DGAP-Adhoc: CTS EVENTIM AG achieves successful start to the 2013 financial year

CTS Eventim AG / Key word(s): Preliminary Results/Quarter Results

16.05.2013 09:28

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Ad hoc Announcement pursuant to Section 15 WpHG (Securities Trading Act)

First-quarter figures for the 2013 financial year (1.1. - 31.03.2013)

CTS EVENTIM achieves successful start to the 2013 financial year

Group revenue increases 6.3% to EUR 121.1 million / Group EBITDA grows
11.1% to EUR 28.6 million / EBIT improved by 14.7% to EUR 23.0 million /
Ticketing Segment revenue up 17.3% / 15% increase in Internet sales /
Positive revenue and earnings guidance for the year as a whole

Munich, 16.05.2013. CTS EVENTIM AG, listed on the SDAX exchange (ISIN
DE0005470306), has made an excellent start to the 2013 financial year. In
the first quarter, high double-digit revenue growth in the Ticketing
segment, with a significant 15% increase in Internet ticketing volume, and
a stable level of operations in the Live Entertainment segment provide a
strong basis for continued and successful growth of the Group in the
current financial year.

In the period between 1 January and 31 March 2013, the CTS Group generated
total revenue of EUR 121.1 million (Q1/2012: EUR 113.9 million, up 6.3%),
an EBITDA of EUR 28.6 million (Q1/2012: EUR 25.7 million, up 11.1%), an
EBIT before amortisation from purchase price allocation (relating to key
acquisitions from 2010 onwards) of EUR 25.7 million (Q1/2012: EUR 22.7
million, up 13.4%), and an EBIT of EUR 23.0 million (Q1/2012: EUR 20.0
million, up 14.7%). There were no significant non-recurring items to be
normalised in the first quarter of 2013.

The Ticketing segment achieved a significant 17.3% increase in revenue from
EUR 53.1 million to EUR 62.3 million (before intersegment consolidation).
The EBITDA amounts to EUR 23.7 million (Q1/2012: EUR 20.9 million, up
13.8%), the EBIT before amortisation from purchase price allocation to EUR
21.4 million (Q1/2012: EUR 18.3 million, up 16.9%) and the EBIT figure to
EUR 18.8 million (Q1/2012: EUR 15.7 million, up 19.9%). The highly
profitable online ticketing business made a further contribution to this
earnings improvement with an Internet ticketing volume of 5.5 million
tickets (Q1/2012: 4.8 million, up 15.0%).

In the first quarter of 2013, the Live Entertainment segment successfully
asserted its market leadership in Germany and Europe, almost attaining the
figures achieved in Q1/2012. Revenue in the first quarter came in at EUR
60.3 million (Q1/2012: EUR 62.7 million; down 3.7%). EBITDA, at EUR 4.8
million, was down slightly year-on-year (Q1/2012: EUR 5.3 million, minus
7.7%), as was the EBIT figure, which was down 11.9% at EUR 4.2 million
(Q1/2012: EUR 4.7 million).

The CTS Group will continue to focus in the 2013 business year on growing
its Internet ticketing business, expanding internationally and on launching
new products and services, including new and innovative features. The
Management Board therefore expects further growth in both revenue and
earnings over the year as a whole.

The figures for Q1/2012 have been adjusted due to application of mandatory
accounting standards (amended IAS 19).

For further information contact:
Marco Haeckermann, Director Corporate Development & Strategy, CTS EVENTIM
AG, + 49 421 3666-270
Volker Bischoff, CFO, CTS EVENTIM AG, +49 421 3666 250

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Language: English
Company: CTS Eventim AG
Dingolfinger Str. 6
81673 München
Germany
Phone: 0421/ 3666-233
Fax: 0421/ 3666-290
E-mail: claudia.aderhold@eventim.de
Internet: www.eventim.de
ISIN: DE0005470306
WKN: 547030
Indices: SDAX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München, Stuttgart

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