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D+S europe AG: Trend-setting growth measures taken

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EBIT expected to rise by 75% to over EUR 33 million in 2007
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- Turnover by quarterly comparison up by 20.8%
to EUR 43.5 million - EBITDA increase of 27.4% to EUR 7.9 million - 
EBIT adjusted by acquisition costs up by 22.2% to EUR 5.5 million - 
376 new employees - new location with 500 jobs on Rügen - Leap in 
turnover and earnings by Heycom consolidation as of mid-2007
HAMBURG. May 15, 2007. D+S europe AG (ISIN: DE0005336804), leading 
solutions provider for comprehensive customer management, continued 
its growth trend in the first quarter of 2007. Thus turnover 
increased by 20.8% from EUR 36.0 million to EUR 43.5 million. These 
figures show the mere operative growth of D+S europe AG as the Heycom
Group, whose takeover was announced at end of March, will only be 
consolidated as of the middle of the year.
EBITDA rose by 27.4% from EUR 6.2 million in the previous-year period
to EUR 7.9 million in the first quarter of 2007. EBIT went up by 12% 
from EUR 4.5 million in the first quarter of 2006 to EUR 5.0 million 
in the period under review. It has to be taken into account that the 
figures already include the costs in the amount of EUR 0.5 million 
incurred for the acquisition of the Heycom Group. Without these 
advance costs for the Heycom Group acquisition EBIT would have risen 
by 22.2% reaching EUR 5.5 million in the first quarter of 2007. 
Earnings per share were burdened by 1 cent per share due to special 
expenditure incurring in the course of the Heycom acquisition in the 
first quarter of the year. Adjusted EPS standing at 9 cents in the 
first quarter of 2007 rose by 1 cent as opposed to the comparable 
previous-year value. In the previous-year´s quarter EPS adjusted for 
one-time tax capitalization amounted to 8 cents.
Thus D+S europe AG achieved its profit targets despite considerable 
expenditure incurred by upsizing its workforce nationwide in the 
first three months. In the past months D+S europe AG, having 
concluded several large long-term contracts, has been recruiting more
than 600 additional employees in the first half of 2007, 376 in the 
first quarter alone. The existing locations of D+S europe AG have 
been fully utilized. In April D+S europe AG therefore decided to 
establish a new location on the island of Rügen which is planned to 
start operations with over 150 employees by mid-2007 and which is to 
be extended to 500 employees in 2008.
With the Heycom Group takeover D+S europe AG succeeded in 
skyrocketing to a leading position in the market of online 
transaction management, as it did in 2005 in the field of value-added
services with the acquisition of dtms. Heycom´s initial consolidation
in mid-2007 will provide an additional growth spurt for D+S europe AG
resulting in earnings being doubled, so that the Group expects an 
EBIT of over EUR 11 million for both the third and fourth quarter of 
2007. These first quarter results show that D+S europe AG is on its 
way to meet its 2007 targets. All in all the turnover of the current 
year is expected to increase by about 45.0% from EUR 165 million in 
2006 to about EUR 240 million in 2007. EBIT is expected to rise in 
above average proportions by more than 75% from EUR 18.9 million in 
2006 to over EUR 33 million in 2007 corresponding to an EBIT margin 
of almost 14%. Earnings per share are to rise to between 50 and 55 
Cent in 2007.
For 2008 D+S europe AG anticipates continuing its growth trend, 
triggering another leap in earnings to over EUR 320 million together 
with the first all-year consolidation of the Heycom Group. D+S europe
AG´s EBIT is expected to reach about EUR 50 million in 2008 
signifying a 2.5-fold increase compared with 2006. Thus D+S europe AG
would reach its EBIT margin target of 15% for the first time in 2008.
Correspondingly earnings per share would rise to between 70 and 75 
cent.
Dipl.-Ing. Achim Plate, Chairman of D+S europe AG: "D+S europe AG is 
continuing its growth very dynamically, and by taking over the Heycom
Group in the first quarter of 2007 it has given the starting signal 
for pushing forward into new growth regions. The great number of 
large contracts of the past months clearly confirms D+S europe AG´s 
positioning as full service provider. For the future we expect 
further potential for improvement from our large contracts as we are 
already conducting talks with some of our clients on providing 
additional services from our full range of services."
On D+S europe:
D+S europe AG is one of the leading solutions providers for 
comprehensive customer management. Regardless of the communication 
channel, whether by landline, mobile phone, Internet, TV or in 
writing, D+S europe manages contacts between its clients and their 
most important assets, their private customers. For its clients D+S 
europe connects, provides contents and carries out billing 
procedures. Clients´ customer management processes can be completely 
outsourced: from identifying interesting contacts via establishing 
the ideal contact channel and contacting to collection services, if 
required. Application of the latest technologies results in utmost 
client and end-customer satisfaction. Internationally leading 
enterprises cooperate with D+S europe and are serviced by over 4,300 
employees at locations all over Germany as well as in Austria, Poland
and the Czech Republic.  D+S europe AG´s share is listed in Prime 
Standard and in SDAX.
For further information please visit www.dseurope.ag.
end of announcement                               euro adhoc 15.05.2007 11:00:00

Further inquiry note:

Edited by:
D+S europe AG, Kapstadtring 10, 22297 Hamburg
Director Corporate Communications & Marketing
Thiess Johannssen, Telephone: +49 (0) 40.4114-1400, Telefax: +49 (0)
40.4114-3399
t.johannssen@dseurope.ag

Branche: Advertising
ISIN: DE0005336804
WKN: 533680
Index: CDAX, Classic All Share, Prime All Share, SDAX
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