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freenet.de AG Looks Ahead at 2005

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21.02.2005
freenet.de AG Looks Ahead at 2005 
• Target Revenues of over 650 million euro,
• EBITDA of between 125-140 million euro, and 
• First-ever dividend payout of 0.35 euro per share for 2004
freenet.de AG / Hamburg - Following a highly successful fiscal 2004,
freenet.de AG expects it will continue its growth dynamic unbroken in
2005 while keeping profitability high. The management projects that
revenues will rise from 471.6 million euro in 2004 to over 650
million euro in 2005 - provided the acquisition of the value-added
and call-by-call business of the Talkline group is finalized within
the 1st quarter 2005. EBITDA is forecast at between 125 and 140
million euro for 2005. Here it should be taken into consideration
that freenet plans to spend 30 million euro more on Sales and
Marketing in 2005 than in 2004, especially in DSL and pre-selection.
In the medium term - by 2008 at the latest - freenet.de AG expects to
have target revenues of over 1 billion euro with a pre-tax margin of
between 17 and 20 percent.
The freenet.de AG management has also decided to propose a first-time
dividend payout of 0.35 euro per share to the Annual General Meeting.
At the current share price, this translates to a dividend yield of
roughly 2 percent, and is the first step in a long-term dividend
policy which stipulates that about one-third of the consolidated
profit is paid out to shareholders. 
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                      Q4/2004 Q3/2004 Q4/2003 2004    2003
Revenues              126,466 116,016 116,638 471,582 365,502
Segment: Internet                                     
access                73,049  68,563  76,613  282,727 231,132
Segment: Voice        39,558  38,000  30,455  148,132 99,458
Segment: Portal                                       
business              12,463  8,248   8,262   35,592  29,829
Segment: B2B Services 1,396   1,205   1,308   5,131   5,083
Gross profit          60,327  58,136  57,360  238,960 156,076
EBITDA                30,459  31,308  30,363  133,366 79,879
Earnings before                                       
taxes (EBT)           21,972  23,024  18,820  97,659  47,660
Group result          13,992  13,938  14,890  60,086  36,623
Capital and reserves  192,065 178,575 139,659 192,065 139,659
Balance sheet total   310,223 310,244 300,371 310,223 300,371
Cash and cash                                         
equivalents           145,348 150,229 113,259 145,348 113,259
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                       30.12.2004 30.09.2004 30.12.2003
Share price (Euro)     18.95      14.37      18.84
Market capitalisation                        
(million Euro)         1,072      813        1,060
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(Financial data per IFRS; in TEUR / Source: freenet.de AG)
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end of announcement                    euro adhoc 22.02.2005 08:02:10 

Further inquiry note:

freenet.de AG
Andreas Neumann
Investor Relations
Tel.: +49 (0)40 51306 778
E-Mail: IR@freenet-ag.de

Branche: Online
ISIN: DE0005792006
WKN: 579200
Index: TecDAX, Prime Standard
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