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EANS-Adhoc: adesso AG with All-time High in Sales Revenues in 2009 - First Dividend Payment Suggested

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annual report
26.03.2010
- Sales Revenues increased at 7 % to over EUR 71.3 million - 
Consolidated profit of EUR 3.6 million exceeds expectations in 
difficult market environment
adesso AG closed the 2009 business year with a new all-time high in 
sales revenues of EUR 71.3 million, despite the difficult general 
economic situation. This corresponds to an increase of 7 percent of 
which 4 percentage-points result from organic growth. The 
consolidated profit of EUR 3.6 million is less than last year´s 
result of EUR 4.3 million, but significantly exceeds the company´s 
own expectations for 2009. Corresponding to today´s decision of the 
Supervisory Board the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board will 
suggest a dividend payment for the first time of EUR 0.15 per share 
on the adesso annual shareholders meeting.
In the fourth quarter of 2009 the turnover increased to a new 
peak-value of EUR 20.5 million. The operating result EBITDA of EUR 
1.9 million increased at 40 %, compared to last year´s result. EBITDA
margin amounted to 9.1 % (Q4/2008: 7.3%). The result and turnover in 
the product business increased distinctly compared to the first nine 
month, particularly due to the sale of licenses of the company´s own 
software to E.ON group. The number of employers increased to 598 
(FTE) in adesso Group (last year: 529) at year´s end. Liquid assets 
rose to EUR 4.3 million in the 4th quarter.
While the IT market in Germany decreased by 2.6 percent, adesso was 
able to gain organic growth. Due to lower work capacities and higher 
personnel costs in the first half-year, EBITDA margin decreased to 
8.1 % (12.1 in 2008). The minimum forecast of 5 % due to the economic
crises as well as the forecast of 7 % made during the year had thus 
been outnumbered. The operative EBITDA margin decreased at 30 % to 
EUR 5.8 million, after EUR 8.1 million in 2008. Depreciations reduced
at 820 EURk and positive tax revenues of 293 EURk lead to 
consolidated profits of EUR 3.6 million (EUR 4.3 in 2008). The result
per share adds up to EUR 0.61 after EUR 0.74 in 2008. The suggestion 
to pay out a dividend of EUR 0.15 per share corresponds to a return 
of 3 % to the adesso share equity price at year´s end, respectively a
payout ratio of 24% of the net income.
At year´s end, adesso has liquid assets of more than EUR 17.3 million
and a net-cash of more than EUR 10.6 million after liabilities. 
Equity ratio increased to 49 percent (45 percent in 2008). Based on 
these results, adesso will continue its growth strategy.
adesso expects a slightly recovering economy in 2010 and a growth of 
the IT market in the German-speaking area between 2% and 3%. With a 
target of 5 % adesso Group wants to grow faster than the market 
average and thus anticipates sales revenues between EUR 73 and 75 
million for 2010. With an at-least solid price level and a higher 
degree of capacity utilization of its consultants and software 
developers, the operating EBITDA margin is expected to increase at 15
percent to EUR 6.5 million. The first quarter of 2010 will probably 
be weaker than the following quarters. Consolidated profit is 
intended to increase to approximately EUR 4 million. For 2011 the 
Executive Board expects a more rapid growth and a return to the aim 
of a double-digit operating margin.
The annual report 2009 will be published today, 26 March 2010, and 
will be available on the website at www.adesso-group.de.
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business development:
Besides increasing sales in the insurance and banks sectors, the 
business segment “mobile applications“ contributed to the profits. 
With its own technology platform of the subsidiary adesso mobile 
solutions GmbH as well as by providing know-how and having various 
renowned references, adesso was able to gain good grounds in this 
field. Together with the high-end content management system 
FirstSpirit of the subsidiary e-Spirit AG adesso offers a unique 
combination of consultancy, software development, standardized 
solutions and application management for an integrated generation, 
administration and multi-channel distribution of digital contents. 
This service range, which addresses the top 100 companies in Germany 
as well as the top 15 Austrian and Swiss companies, is very 
promising. With E.ON AG adesso could win a major customer who already
ordered the complete services. The adesso solutions will be the 
worldwide standard of E.ON group, bearing an order volume of EUR 6.5 
million for licenses and services. Moreover, another new business 
approach of adesso developed successfully: One year ago, the company 
announced the development of a portal for the efficient processing 
between law firms and legal protection insurances. This portal now 
already contributed with more than EUR 1.0 million to the 
consolidated profit.
Despite the difficult market environment in 2009, adesso has extended
its Sales and Business Development departments and expanded locally, 
which both contributes to excellent growths perspectives. In Germany 
adesso opened a new premise in Stuttgart which opens the doors to a 
new economic region. In addition to that, adesso entered the Austrian
market by acquiring beiT Consulting GmbH and CFC Informationssysteme.
Both companies achieved sales revenues of more than EUR 5.5 million, 
of which EUR 3.8 million are already part of the consolidated profit.
adesso moves up to rank 20 in the current Luenendonk listing of 
Germany's Top IT consultancy and system integration companies.
end of announcement                               euro adhoc

Further inquiry note:

Christoph Junge
Member of the Board
Tel.: +49 231 930-9330
E-Mail: ir@adesso.de

Branche: Computing & Information Technology
ISIN: DE000A0Z23Q5
WKN: A0Z23Q
Index: CDAX
Börsen: Berlin / free trade
Hamburg / free trade
Stuttgart / free trade
Düsseldorf / free trade
München / free trade
Frankfurt / regulated dealing/general standard

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