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Ad hoc announcement transmitted by DGAP. The issuer has the sole responsibility of this announcement. ——————————————————————————– ComputerLinks Group Financial Statements 2000: High growth through successful internationalisation / Further acquisitions planned after capital increase IT marketing company: Continued high growth through e-security and e-business / New record figures in 2000 / Group turnover: +140%, EBITDA: +231%, EBT: +86%, DVFA earnings: +123% / Good 1st quarter expected ComputerLinks AG, Munich, is continuing on its growth path. In the year 2000, the marketing company for innovative high-tech products increased its group turnover by 140% from 46.4 million euro to 111.5 million euro. More than half of the turnover was achieved in other European countries. This growth results from increases in all of the operating areas. The most dynamic development took place in the field of e-security: in this segment, sales increased by almost 700% to 42.2 million euro. There was also above-average growth in the fields of training/consulting (+233% to 7.0 million euro) and e-business/Internet technologies (+106% to 19.6 million euro). The dynamic growth in sales also assisted earnings: In the past financial year, the EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) increased by 231% to 10.8 million euro, the EBT increased by 86% to 6.8 million euro, while net earnings in accordance with DFVA/SG rose by 123% to 3.8 million euro. Net earnings per share before goodwill amortisation rose by 231 % to 1.29 euro (with respect to 5.4 million individual share certificates) against 0.39 euro (with respect to 4.5 million individual share certificates) in the comparable period of the previous year. In spite of the goodwill amortisation arising from acquisitions, net earnings per share after goodwill amortisation rose by 79% to 0.70 euro. As a result of the acquisitions and new hires, the number of employees went up from an average of 75 to 238. For the 1st quarter of the current financial year, the group expects to achieve further significant increases in growth. After the successful acquisitions of the year 2000, ComputerLinks intends to continue its acquisition efforts. As well as minor acquisitions in Germany and France, further acquisitions are planned particularly in the interesting IT markets of Scandinavia and Spain. The legal basis for this will be set up at the Annual General Meeting on 4th May 2001. end of ad hoc announcement, (c) DGAP 26.03.2001 Issuer’s information/explanation remarks concerning this ad hoc announcement: There is no sign of the weakness in demand that some segments of the IT industry are struggling with.The IT marketing group focussed on complex, explanation and advice-intensive high-end technologies, which, unlike standard products like PCs or printers, were still in heavy demand. Neither had typical dotcoms ever played an important part as customers for ComputerLinks, so that the crisis of the Internet companies had had practically no impact on the IT marketing company. ——————————————————————————– WKN: 544 880; Index: Listed: Neuer Markt in Frankfurt; Freiverkehr in Berlin, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München und Stuttgart 260731 Mär 01