EANS-Adhoc: adesso AG: Further growth in sales in the fourth quarter of 2012 / Preliminary operating earnings of EUR 2.4 million in Q4 and EUR 6.7 million...

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Financial Figures/Balance Sheet/Dividend Recommendation 08.03.2013

Based on the preliminary and unaudited figures for the fourth quarter of 2012, adesso closes this period with sales revenues rising further to EUR 32.7 million (Q3: EUR 31.6 million; previous year: EUR 26.9 million). Strong organic growth in the number of employees, especially in the first half of 2012, has laid the basis. Like in the previous quarter license sales for company-produced products remained on a high level. Together with a good capacity utilisation of consultants and developers this led to operating earnings (EBITDA) of EUR 2.4 m (Q3: EUR 2.9 million; previous year: EUR 1.4 million). With sales revenues of EUR 120.5 million for the full year 2012 adesso achieves EUR 6.7 million in EBITDA. Hence the forecast, revised with the preliminary figures for the first half of 2012, is being exceeded significantly. Regarding these figures and pending approval from the supervisory board the executive board recommends a dividend per share of EUR 0.18 as in the previous year.

The complete annual report, including final and audited figures of the fourth quarter and the full year 2012, will be published on 28 March 2013.

The Executive Board

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