DGAP-News: Amadeus FiRe AG / Key word(s): Quarter Results Amadeus FiRe AG: First quarter results of fiscal year 2014 24.04.2014 / 08:31 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Corporate News Amadeus FiRe AG: First quarter results of fiscal year 2014 Frankfurt/Main, 24 April 2014. In the first quarter of fiscal year 2014 the Amadeus FiRe Group achieved consolidated revenues of EUR 37,388k (prior year: EUR 33,068k), a considerable increase of 13.1%. Sales improved in all services. The reporting period had one chargeable day more than the respective prior year period. The different services developed as follows: - Temporary staffing + 16% - Interim and project management + 9% - Permanent placement + 3% - Training + 6% After the first three months of the business year, gross profit of the Amadeus FiRe Group amounted to EUR 15,457k after EUR 13,151k in prior year's period. The gross profit margin was 41.3% (prior year: 39.8%). Primarily the gross profit margin improvement derives from the additional chargeable day as well as a recovered level of sickness absence among temporary staff in contrast to the first quarter of 2013. At that time, the utilisation suffered from an extraordinary high sickness level. Only in the area of training and education the gross profit margin decreased due to lower attendance of established courses. In the first quarter selling and administrative expenses amounted to EUR 10,322k after EUR 9,127k recorded last year. The increase of 13.1% is mainly due to higher expenses for salaries, bonus payments and internal training. The operating profit (EBITA) was EUR 5,142k (prior year: EUR 4,058k), an increase of EUR 1,084k (+26.7%). After three months the EBITA margin improved by 1.5 percentage points to 13.8% (prior year: 12.3%). The Management Board maintains the expectations that sales will exceed EUR 150m and earnings will increase in the current financial year again. The expectations are based on the current order situation and an ongoing process of increasing the productivity, while macroeconomic factors develop as assumed. The complete report is available at www.amadeus-fire.de. Amadeus FiRe AG Thomas Weider Investor Relations Tel: +49 (69) 96 876-180 [email protected] End of Corporate News --------------------------------------------------------------------- 24.04.2014 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: Amadeus FiRe AG Darmstädter Landstr. 116 60598 Frankfurt Germany Phone: +49 (0)69 96876 - 180 Fax: +49 (0)69 96876 - 182 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.amadeus-fire.de ISIN: DE0005093108 WKN: 509310 Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News-Service --------------------------------------------------------------------- 264407 24.04.2014