Semi-annual result as of 31 December 2007

 

Mobotix Continues Successful Business Growth

 

Growth in sales: 51.1 per cent

EBIT return: 18.5 per cent

Capital ratio: 68.9 per cent

 

Kaiserslautern, 13 February 2008. Mobotix AG (ISIN DE0005218309), a worldwide leading manufacturer of digital, high-resolution and network-based video security systems, reports sales of EUR 15.19 million for the first half-year (1 July to 31 December 2007) of the current 2007/08 fiscal year. This corresponds to growth of 51.1 per cent compared to the same period of the previous year.

 

EBITDA reached EUR 3.4 million for the half-year, up 155.7 per cent for the same period of the previous year. The EBITDA margin therefore reached 22.5 per cent. EBITDA for the half-year amounts to EUR 2.8 million, which corresponds to an EBIT margin of 18.5 per cent.

 

The company was able to increase the net profit for the 6-month period from EUR 593,000 to EUR 1,371,000, which includes extraordinary expenses worth EUR 746,000 due to the IPO in the current fiscal year. Earnings per share totalled EUR 0.31 (unweighted, on the basis of 4,423,814 shares).

 

Mobotix AG equity increased in the reporting period to around EUR 17.6 million as of 31 December 2007, in particular due to the cash flow from the IPO and net profit for the period. The equity ratio rose accordingly to 68.9 per cent (previous year: 53.0 per cent).

 

The detailed half-year report for the first half-year of 2007/2008 can be accessed on the Internet at www.mobotix.com or requested from the company.

 

 

Further information:

 

Mobotix AG

Lutz Coelen, CFO

Timo Keppler, IR Manager

Luxemburger Straße 6                                  

D-67657 Kaiserslautern

Tel: +49-631-3033-111

Fax: +49-631-3033-190

E-mail: lutz.coelen@mobotix.com

timo.keppler@mobotix.com

investor@mobotix.com

www.mobotix.com

 

 

Fink & Fuchs

Public Relations AG

Nora Willian

Berliner Str. 164

65205 Wiesbaden, Germany

Phone: +49-611-74131-914

Fax: +49-611-74131-23

Email: nora.willian@ffpr.de

www.ffpr.de

 

 

This publication does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe for any securities. No offer of securities of MOBOTIX AG is being, or will be, made to the public outside Germany. The offer in Germany has been made exclusively on the basis of the securities prospectus and the supplement, which has been published and filed with the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht. Any decision to invest in the securities of MOBOTIX AG should solely be based on the securities prospectus and the supplement. Copies of the securities prospectus and the supplement are available free of charge at the offices of MOBOTIX AG and DZ BANK, Deutsche Genossenschafts-Zentralbank, Frankfurt am Main.

 

This publication and the information contained therein is not for distribution, neither directly nor indirectly, in or into the Unites States of America, Canada, Australia or Japan.  This publication does not constitute an offer for sale of any securities into the United States. Securities, including any shares of MOBOTIX AG in the course of a prospective offer, may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, US persons (as such term is defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended (the “Securities Act”)) unless they are registered under the Securities Act or exempt from registration. Neither MOBOTIX AG nor any potential selling shareholders intend to register a prospective offer, or any part thereof, in the United States or to make a public offer of securities in the United States.