CANCOM SE — Earnings Release 2005

Aug 30, 2005

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Corporate | 30 August 2005 08:53

A steady upward trend for Pironet NDH

Corporate-news transmitted by DGAP. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. —————————————————————————— A steady upward trend for Pironet NDH Six-month turnover at + 30% – Investment volume more than quadruples, rising to 4.9 million euro Cologne, Germany, August 30, 2005. The first six months of the current fiscal year saw double-digit growth in turnover and earnings at Pironet NDH. Turnover rose from EUR 14.6 million to EUR 19.0 million, a 30% increase over the same period the previous year. Despite sustained high growth, the earnings figures grew at a disproportionate rate for this provider of products and services in information and communications technology for digital content creation, alignment and distribution. EBIT at the firm advanced 55%, to EUR 0.9 million. Improvement on a similar scale was registered in the area of pre-tax results (EBT), which grew from EUR 0.8 million to EUR 1.2 million. Pironet NDH increased its yields as well, even though the company spent EUR 4.0 for sales and marketing, nearly twice the previous year’s level, due to a considerable expansion of its product range. Pironet NDH is currently conducting an innovation offensive. This is being done in tandem with a marked increase in investments, which will rise from EUR 0.9 million to EUR 4.9 million. Worthy of note are the company’s new software solutions for retail and industry, solutions that contribute significantly to added value while enabling users to tap cost savings potentials at the same time. To date, these solutions have met with a resoundingly favourable reception. Pironet NDH anticipates that the new software will be ready for market roll-out in the quarters ahead. This is why Pironet NDH takes a highly optimistic view of its future prospects. For the second half of 2005, the company expects to improve upon the turnover and earnings figures registered in the first six months. The target figure: at least EUR 40 million in turnover, accompanied by growth in results disproportionate to revenues. The entire report for the half-year is available for downloading under the web adress http://www.pironet-ndh.com/ir The Executive Board For further information, please contact: Pironet NDH AG Investor Relations Theodor Heuss Str. 92 – 100 D-51149 Cologne – Germany Tel.: +49 (0)2203/935 30 3951 Fax: +49 (0)2203/935 30 3959 ir@pironet-ndh.com http://www.pironet-ndh.com/ir End of announcement (c)DGAP 30.08.2005 —————————————————————————— WKN: 691640; ISIN: DE0006916406; Index: Listed: Geregelter Markt in Frankfurt (General Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München und Stuttgart 300853 Aug 05