May
28, 2008 – Mobotix continues to perform successfully in the first nine
months
Revenue growth: 46%
EBIT margin: 17.6%
Earnings per share: €0.65
Kaiserslautern, May 28, 2008 – Mobotix AG (ISIN
DE0005218309), a leading international manufacturer of digital, high-resolution
and network-based video security systems, today announced its consolidated
figures for the first nine months (July 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008) of the
current financial year 2007/2008 according to IFRS. The Company generated
revenue of approximately €23.8 million in the period under review, representing
an increase of some 46 percent compared to the first nine months of 2006/2007,
when the Company generated revenue of €16.3 million. The export ratio amounted
to 59.6 percent in the first nine months of 2007/2008 (Q1-Q3 2006/2007: 52.9
percent), with foreign sales rising by approximately 64.2 percent over the
prior-year period. Particularly in the United States the revenue increased by
more than 150 percent over the previous year.
Earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) grew by 88.6
percent in the first nine months to approximately €5.1 million, up from €2.7
million in the prior-year period. The EBITDA margin amounted to 21.4 percent
(Q1-Q3 2006/2007: 16.5 percent). Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) were
approximately €4.2 million in the first nine months of 2007/2008 (Q1-Q3 2006/2007:
€2.1 million), which led to an EBIT margin of 17.6 percent (Q1-Q3 2006/2007:
12.8 percent).
The
Company increased profit for the period by 134.6 percent to approximately €2.7
million (Q1-Q3 2006/2007: €1.2 million). Earnings per share rose to €0.65 in
the period under review, up from €0.33 in the prior-year period.
In the
third quarter (January 1 to March 31, 2008) of the current financial year,
Mobotix AG increased revenue by approximately 35% over the prior-year period to
more than €8.4 million (Q3 2006/2007: €6.2 million). EBIT increased by 10.5
percent to €1.4 million in the third quarter (Q3 2006/2007: €1.3 million),
despite the extraordinary expenses incurred in connection with the switch from
the Entry Standard to the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The
resulting EBIT margin amounted to 16.6 percent. Earnings per share for the
third quarter rose to €0.20, up from €0.19 in Q3 2006/2007.
Further
information:
Mobotix
AG
Lutz
Coelen, CFO
Timo
Keppler, IR-Manager
Luxemburger
Straße 6
D-67657
Kaiserslautern
Phone:
+49-631-3033-111
Fax:
+49-631-3033-190
eMail:
lutz.coelen@mobotix.com
timo.keppler@mobotix.com
investor@mobotix.com
www.mobotix.com
Fink
& Fuchs
Public
Relations AG
Nora
Willian / Michael Zell
Berliner
Straße 164
D-65205
Wiesbaden
Phone:
+49-611-74131-914
Fax:
+49-611-74131-23
eMail:
nora.willian@ffpr.de
www.ffpr.de
Important notification:
This
notification contains statements that are based on assumptions and estimates of
Mobotix AG. Even though the management considers these assumptions and
estimates to be true and accurate, the future actual development and the actual
results may deviate from these assumptions and estimates for various reasons.
Among those reasons are changes of the overall economic situation, foreign
exchange rates, interest rates as well as changes in the market trends or the
competitive environment. Mobotix AG does not assume any liability for
deviations of the future development and actual results from the assumptions
and estimates as contained in this ad hoc announcement / press release.