PRESS RELEASE: MOBOTIX AG: Strong growth for the first half of fiscal year 2008/09

11.02.2009
MOBOTIX AG / Quarter Results 11.02.2009 Release of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. =-------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOBOTIX Group shows continuous strong growth for the first half of fiscal year 2008/09 - Sales: EUR 22.0m - Sales growth: 43.6% - EBIT: EUR 5.2m - EBIT in % of total output: 22.9% - Net income for the period: EUR 3.8m - Earnings per share: EUR 0.85 MOBOTIX AG (ISIN DE0005218309), a technologically leading system provider for digital high-resolution network-based video security systems, reports the results for the first half of fiscal year 2008/09, ending on December 31, 2008. The MOBOTIX Group (IFRS consolidated statements) has reached a sales growth of approx. 44% in the first half of fiscal year 2008/09 resulting in sales of EUR 22.0m (previous year: EUR 15.3m). The group EBITDA reached EUR 5.8m (previous year: EUR 3.3m). Reporting a 25.5% (previous year: 20.1%) EBITDA margin MOBOTIX continues to reach a high level of profitability. With an EBIT of EUR 5.2m (previous year: EUR 2.7m), the EBIT margin could be increased to 22.9% (previous year: 16.3%). The profit for the period amounts to EUR 3.8m, resulting in earnings per share of EUR 0.85. In the second quarter (October 1 - December 31, 2008) of the current fiscal year MOBOTIX AG's sales amounted to EUR 11.7m (previous year: EUR 8.4m) corresponding to a growth of about 40% compared with the same period of the previous year. The worldwide market share could be further increased due to the continuously high growth in quarter, which was again above average. The EBIT in the second quarter of the fiscal year rose even disproportionately by 131.6% to EUR 2.7m (previous year: EUR 1.2m), corresponding to an EBIT margin of 22.5%. The Management Board will present the figures of the first half of fiscal year 2008/09 on February 11, 2009 at 11.00 a.m. in a phone conference. The publication of the interim report is also planned for Wednesday, February 11, 2009. About MOBOTIX AG: At the forefront of technology, MOBOTIX AG is a European provider of high-resolution digital, network-based video security systems. The stock-quoted company, since its founding in Germany in 1999, has emerged as the leading pioneer in network camera technology and its decentralized concept has made cost-efficient high-resolution network video systems possible in the first place. Embassies, airports, train stations, ports, gas stations, hotels, highways - hundreds of thousands of MOBOTIX video systems are in use worldwide today. Important Note: This notification contains statements that are based on assumptions and estimates of MOBOTIX AG. Even though the management considers these assumptions and estimates to be true and accurate, the future actual development and the actual results may deviate from these assumptions and estimates for various reasons. Among those reasons are changes of the overall economic situation, foreign exchange rates, interest rates as well as changes in the market trends or the competitive environment. MOBOTIX AG does not assume any liability for deviations of the future development and actual results from the assumptions and estimates as contained in this ad hoc announcement / press release. MOBOTIX AG Lutz Coelen, CFO/CSO Timo Keppler, IR-Manager Kauserstrasse D-67722 Winnweiler Phone: +49-6302-9816-0 Fax: +49-6302-9816-190 eMail: lutz.coelen@mobotix.com timo.keppler@mobotix.com investor@mobotix.com www.mobotix.com Fink & Fuchs Public Relations AG Nora Basting / Michael Zell Berliner Straße 164 D-65205 Wiesbaden Phone: +49-611-74131-914 Fax: +49-611-74131-23 eMail: nora.basting@ffpr.de www.ffpr.de 11.02.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP =-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: MOBOTIX AG Luxemburger Str. 6 67657 Kaiserslautern Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)631-3033-111 Fax: +49 (0)631-3033-190 E-mail: ir@mobotix.com Internet: www.mobotix.com ISIN: DE0005218309 WKN: 521830 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Stuttgart, München, Düsseldorf End of News DGAP News-Service =--------------------------------------------------------------------------

