DGAP-News: MOBOTIX AG: Mobotix AG changes over to Prime Standard of FSE
31.03.2008
MOBOTIX AG / Regulatory Approval/IPO
31.03.2008
Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Kaiserslautern, March 31st, 2008.
As of today, shares of Mobotix AG are traded in the Prime Standard of the
Frankfurt stock exchange. After the manufacturer of digital high-resolution
and network-based video surveillance systems made its debut in the Entry
Standard on October 10th, 2007, the company advanced with a growth in share
value of about 90 percent through to December to become the best newcomer
to the stock exchange in 2007, in spite of adverse conditions surrounding
the stock exchange markets. 'A swift change from the Entry Standard to the
Prime Standard is the next logical step for us, and a clear statement of
the commitment to our growth strategy,' says Dr. Ralf Hinkel, co-founder
and CEO of Mobotix AG.
Prime Standard companies are more subject to providing transparency than
companies in the Entry Standard. The Prime Standard is tailored to the
requirements of companies wishing to position themselves in the market,
particularly for international investors, by being highly transparent. By
changing to the Prime Standard, Mobotix will be able to correspondingly
expand its shareholder base.
Strategic market position and growth in the network video camera market:
Mobotix AG sales grew in the past three financial years at an average rate
of about 40 percent to 23.6 million euro. The rise in sales in the last
financial year (2006/2007) reached 51.8%. The EBIT margin grew in the three
years from 11% to about 19% (4.4 million euro).
Sales of 15.19 million euro were achieved in the first six months up to
December 31st, 2007, of the current financial year (2007/08). This
represents a growth of 51.1% compared to the period in the previous year.
The EBITDA of Mobotix AG reached 3.4 million euro by the end of the first
half year. This is an increase of 155.7% over the same period in the
previous year. The EBITDA margin is therefore around 22.5%. The EBIT at the
half-year mark was 2.8 million euro, signifying an EBIT margin of 18.5%.
World leader for high-resolution systems:
According to research completed by IMS Research, Mobotix is number four in
the world among network camera manufacturers in terms of market share, and
occupies second place in the EMEA region. Mobotix has been producing
exclusively megapixel cameras for years now, and with an estimated market
share of more than 60% is the world's leading manufacturer of
high-resolution systems.
Mobotix AG in profile:
Mobotix AG is a leading system provider of digital high-resolution,
network-based video security system technology. Network cameras allow the
transport of video and audio data via digital computer networks rather than
via coaxial cable like the conventional analogue cameras. Digital transfer
also makes it possible to overcome the limit of 0.1 megapixels on image
resolutions from analogue cameras resulting from the use of the television
standard and move it into the megapixel range.
One of the major technical innovations of Mobotix is to shift intelligence
from the central control unit where it is usually held in video security
systems to the camera itself by integrating software for image creation,
image analysis, event control as well as recording management. It is only
this decentralised system architecture that makes megapixel technology
possible at all and profitable. Mobotix is currently the only company
offering network camera systems with this kind of software-based,
decentralised system architecture. In addition to the network camera,
Mobotix offers a complete video management software solution for video
surveillance systems.
Over 100,000 Mobotix cameras are currently in operation throughout the
globe. Areas of application for the cameras range from individual users in
the private sector to applications in the public sector to complex
applications in major concerns operating worldwide.
Important notification:
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
Timo Keppler, IR-Manager
Luxemburger Straße 6
D-67657 Kaiserslautern
Phone: +49-631-3033-111
Fax: +49-631-3033-190
eMail: lutz.coelen@mobotix.com
timo.keppler@mobotix.com
investor@mobotix.com
www.mobotix.com
Fink & Fuchs
Public Relations AG
Nora Willian / Michael Zell
Berliner Straße 164
D-65205 Wiesbaden
Phone: +49-611-74131-914
Fax: +49-611-74131-23
eMail: nora.willian@ffpr.de
www.ffpr.de
31.03.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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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
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MOBOTIX AG / Regulatory Approval/IPO
31.03.2008
Announcement, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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Kaiserslautern, March 31st, 2008.
