euro adhoc: PANDATEL AG
Earnings Forecast
Pandatel: business
development marked by strategic reorientation in H1 2004 (E)
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Pandatel AG, Hamburg, has continued to focus on improving Sales and Development in H1 2004. Moreover, the acquisition of Lightmaze Solutions AG strongly enhances Pandatels optical networking product portfolio.
On preliminary consideration, business development will be below last years H1 level in H1 2004 in spite of the measures introduced. Yet it was not possible to reduce the loss incurred in the first quarter of 2004. Accordingly, at the moment the original sales and profit planning can no longer be maintained for FY 2004. The enterprise now expects revenue figures similar to FY 2003. Losses are expected to reduce by EUR 1m compared to previous years results.
Therefore, it became necessary to adjust the sales and profit planning, mainly attributable to the poor market development in Asia and America. The devices developed under this years product roll-out will be available from September 2004 as scheduled earlier. Thus, business will gain momentum in Q4 2004. Moreover, the acquisition of Lightmaze Solutions AG and the product marketing involved will yield first results in the same period.
Pandatels H1 Report will contain further information on the business development over the first six months on August 11, 2004.
Pandatel AG: Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, Pandatel is a specialist provider of professional access and transmission technology for fiber-optic and copper data transmission. With a payroll of some 180, its own representative offices in France and Great Britain as well as subsidiaries in the United States, Israel and Singapore, and a range of sales partners world-wide, the publicly listed company supports corporate clients in 90 countries.
end of announcement euro adhoc 09.08.2004
Further inquiry note:
Christina Kunze
Tel.: +49 (0)40 644 14 187
E-Mail: cku@pandatel.com
Branche: Telecommunications Equipment
ISIN: DE0006916307
WKN: 691630
Index: Prime All Share, Prime Standard
Börsen: Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse / regulated dealing
Niedersächsische Börse zu Hannover / free trade
Berliner Wertpapierbörse / free trade
Bayerische Börse / free trade
Hamburger Wertpapierbörse / free trade
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Börse Düsseldorf / free trade
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