MOBOTIX AG / Quarter Results 11.02.2009 Release of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer / publisher is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. =-------------------------------------------------------------------------- MOBOTIX Group shows continuous strong growth for the first half of fiscal year 2008/09 - Sales: EUR 22.0m - Sales growth: 43.6% - EBIT: EUR 5.2m - EBIT in % of total output: 22.9% - Net income for the period: EUR 3.8m - Earnings per share: EUR 0.85 MOBOTIX AG (ISIN DE0005218309), a technologically leading system provider for digital high-resolution network-based video security systems, reports the results for the first half of fiscal year 2008/09, ending on December 31, 2008. The MOBOTIX Group (IFRS consolidated statements) has reached a sales growth of approx. 44% in the first half of fiscal year 2008/09 resulting in sales of EUR 22.0m (previous year: EUR 15.3m). The group EBITDA reached EUR 5.8m (previous year: EUR 3.3m). Reporting a 25.5% (previous year: 20.1%) EBITDA margin MOBOTIX continues to reach a high level of profitability. With an EBIT of EUR 5.2m (previous year: EUR 2.7m), the EBIT margin could be increased to 22.9% (previous year: 16.3%). The profit for the period amounts to EUR 3.8m, resulting in earnings per share of EUR 0.85. In the second quarter (October 1 - December 31, 2008) of the current fiscal year MOBOTIX AG's sales amounted to EUR 11.7m (previous year: EUR 8.4m) corresponding to a growth of about 40% compared with the same period of the previous year. The worldwide market share could be further increased due to the continuously high growth in quarter, which was again above average. The EBIT in the second quarter of the fiscal year rose even disproportionately by 131.6% to EUR 2.7m (previous year: EUR 1.2m), corresponding to an EBIT margin of 22.5%. The Management Board will present the figures of the first half of fiscal year 2008/09 on February 11, 2009 at 11.00 a.m. in a phone conference. The publication of the interim report is also planned for Wednesday, February 11, 2009. About MOBOTIX AG: At the forefront of technology, MOBOTIX AG is a European provider of high-resolution digital, network-based video security systems. The stock-quoted company, since its founding in Germany in 1999, has emerged as the leading pioneer in network camera technology and its decentralized concept has made cost-efficient high-resolution network video systems possible in the first place. Embassies, airports, train stations, ports, gas stations, hotels, highways - hundreds of thousands of MOBOTIX video systems are in use worldwide today. Important Note: This notification contains statements that are based on assumptions and estimates of MOBOTIX AG. Even though the management considers these assumptions and estimates to be true and accurate, the future actual development and the actual results may deviate from these assumptions and estimates for various reasons. Among those reasons are changes of the overall economic situation, foreign exchange rates, interest rates as well as changes in the market trends or the competitive environment. MOBOTIX AG does not assume any liability for deviations of the future development and actual results from the assumptions and estimates as contained in this ad hoc announcement / press release. MOBOTIX AG Lutz Coelen, CFO/CSO Timo Keppler, IR-Manager Kauserstrasse D-67722 Winnweiler Phone: +49-6302-9816-0 Fax: +49-6302-9816-190 eMail: lutz.coelen@mobotix.com timo.keppler@mobotix.com investor@mobotix.com www.mobotix.com Fink & Fuchs Public Relations AG Nora Basting / Michael Zell Berliner Straße 164 D-65205 Wiesbaden Phone: +49-611-74131-914 Fax: +49-611-74131-23 eMail: nora.basting@ffpr.de www.ffpr.de 11.02.2009 Financial News transmitted by DGAP =-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Issuer: MOBOTIX AG Luxemburger Str. 6 67657 Kaiserslautern Deutschland Phone: +49 (0)631-3033-111 Fax: +49 (0)631-3033-190 E-mail: ir@mobotix.com Internet: www.mobotix.com ISIN: DE0005218309 WKN: 521830 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Stuttgart, München, Düsseldorf End of News DGAP News-Service =--------------------------------------------------------------------------

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