EANS-News: asknet AG / asknet Publishes Business Figures for the First Nine Months of the Year

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Board of Directors (Appointments and Changes)/9-month report

Subtitle: *** Following a strong third quarter the company continues
to grow *** Nine-month result almost balanced *** Michael Konrad
future sole CEO *** Full-year forecast confirmed

Karlsruhe (euro adhoc) - November 15, 2012 - asknet AG, a leading
supplier of global eCommerce solutions for software and digital media
companies, has announced its business figures for the first nine
months of 2012. In the reporting period, the Group generated sales of
52.32 million euros, 10.3 percent up on the previous year's figure.
asknet Group's gross profits declined by 0.15 million euros
year-on-year to 7.08 million euros, of which 5.32 million euros came
from the eDistribution segment and 1.76 million euros from ePortals.
The slight drop in gross profits resulted from a weaker business
performance as well as a lower share of project sales in the ePortals
segment and a slightly different customer/product portfolio in
eDistribution.

The effects of streamlining the organizational structures, which was
completed last year, have already led to a sustained drop in
operating costs. asknet Group's operating result (EBIT) was -0.08
million, a significant improvement on the first nine months of 2011.
Earnings before taxes (EBT) came to -0.07 million euros. After
interest and taxes, asknet made a slight loss of 0.08 million euros
in the first nine months of the year. asknet opened the second half
of 2012 with a strong third quarter. The company increased both sales
revenues and gross profits year-on-year from July to September, and
also recorded positive quarterly earnings. This allowed asknet to
continue to grow.

"The projected profit improvements and break-even guidance forecast
for full-year 2012 increasingly prove true. In light of the good
general conditions in the industry, we are confident that we will
continue to grow steadily in the future and achieve sustainable
profitability," commented Michael Konrad, Co-CEO of asknet AG.

Executive Board changes: Dr. Dietmar Waudig, the founder and
long-standing member of the Executive Board, will leave the company
when his contract expires at the end of the year and will resign from
his position effective the end of November 16, 2012 with the consent
of the Supervisory Board. Michael Konrad, Dr. Waudig's colleague on
the Executive Board, will take on his responsibilities and will act
as the company's sole CEO in the future.

After spending more than 17 years with the company, Dr. Dietmar
Waudig now plans to dedicate himself to new activities not related to
his previous employment. Dr. Joachim Bernecker, Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of asknet AG: "The Supervisory Board would like to
thank Dietmar Waudig for his many years of commitment to the company.
He helped to ensure that asknet developed into one of the world's
leading independent providers of electronic software distribution."

The nine-month report of asknet AG (german version only) is available
as of today on the company website at www.asknet.com.

Further inquiry note:
Martina Oerther
Vice President Corporate Marketing
Tel.: +49 (0)721 96 458-6369
Email: martina.oerther@asknet.com

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company: asknet AG
Vincenz-Priessnitz-Str. 3
D-76131 Karlsruhe
phone: +49 (0)721 96 458 6369
FAX: +49 (0)721-96 45899
mail: info@asknet.de
WWW: http://www.asknet.de
sector: Electronic Commerce
ISIN: DE0005173306
indexes:
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, München, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Open Market /
Entry Standard: Frankfurt
language: English