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Preliminary figures: AdLINK Group
posts record sales in fiscal 2007 /// 50% growth in earnings compared to prior
year
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27.02.2008
Preliminary figures: AdLINK Group posts record sales in fiscal 2007 /// 50% growth in earnings compared to prior year
Montabaur, February 27, 2008. The Management Board of AdLINK Internet Media AG (AdLINK Group), one of Europe's leading independent networks for digital marketing solutions, today announced its preliminary and unaudited consolidated figures for fiscal year 2007. According to these preliminary results, the Group once again achieved record levels of sales and earnings in the past year.
Consolidated sales grew by 29.1% in 2007 to EUR 229.2 million, compared with EUR 177.5 million in 2006. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) climbed 93.3%, from EUR 22.5 million in the previous year to EUR 43.5 million. Preliminary earnings before taxes (EBT) were raised by 52.4% to EUR 28.5 million (prior year: EUR 18.7 million). This growth includes non-recurring, special items from the second quarter of 2007 which were positive on balance. These items include one-off income of EUR 16.8 million from the contribution of the operating businesses of AdLINK Switzerland and AdLINK Austria to Goldbach Media AG, as well as write-downs from the restructuring of AdLINK Media and Affiliate segment operations in France and the UK totaling EUR 9.4 million. According to preliminary calculations, earnings per share (EPS) improved from EUR 0.47 to EUR 0.72 per share.
|Annual comparison in EUR|2006 |2007 |Growth | |million | | | | |Sales |177.5 |229.2 |+ 29.1% | |EBITDA |22.5 |43.5 |+ 93.3% | |EBT |18.7 |28.5 |+ 52.4% | |Pro forma EBT* |17.4 |20.9 |+ 20.1% | |Undiluted EPS in EUR |0.47 |0.72 |+ 53.2% |
*EBT without special items and at-equity results of AdLINK Switzerland / Austria
The final audited and certified figures for fiscal year 2007 will be presented at the annual report press conference on April 4, 2008 in Frankfurt.
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Further inquiry note:
Contact partner:
Marcus Schaps
Phone: +49 2602/96-1319
Fax: +49 2602/96-1013
E-mail: presse@adlink.net
Branche: Online
ISIN: DE0005490155
WKN: 549015
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