Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service —————————————————————————