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ISION Registers Strong Growth in Core Segments for
Q3
Gross Margin Increase to 50 %
Hamburg, November 28, 2000 +++ During the period under
review (Jan 1 – Sept 30, 2000) ISION Internet AG (WKN
611200), increased its sales by 64 % to 66.74 million EURO
(incl. stock changes). In the core segments Hosting and
Integrated Solutions, the 294 % growth in sales – to 30.15
million EURO – exceeded all expectations. As a result, the
gross margin improved from 40% (Jan 1 – Mar 31) and more
recently 47 % (Apr 1 – Jun 30) to its current level of 50% (Jul 1
– Sep 30), and now lies at 47% for the first nine months of the
year (1999: 38%). The EBITDA for the 3rd Quarter 2000 was
-4.81 million EURO, due to integration measures and
increased personnel costs. For the period under review, the
EBITDA was – 11.16 million EURO (1999: -7.49). Nevertheless,
the results surpass the analyst expectations published in the
most recent studies. This result also bolsters the company’s
goal of achieving a positive EBITDA in the 2nd Quarter 2001,
after a balanced 1st Quarter 2001.
In line with the company’s focus on its high-margin core
business of website management, a turnover shift away
from Access and Systems & Services toward Hosting and
Integrated Solutions was achieved during the 3rd Quarter. By
now, the two core segments have become so interwoven
that they have been merged into “Website Management.”
This division achieved a 59% share of total turnover during
the 3rd Quarter 2000 (after 39% during the 2nd Quarter). In
the first 9 months, Website Management turnover, having
grown by 229% over the same period last year, reached
30.15 million EURO.
The Access segment achieved an increase of 29 % to 18.85
million EURO in a nine-month comparison. However, efforts
to streamline the product portfolio and reduce the regional
backbone caused turnover to drop by 3,49 million EURO from
2nd Quarter 2000 to 3rd Quarter 2000.
Systems & Services turnover was at 17.74 million EURO, 4 %
less than during the same period last year.
ISION continues to push the company’s internationalization.
The foreign share in turnover rose by 2.5 percentage points
to 27.5 % compared with the 1st six months of 2000. Both
Datef in Italy and Knoware (ISION Internet B.V.) in Holland
are now wholly owned by the ISION Internet AG.
During the 3rd Quarter, corporate integration was improved
considerably. In line with completed and still-ongoing
restructuring measures, the entire backbone, all data
centers, sales and budget planning are now centrally
managed from Hamburg. These measures, which included
the dismissal of 80 employees, will strongly reduce the cost
basis for the year 2001, and increase the scalability of ISION’s
business model. Major new customers include Freehosting.nl
(NL), Kronenbourg (F), Sila Communications Ltd. (UK), Leitner
AG (I), Sainsbury (UK), Beate Uhse AG, DM Online, Coupe
Verlag, Jamba AG, Berlin.de, and the Neue Medien publishing
group.
Profit and Loss Statement
Millions of EURO
Q3 2000 9 months 2000 9 months 1999
Sales 25.16 66.74 40.79
EBITDA -4.81 -11.16 -7.49
Profit/Loss -12.55 -24.10 -11.93
Loss per share -0.67 -1.29 -0.64
ISION Segments at a Glance
Segments sales in millions of EURO
9 Month 2000 9 Month 1999 Changes in %
Website
Management 30,15 7,66 + 294%
Access 18,85 14,64 + 29 %
Systems
& Services 17,74 18,49 – 4%
Gesamt 66,74 40,79 +64 %
Additional Information:
ISION Internet AG
Andreas Schwarzwälder
Steinhöft 9
D-20459 Hamburg
Phone: +49 40 30 70 – 2600
Fax: +49 40 30 70 – 2609
E-mail: andreas.schwarzwaelder@ision.net
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