EANS-News: Meinl Airports International Ltd. / Extraordinary General Meeting: Board of Directors Presents Preliminary Results for 2008

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St, Helier Jersey (euro adhoc) - Extraordinary General Meeting: Board
of Directors Presents Preliminary Results for 2008 Earnings before
tax (EBT): minus EUR 174.5 million - Cash and cash equivalents as of
December 31, 2008: EUR 369.3 million (2007: EUR 425.9 million) -
Significant impairments and write-downs - Restatement of annual
results for 2007

Jersey/Vienna, April 22, 2009 - At the beginning of the extraordinary
general meetings (EGMs) of AI Airports International held today,
Wednesday, Chairman of the Board of Directors Wolfgang Vilsmeier
presented the preliminary consolidated and unaudited results for the
2008 financial year to certificate holders present at the meeting.
The new Board of Directors, which is independent of Meinl Bank AG,
has been in charge of the fund since the end of July 2008. All
investments were initiated and approved by the previous board and by
the former external manager of the fund, the Meinl Bank AG subsidiary
Meinl Airports Managers Limited (MAM). As reported, the new Board of
Directors has already filed lawsuits against MAM and Meinl Bank AG,
claiming damages of about EUR 245 million. The preliminary results
reflect the extraordinarily high write-downs of assets and impairment
charges as reported in the interim report for Q3 2008, which were
necessary in order to provide a more realistic picture of the asset
situation of the fund. Write-downs and impairment charges for the
2008 fiscal year amounted to about minus EUR 151.1. This was
primarily related to the impairment charges on the company´s stake in
the publicly listed Turkish airport operating company TAV, acquired
by the previous board, write-downs on call options for TAV shares and
goodwill depreciation on existing investments. Subsequently, earnings
before tax (EBT) totalled minus EUR 174.5 million. Total consolidated
revenue was EUR 4.8 million (2007: EUR 0.8 million). Total assets
declined considerably to EUR 443.2 million (2007, restated: EUR 602.3
million). At the end of 2008, the consolidated cash and cash
equivalents amounted to EUR 369.3 million (December 31, 2007: EUR
425.9 million). Similar to the interim report for Q3 2008, the Board
of Directors was also forced to subsequently restate the income
statement and balance sheet for the 2007 fiscal year in accordance
with IFRS guidelines. The following chart contains a preliminary
overview of the most important restated financial indicators for
2007:

Key figures in EUR million FY 2007 FY 2007 2008
(Restated)2) (preliminary) 2)
Revenue 0.8 0.8 4.8
Impairment and depreciation 0.0 64.9 151.1
EBIT 4.0 (50.7) (174.1)
Net finance income 3.5 (34.4) (118.6)
Loss before taxation (8.5) (63.1) (174.5)
Loss for the year 1) (8.4) (63.1) (174.8)
Total assets 622.3 602.3 443.2
Cash and cash equivalents 425.9 425.9 369.3
Current and non-current liabilities 32.5 32.8 41.8 3)
Non-current assets 193.9 173.9 67.2

1) After deduction of minority interests
2) Unaudited
3) Including litigation provisions of EUR 14.0 million

Further information about AI Airports International is available at:
www.airportsinternational.eu

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