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Ad hoc-Mitteilung verarbeitet und übermittelt durch die DGAP. Für den Inhalt der Mitteilung ist der Emittent verantwortlich. —————————————————————————— EBOOKERS.COM ANNOUNCES BETTER THAN EXPECTED Q3 GROWTH Q3 2000 sales 303% ahead of Q3 1999 sales ebookers.com reiterates cash flow positive target London, England – 16 October 2000 – ebookers.com (Nasdaq: EBKR, Neuer Markt: eb6), Europe’s leading online travel company, today announces record financial results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2000. Financial highlights: – Consolidated Q3 sales of $32.6m – 16% above consensus market forecasts and 303% up on Q3 1999 ($8.1m). – Gross margin of 11.8% for Q3 2000 (Q3 1999: 11.1%). – Loss per share (excluding stock compensation and other fund raising costs written off) for Q3 2000 of 4.5 cents, 11% better than consensus market expectations. – Non-UK European sales accounted for 63% of sales in Q3 2000, up from 61% in Q2 2000 and 53% in Q1 2000. – 24 July 2000 – $45m (gross) total additional funding raised – the amounts raised cover the total amount the company currently expects is required to fund it to cash-flow positivity in Q4 2001 or Q1 2002. – Cash balance at 30 September 2000 of $51.4m (at 30 June 2000, $22.9m). – Industry-leading average transaction size increased to $680 in Q3 2000, from $655 (H1 2000). Business Highlights: – ebookers.com is on schedule to achieve its accelerated target of being cash flow positive by Q4 2001 / Q1 2002. – Announcement of acquisition of Flightbookers plc, subject to shareholder approval. – Launch of ‘ebookersfinance.com’, in partnership with Moneygator.com, aiming to secure even higher returns from high-spending travel customer base. – ebookers.com voted the UK’s number one online travel company for second time in four months – some 25% ahead of nearest competitor (Nielsen/ NetRatings Survey, August). – Number of site visits increase over 30% to 7.5m in Q3 2000 (Q2 2000: 5.6m) – Registered users at end of Q3 2000, over 740,000 (Q2 2000: over 500,000). – ebookers.com named British Airways preferred online travel partner. For further information: ebookers.com Oliver Strong, Investor Relations Executive: +44 (0) 20 7489 2239 oliver.strong@ebookers.com +44 (0) 7771 934 153 Kirchhoff Consult (Germany) Frank Schwarz +49 40 609 186 20 frank.schwarz@kirchhoff.de Ende der Mitteilung