EANS-News: asknet AG / asknet Publishes Business Figures for the First Half of 2012

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Subtitle: *** Back on growth path with a strong second quarter
*** Half-year result almost balanced
*** Full year forecast confirmed

Karlsruhe, San Francisco (euro adhoc) - August 15, 2012 - asknet AG,
a leading supplier of global eCommerce solutions for software and
digital media companies, has announced its business figures for the
first half of 2012. In the first six months of 2012, the Group
generated sales revenues of 33.45 million euros, which is 2.8 percent
more compared to the prior year's figure. asknet Group's gross
profits in the reporting period dropped by 0.28 million euros to 4.71
million euros compared to the first half of 2011, of which 3.50
million euros were contributed by the eDistribution segment and 1.21
million euros by ePortals. The slight drop in gross profits resulted
from the weaker business performance in the first quarter of the year
as well as a smaller share of project sales and a slightly different
customer and product portfolio.

The effects of streamlining the organizational structures, which was
completed last year, have already resulted in a sustained drop in
operating costs. Consequently, the asknet Group's operating result
(EBIT) improved significantly year on year in the first half of 2012,
and amounted to -0.09 million euros. Earnings before taxes (EBT) came
to -0.07 million euros. After interest and taxes, asknet made a
slight loss in the first six months of 0.09 million euros. asknet
closed the end of the first half of the year with a strong second
quarter. In the period from April to June 2012 the Group improved its
sales and gross profits as well as operating result compared to the
previous year. This marks asknet's return to a growth path.

"We are very pleased with the positive business developments in the
second quarter. In light of the good general conditions in the
industry, we are confident that we will improve our operating result
and reach break-even for the full year, as forecasted for 2012", said
Michael Konrad, Co-CEO of asknet.

The half-year report 2012 of asknet AG is available on the company
website at www.asknet.com.

About asknet: asknet offers its clients customized outsourcing
solutions for global software sales via the Internet. Founded in 1995
as a spin-off of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT, formerly
the University of Karlsruhe), the company has become a leading
independent global provider for electronic software distribution. In
addition to its fully integrated shop solutions for software
publishers, the company develops and maintains portals for software
distribution and supplies software products to around eighty percent
of German universities. In 2011, asknet posted sales of approximately
EUR 65.4 million. asknet's clients include numerous providers of
specialty software including CyberLink, F-Secure, IS3, Nero,
NetObjects, Norman, and Panda Security.

Further inquiry note:
Martina Oerther
Vice President Corporate Marketing
Tel.: +49 (0)721 96 458-6369
Email: martina.oerther@asknet.com

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company: asknet AG
Vincenz-Priessnitz-Str. 3
D-76131 Karlsruhe
phone: +49 (0)721 96 458 6369
FAX: +49 (0)721-96 45899
mail: info@asknet.de
WWW: http://www.asknet.de
sector: Electronic Commerce
ISIN: DE0005173306
indexes:
stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, München, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Open Market /
Entry Standard: Frankfurt
language: English