TOMORROW FOCUS AG / Final Results/Preliminary Results
12.03.2008
Release of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Ad-hoc disclosure pursuant to section 15 of the German Securities Trading
Act (Wertpapierhandelsgesetz, WpHG)
TOMORROW FOCUS AG closed the 2007 financial year with high growth in
revenues and profits
(in EUR million) 2007 2006 Change
Sales 74.9 65.6 14.2%
EBITDA 15.5 7.6 103.6%
EBIT 11.7 4.8 142.6%
EBT 11.0 6.1 79.1%
Net income before minorities 8.4 5.1 66.0%
Return on sales before minorities 11.3% 7.8% 44.9%
Earnings per share (in EUR) 0.15 0.10 50.0%
Munich, Germany, 12 March 2008 - Preliminary figures show that TOMORROW
FOCUS AG achieved its highest ever Group sales and EBITDA since its
foundation in financial 2007. Despite discontinuing Microsoft MSN business
and streamlining its business portfolio, the company has remained firmly on
course for growth.
Specifically, TOMORROW FOCUS' Group sales increased from EUR 65.6 million
in the previous year to EUR 74.9 million (+14.2 percent).
Group earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation
(EBITDA) rose to EUR 15.5 million from EUR 7.6 million in the previous year
(+103.6 percent).
Group earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) increased to EUR 11.7
million from EUR 4.8 million in 2006 (+142.6 percent).
Group earnings before tax (EBT) was up from EUR 6.1 million in the previous
year to EUR 11.0 million (+79.1 percent).
The above performance indicators incorporate diverse non-recurrent positive
and negative special effects which result in a net increase of Group
EBITDA, Group EBIT and Group EBT for the financial year 2007 of EUR 3.5
million in each case.
Group EBITDA before minorities increased from EUR 5.1 million in 2006 to
EUR 8.4 million (+66.0 percent). This figure includes positive special
effects of EUR 1.6 million.
Return on sales before minorities increased from 7.8 percent to 11.3
percent (+44.9 percent).
Earnings per share rose from EUR 0.10 in 2006 to EUR 0.15 in 2007.
These preliminary figures will be submitted to the TOMORROW FOCUS AG
supervisory board for final approval on 20 March 2008.
Media relations contact:
TOMORROW FOCUS AG
Armin Blohmann
Steinhauser Strasse 1+3
81677 München
Germany
phone: +49 (0)89 9250-1256
fax: +49 (0)89 9250-2403
email: a.blohmann@tomorrow-focus.de
www.tomorrow-focus.de
DGAP 12.03.2008
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Language: English
Issuer: TOMORROW FOCUS AG
Steinhauserstr. 1-3
81677 München
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)89 9250-1256
Fax: +49 (0)89 9250-2403
E-mail: a.blohmann@tomorrow-focus.de
Internet: www.tomorrow-focus.de
ISIN: DE0005495329
WKN: 549532
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Hannover, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart
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