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Financial Figures/Balance Sheet / Eight percent increase in corporate sales

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6-month report
23.12.2008
In the first half of the current financial year, sales at feratel 
media technologies increased by eight percent over the same period of
the previous year. The Austrian company, which is listed on the 
Vienna Stock Exchange and has its headquarters in Innsbruck, reports 
sales totaling TEUR 9,493.3 (compared with  TEUR 8,788.3).
For the first half of the business year, feratel announced EBITDA at 
minus TEUR 432.5 and, after depreciation totaling EUR 1.7 million, 
EBIT (operating result) at minus TEUR 2,101.2 (compared with minus 
TEUR 2,048.8). Earnings before taxes (EBT) stood at TEUR minus 
2,155.8 after TEUR minus 2,170.1 in the same period of the previous 
year.
The company's results traditionally have a strong seasonal bias. 
Sales in the Telecommunications Division, for example, are 
concentrated in the second half of the financial year, while 
overheads are distributed equally over the full twelve-month period. 
And in a number of major markets the period from May to October, i.e.
the first half of the business year, accounts for a mere five percent
of income from advertising and related expenditures, while the third 
and fourth quarters generate the remaining 95 percent
feratel is a leading international developer and provider of tourism 
information systems. In the period under report, the company was 
again successful in all three divisions. Further additions were made 
to feratel's Europe-wide network of camera locations 
(Telecommunications), with new sites in Austria, Germany, Italy, 
Switzerland and Slovakia. Demand remained buoyant for the company's 
outdoor information facilities (Information and Reservation Systems),
with a total of thirty terminals delivered in the first half of the 
year to Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, the Netherlands
and Slovakia. And the positive developments in the Media Division 
include the fact that, following the August addition of feratel WebTV
to the company's product portfolio, two channels were implemented in 
the second quarter already, for Ski amadé and Sölden.  Moreover, the 
company managed to move onto the Norwegian market with its trail 
marker system thanks to an order placed by the famous winter resort 
Hemsedal.
Outlook
Given today's general mood of uncertainty with regard to future 
economic developments  and fears of a global recession, it is an open
question whether and to what extent capital spending will be curbed 
in both the tourism and advertising industries, with consequences for
feratel's business activities in the medium term. "At times of crisis
especially, the quality of products and services becomes even more 
significant. With our product portfolio, we at feratel media 
technologies AG are strongly positioned on a broad base. We are 
present in a large number of countries and with a wide range of 
products and services. We must therefore wait and see to what degree 
the current economic situation will impact capital spending in the 
relevant industries," says CEO Dr. Markus Schröcksnadel.
Figures for 1st half of 07/08 and 08/09 (pursuant to IFRS) and 
year-end 07/08
Q1+2 08/09      Q1+2 07/08      year-end 07/08
Sales                        9,493.3        8,788.3          29,139.4
Income from operations      10,017.5        9,307.5          30,935.9
EBITDA                        -432.5         -151.2           5,615.7
EBIT                        -2,101.2       -2,048.8           1,425.4
EBT                         -2,155.8       -2,170.1           1,189.7
end of announcement                               euro adhoc

Further inquiry note:

Mag. Gabriela Huter, PR & Marketing, feratel media technologies
AG, Maria-Theresien-Strasse 8, A-6020 Innsbruck, fon +43 512 7280-407, fax +43
512 7280-80, mail gabriela.huter@feratel.com, www.feratel.com

Branche: Tourism & Leisure
ISIN: AT0000737804
WKN: 615165
Index: WBI, Standard Market Auction
Börsen: Wiener Börse AG / official market

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