EANS-News: freenet AG
freenet AG continues its successful development in
Q2/2012
07.08.2012 – 18:32
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-month report Büdelsdorf, 7 August 2012 (euro adhoc) - freenet AG continues its positive first-quarter performance in the second quarter of 2012. Based on this, the freenet AG Executive Board confirms the full-year guidance, which was published in March 2012 in connection with the 2011 preliminary figures. In the first half of 2012, freenet AG generated group EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) of 170.7 million euros, versus 162.3 million euros in the first six months of 2011. At 124.0 million euros, free cash flow* for the first half 2012 was on par with the previous year. The Group generated revenue of 1.49 billion euros in the first six months of 2012 as expected (1st Half 2011: 1.55 billion euros). Thereby freenet AG increased its first-half Group result by 35.3 million euros or 75.3 percent year-on-year to 82.2 million euros. The number of (postpaid) contract customers remained stable at 5.69 million in Q2/2012, while the no-frills customer base increased by 80,000 during the same period, to 2.54 million. At the end of the second quarter of 2012, the total number of mobile communication customers was 14.46 million. The monthly average revenue per user (ARPU) for the half-year was on par with that of the first half 2011: 23.5 euros. The complete freenet AG interim report for the first half of 2012 will be available for download shortly at http://www.freenet-group.de/investor. *Free cash flow is defined as cash flow from operating activities, minus investments in property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, plus proceeds from the disposal of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets. Further inquiry note: freenet AG Investor Relations Tel.: +49 (0)40 51306-778 E-Mail: ir@freenet.ag end of announcement euro adhoc -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- company: freenet AG Hollerstraße 126 D-24782 Büdelsdorf phone: +49 (0)4331 691000 mail: ir@freenet.ag WWW: http://www.freenet-group.de sector: Telecommunications ISIN: DE000A0Z2ZZ5 indexes: Midcap Market Index, TecDAX, CDAX, HDAX, Prime All Share, Technology All Share stockmarkets: free trade: Hannover, Berlin, München, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, regulated dealing/prime standard: Frankfurt language: English