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Q1 Report for Financial Year 2007
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3-month report
19.04.2007
Karlsruhe/Germany, April 19, 2007. ComBOTS AG (ISIN: DE000CMBT111) today announced its Q1 results for fiscal year 2007. In Q1 the EBITDA loss decreased quarter-to-quarter from -7.1 million Euro in Q4/2006 by 16.9 % to -5.9 million Euro (Q1/2006: -7.5 million Euro). Accordingly, earnings before tax improved on a quarterly basis from -7.9 million Euro to -7.2 million Euro in the first quarter 2007. The first quarter 2007 closed with a net result of -7.2 million Euro.
The value of our 9.3% shareholding in United Internet rose by 47.3 million Euro or 16.3 % during Q1. Hence, liquid assets (including tradable securities) for the quarter ended March 31, 2007, amounted to 496.2 million Euro (Year-end 2006: 462.7 million Euro). See the table below for further details on the key financial figures for Q1/2007.
|in million Euro | Q1/2007|Q4/2006|Q1/2006| |Revenues | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |Marketing and advertising | (1.2) |(1.9) | (0.7)| |General administration costs | (0.9) |(0.3) | (1.5)| |Research and development | (6.1) |(6.7) | (6.3)| |Operating result (EBIT) | (8.2) |(8.8) | (8.5)| |Amortization of intangible and tangible | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | |assets | | | | |EBITDA | (5.9) |(7.1) | (7.5)| |Financial income and income from associated | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.7 | |companies | | | | |Earnings before tax | (7.2) |(7.9) | (6.8)| |Tax income | 0.0 | 1.0 | 2.2 | |Net result for the period | (7.2) |(6.9) | (4.6)| |Net result for the period per share (in Euro)| (0.20)|(0.19) | (0.13)| |Liquid funds and other securities | 496.2 |462.7 | 516.2 | |Shareholders' equity | 523.1 |488.5 | 539.4 | |Balance sheet total | 539.8 |562.5 | 559.5 |
For further information, please visit www.combots.com where the detailed Report for the first quarter of 2007 is available including a letter to the shareholders from chairman and founder Michael Greve.
end of announcement euro adhoc 19.04.2007 07:41:15
Further inquiry note:
Contacts @ ComBOTS:
For Analysts and Investors:
Silvia Teschner
Investor Relations
Tel. +49 721 5160 2701
investor.relations@combots.com
For Press and Media:
Oliver Schwartz
Corporate Communications
Tel. +49 721 5160 2222
public.relations@combots.com
Branche: Online
ISIN: DE000CMBT111
WKN: CMBT11
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