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Ad hoc Announcement pursuant to Section 15 WpHG (Securities Trading Act)

Preliminary figures for the 2012 financial year (1.1. - 31.12.2012)

CTS EVENTIM increases revenue and earnings

Group revenue grows 3.5% to EUR 520.3 million / EBITDA improves by 25.7% to
EUR 118.9 million and EBIT by 33.4% to EUR 96.1 million / Live
Entertainment segment boosts EBITDA by 41.6% to EUR 26.6 million /
Ticketing segment achieves 22.2% higher EBITDA of EUR 92.7 million due to
expected fourth-quarter strength

Munich, 21.02.2013. CTS EVENTIM AG, listed in the SDAX index (ISIN
DE0005470306), achieved significant growth in revenue and earnings in the
2012 financial year and continued to reinforce its leadership in the
European ticketing and live events markets. The business model proved yet
again to be very robust, even in a tough economic environment. Both
segments, Ticketing and Live Entertainment, showed successful growth in
both revenue and earnings. The  Management Board will announce its dividend
proposal for the past financial year when the Annual Report is published at
the end of March 2013.

According to preliminary unaudited figures, the CTS Group achieved
improvements in all key figures in the 2012 financial year: total revenue
rose to EUR 520.3 million (2011: EUR 502.8 million, up 3.5%), EBITDA to EUR
118.9 million (2011: EUR 94.6 million, up 25.7%) and EBIT to EUR 96.1
million (2011: EUR 72.1 million, up 33.4%). Normalised EBITDA was up 13.4%
at EUR 118.2 million (2011: EUR 104.2 million), while normalised EBIT
before amortisation from purchase price allocation (Ticketcorner Group and
See Tickets Germany / Ticket Online Group) was up 14.4% at EUR 105.5
million (2011: EUR 92.2 million).

The Ticketing segment generated EUR 231.5 million in revenue in 2012 before
consolidation between segments, which is up 1.2% from EUR 228.7 million in
2011. Despite fewer events in presales over the first nine months of the
2012 financial year, due to major international sporting events, CTS
EVENTIM AG still managed to achieve a year-on-year revenue increase
following an expectedly strong fourth quarter. Profitability in the
Ticketing segment was continuously improved over the 2012 financial year.
In the period under review, the CTS Group sold 20.6 million tickets via the
Internet - which equates to approx. 7.0% increase on the prior year (19.2
million tickets). EBITDA was 22.2% higher at EUR 92.7 million (2011: EUR
75.8 million), while EBIT increased 30.5% to EUR 72.0 million (2011: EUR
55.2 million). The normalised EBITDA was up 7.7% at EUR 92.0 million (2011:
EUR 85.4 million), while normalised EBIT before amortisation from purchase
price allocation was up 8.0% at EUR 81.3 million (2011: EUR 75.3 million).

In the 2012 financial year, the Live Entertainment segment achieved a
substantial 5.5% year-on-year increase in revenue to EUR 296.4 million,
compared to EUR 281.0 million in 2011. The EBITDA figure is EUR 26.6
million (2011: EUR 18.8 million, up 41.6%), the EBIT figure EUR 24.5
million (2011: EUR 16.9 million, up 45.4%). This encouraging growth is
partly attributable to the large number of attractive live events in the
reporting period.

In view of the growth achieved in the 2012 financial year, the good start
to the new financial year in 2013, the successful launch of EVENTIM
FanTicket and the unrelenting demand for live events, the Management Board
expects the Group to continue its positive development in 2013 as well.
These expectations are additionally supported by the continuous growth of
Internet ticketing and by further international expansion on the part of
CTS EVENTIM AG.

For further information contact:
Marco Haeckermann, Director Investor Relations, CTS EVENTIM AG, + 49 421
3666-270
Volker Bischoff, CFO, CTS EVENTIM AG, [phone]

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Language:     English
Company:      CTS Eventim AG
              Dingolfinger Str. 6
              81673 München
              Germany
Phone:        [phone]
Fax:          [phone]
E-mail:       [e-mail]
Internet:     www.eventim.de
ISIN:         DE0005470306
WKN:          547030
Indices:      SDAX
Listed:       Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
              in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München, Stuttgart

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