As of today, shares of Mobotix AG are traded in the Prime Standard of the
Frankfurt stock exchange. After the manufacturer of digital high-resolution
and network-based video surveillance systems made its debut in the Entry
Standard on October 10th, 2007, the company advanced with a growth in share
value of about 90 percent through to December to become the best newcomer
to the stock exchange in 2007, in spite of adverse conditions surrounding
the stock exchange markets. 'A swift change from the Entry Standard to the
Prime Standard is the next logical step for us, and a clear statement of
the commitment to our growth strategy,' says Dr. Ralf Hinkel, co-founder
and CEO of Mobotix AG.
Prime Standard companies are more subject to providing transparency than
companies in the Entry Standard. The Prime Standard is tailored to the
requirements of companies wishing to position themselves in the market,
particularly for international investors, by being highly transparent. By
changing to the Prime Standard, Mobotix will be able to correspondingly
expand its shareholder base.
Strategic market position and growth in the network video camera market:
Mobotix AG sales grew in the past three financial years at an average rate
of about 40 percent to 23.6 million euro. The rise in sales in the last
financial year (2006/2007) reached 51.8%. The EBIT margin grew in the three
years from 11% to about 19% (4.4 million euro).
Sales of 15.19 million euro were achieved in the first six months up to
December 31st, 2007, of the current financial year (2007/08). This
represents a growth of 51.1% compared to the period in the previous year.
The EBITDA of Mobotix AG reached 3.4 million euro by the end of the first
half year. This is an increase of 155.7% over the same period in the
previous year. The EBITDA margin is therefore around 22.5%. The EBIT at the
half-year mark was 2.8 million euro, signifying an EBIT margin of 18.5%.
World leader for high-resolution systems:
According to research completed by IMS Research, Mobotix is number four in
the world among network camera manufacturers in terms of market share, and
occupies second place in the EMEA region. Mobotix has been producing
exclusively megapixel cameras for years now, and with an estimated market
share of more than 60% is the world's leading manufacturer of
high-resolution systems.
Mobotix AG in profile:
Mobotix AG is a leading system provider of digital high-resolution,
network-based video security system technology. Network cameras allow the
transport of video and audio data via digital computer networks rather than
via coaxial cable like the conventional analogue cameras. Digital transfer
also makes it possible to overcome the limit of 0.1 megapixels on image
resolutions from analogue cameras resulting from the use of the television
standard and move it into the megapixel range.
One of the major technical innovations of Mobotix is to shift intelligence
from the central control unit where it is usually held in video security
systems to the camera itself by integrating software for image creation,
image analysis, event control as well as recording management. It is only
this decentralised system architecture that makes megapixel technology
possible at all and profitable. Mobotix is currently the only company
offering network camera systems with this kind of software-based,
decentralised system architecture. In addition to the network camera,
Mobotix offers a complete video management software solution for video
surveillance systems.
Over 100,000 Mobotix cameras are currently in operation throughout the
globe. Areas of application for the cameras range from individual users in
the private sector to applications in the public sector to complex
applications in major concerns operating worldwide.
Important notification:
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
Timo Keppler, IR-Manager
Luxemburger Straße 6
D-67657 Kaiserslautern
Phone: +49-631-3033-111
Fax: +49-631-3033-190
eMail: lutz.coelen@mobotix.com
timo.keppler@mobotix.com
investor@mobotix.com
www.mobotix.com
Fink & Fuchs
Public Relations AG
Nora Willian / Michael Zell
Berliner Straße 164
D-65205 Wiesbaden
Phone: +49-611-74131-914
Fax: +49-611-74131-23
eMail: nora.willian@ffpr.de
www.ffpr.de
31.03.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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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
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