31.03.2004 – 08:56

feratel media technologies AG

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Quarterly or Semiannual Financial Statements
feratel reports result from ordinary activities of EUR 1.6 million for third quarter of 2003/04, with EBT for the first nine months turning positive and improving

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"For the first nine months of financial 2003/2004, we can report a
very satisfactory performance in all business groups," says a pleased
Markus Schröcksnadel, CEO at feratel media technologies AG.

Group sales totaled approx. EUR 11.2 million after EUR 12.7 million*
for the same period of the previous year. This downturn is due
primarily to the withdrawal of ticketing business following
deconsolidation of Tourismus Service GmbH at 31.1.2003.

The result from ordinary activities in the third quarter was EUR 1.6
million. "That compensates our performance in the first half year
with a negative result as planned. Earnings in the Telecommunications
Division always peak in the third and fourth quarters of the
financial year. The EBT for the first nine months of the financial
year turned positive as expected, improving to TEUR 116.7.

83% familiarity rating for weather cam TV
"In January 2004 a poll conducted by Linzer Market Institut in
Austria, Germany and the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland
produced some highly positive results," Schröcksnadel continues. In
the Alpine regions of Bavaria, Switzerland and Austria, there is a
very high level of awareness for feratel’s weather cams in all social
and demographic groups. In the rest of Germany, two thirds of the
population are familiar with the weather cams. Almost half of the
positive responders make use of these weather cams at least once a
week, and almost two thirds of them are motivated by the images to
travel to a destination for a holiday or excursion. A quarter of the
positive responders subsequently obtain additional information on the
locations shown. To that extent, weather cam TV now has the role of
the initial source of information for a significant proportion of
viewers and triggers a subsequent visit to the website or telephone
call to the relevant tourist information office.

Buoyant bookings from the information kiosks in Zurich
The feratel information kiosks located at Zurich’s airport and
railway station delivered very impressive results in terms of total
bookings in the period under report. 210 businesses in the local
hotel and catering trade use the kiosks to communicate their
offerings. This convenient service permits arrivals to find
accommodation 24 hours a day. From April to December 2003 the two
kiosks generated online bookings worth a total of CHF 700,000 at an
average value of CHF 195 per booking. In the same period,
approximately 10,000 telephone calls were made from the kiosks to
affiliated hotels and restaurants.

Weather cams via mobile phone
With regard to content marketing, feratel signed partnership
agreements with the German mobile telephony provider E-Plus and the
Austrian One company. feratel weather cams and data will also be
available shortly via the Austrian provider T-Mobile.

Outlook
All international tourism experts are now taking a positive view of
developments in the industry for the next few months. "On the basis
of the latest scenarios for the economy in general, we anticipate
positive business developments for financial 2003/2004 as a whole and
a satisfactory overall situation with regard to earnings and results.
The latest terrorist attacks in Europe do constitute an element of
uncertainty, however, which makes accurate predictions difficult with
regard to future performance."

"It continues to be our goal to achieve further improvements in terms
of results in all business groups, and to pay shareholders a dividend
for financial 2003/04," concludes Markus Schröcksnadel.

* For reasons of economy and practicability, the quarterly financial
statements were drawn up pursuant to the provisions of the Austrian
Commercial Code (HGB). For that reason no direct comparisons can be
made with the figures presented for the same period of the previous
year on an IAS basis.

Extract from the income statement (in TEUR)
~
                             Q3  2003/2004         Q3 2002/2003
                               öHGB                  IAS

Sales                         5,432.4             5,584.3
Income from operations        5,614.4             6,000.0
EBITDA                        1,358.4             1,064.1
EBIT                            940.2               382.4
EBT                           1,558.7               283.6

Q1-3  2003/2004         Q1-3 2002/2003
                              öHGB                     IAS

Sales                        11,188.3            12,679.2
Income from operations       11,686.5            14,244.6
EBITDA                          812.7               935.3
EBIT                           -526.5              -987.0
EBT                             116.7            -1,094.8
~

end of announcement        euro adhoc 31.03.2004

Further inquiry note:

Herr Fritsch Martin

Branche: Tourism & Leisure
ISIN: AT0000737804
WKN: 073780
Index: Standard Market Auction
Börsen: Wiener Börse AG / official dealing
Berliner Wertpapierbörse / free trade
Bayerische Börse / free trade
Baden-Württembergische Wertpapierbörse / free trade
Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse / free trade

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