EANS-News: United Internet on track

Successful start to FY 2009

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Montabaur (euro adhoc) - Montabaur, April 20, 2009. Despite the
recession and the resulting weakness of the online advertising
market, United Internet got off to a successful start in its fiscal
year 2009.

Consolidated sales of United Internet AG grew by 5.3% over the
previous year, from EUR 402.0 million to EUR 423.4 million. Earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) were
up slightly on the previous year at EUR 83.5 million (prior year: EUR
83.2 million) as were earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) at
EUR 70.7 million (prior year: EUR 70.4 million). As a result of
negative profit contributions from associated companies and increased
interest payments, earnings per share (EPS) amounted to EUR 0.16
(following EUR 0.19 in the previous year).

|Quarterly comparison |Q1 2008 |Q1 2009 |Change |
|in EUR million | | | |
|Sales |402.0 |423.4 |5.3% |
|EBITDA |83.2 |83.5 |0.4% |
|EBIT |70.4 |70.7 |0.4% |

"The figures posted for the 1st quarter of 2009 underline the
strength of our business model," says Ralph Dommermuth, CEO of United
Internet AG, "although recession-motivated budget cuts by advertisers
and the resulting pressure on margins obviously left their mark on
our Online Marketing segment."

Product business:

In the dominant "Products" segment - with the brands 1&1, GMX,
WEB.DE, Fasthosts and InterNetX, as well as united-domains AG
acquired on March 1, 2009 - the number of fee-based customer
contracts as of March 31, 2009 rose by 290,000 to 8.24 million,
compared with December 31, 2008. The product lines "Information
Management" and "Webhosting" displayed particularly strong growth.
The number of "Information Management" customer contracts grew by
50,000 to 1.41 million in the 1st quarter of 2009. "Webhosting" grew
by 240,000 contracts to 3.86 million - due in part to the initial
consolidation of united-domains AG. The number of webhosting
contracts outside Germany rose by 50,000 to 1.98 million. In the
company's DSL business, the number of DSL connections remained
unchanged from year-end at 2.82 million in total, although the number
of all- inclusive DSL packages grew by 270,000 to 1.05 million in the
1st quarter.

|Customer contracts |Mar. 31, |Dec. 31, |Mar. 31, |
|in million |2008 |2008 |2009 |
|Information Management |1.24 |1.36 |1.41 |
|Webhosting |3.31 |3.62 |3.86 |
|- of which abroad |1.63 |1.93 |1.98 |
|Internet Access |2.83 |2.97 |2.97 |
|- of which DSL |2.70 |2.82 |2.82 |
| - of which all-inclusive DSL |0.20 |0.78 |1.05 |
|packages | | | |
| - of which resale DSL/T-DSL |2.50 |2.04 |1.77 |
|Total |7.38 |7.95 |8.24 |

Total sales in the Product segment grew by 7.7% to EUR 372.8 million.
EBITDA and EBIT were also up slightly on the prior-year figures at
EUR 77.9 million and EUR 65.7 million, respectively.

Online Marketing:

Whereas the Product business has proved highly resistant to the
economic crisis, the key financials of the "Online Marketing" segment
were heavily influenced by the noticeable reduction in advertising
spending and by changes in the policy and algorithms of the company's
most important partner in the field of search engines. As expected,
total segment sales were down on the previous year at EUR 50.4
million (-9.7%), as were EBITDA and EBIT at EUR 3.0 million (-43.4%)
and EUR 2.5 million (-47.9%), respectively. Nevertheless, the segment
made a positive contribution to earnings - despite a far more adverse
economic climate.

|Segment development |Q1 2008 |Q1 2009 |Change |
|in EUR million | | | |
|Product segment | | | |
|Sales |346.0 |372.8 | 7.7% |
|EBITDA |77.2 |77.9 |0.9% |
|EBIT |64.9 |65.7 |1.2% |
|Online Marketing segment | | | |
|Sales |55.8 |50.4 |-9.7% |
|EBITDA |5.3 |3.0 |-43.4% |
|EBIT |4.8 |2.5 |-47.9% |

"Against the backdrop of our successful start to fiscal year 2009, we confirm
our current forecasts. We expect a slight increase in sales for the Group as a
whole. We also aim to maintain the record EBITDA and EBIT figures we achieved
in fiscal year 2008 - despite the expected ongoing weakness of the online
advertising sector in 2009," states Ralph Dommermuth.

The quarterly financial statements of United Internet AG will be published
together with the report on the 1st quarter of 2009 on May 13, 2009.

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Further inquiry note:

Marcus Schaps

Head of Press and Public Relations

United Internet AG

Elgendorfer Strasse 57

56410 Montabaur

Germany

Tel: +49 2602/96-1076

Fax: +49 2602/96-1013

E-mail: mschaps@united-internet.de

Internet: www.united-internet.de

Branche: Telecommunications Services
ISIN: DE0005089031
WKN: 508903
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