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Splendid Medien AG in the 2000 financial year

- Group sales up by 40% - DVFA earnings more than tripled - Internationalisation further extended

(Cologne, 30 March 2001) - Group sales at Splendid Medien AG of Cologne increased in the 2000 financial year by 40% to DM 52.6 million in comparison with the preceding year.

This development in sales performance was borne in the main by the Licence Trading segment with an increase of 70% to DM 38.0 million. Some 85% of licence trading sales (DM 32.2 million) was obtained through the sale of rights in Splendid co-productions including "e;Dr T and the Women"e; to European film licence dealers. The second highest sales earner, Video/DVD, recorded sales of DM 10.5 million against DM 13.1 million last year. Sales in the Post-production sector increased by 100% to DM 4.4 million.

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) rose by 58% to DM 36.6 million. The earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) amounted to DM 1.3 million against DM 5.3 million in 1999. This is attributable to the decline in licensing sales in Germany. Depreciation, i.e. amortization of film rights, which is the salient difference between the EBITDA and EBIT figures, increased by 99% in comparison with the previous year to DM 34.1 million and resulted primarily from high amounts amortized during initial exploitation of the co-productions.

The DVDA earnings rose by 252% to DM 7.4 million. The DVDA earnings per share amounted to DM 0.83. The sales margin was 14% against 7% last year. At DM 167.1 million in the year 2000. the screen rights owned by Splendid Medien AG accounted for 84% of the balance sheet total. Compared with the previous year, these screen rights increased by 77% primarily due to high investment in film licences and copyright.

For the 2001 financial year, seven cinema debuts are planned including the thriller "e;Traffic"e; which has just won four Oscars. In addition, Splendid will continue to trade in licences for the feature film co-productions with European film licence dealers and also to sell the co-produced TV films to television companies.

Further information can be obtained: Splendid Medien AG

Karin Opgenoorth Alsdorfer Str. 3 50933 Köln Tel.:[phone] Fax: [phone] [e-mail]

end of ad hoc announcement, (c) DGAP 30.03.2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WKN: 727950; Index: Listed: Neuer Markt in Frankfurt; Freiverkehr in Berlin, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, München und Stuttgart

300750 Mär 01

[ercancan]

Die AdHoc gefällt mir echt gut, denn es gibt keine erwartete Gewinnwarnung und somit ist der Grundstein gelegt für einen erfolgreichen Highlight Sommer mit phantastischen Filmen in der Pipeline.

Der Erfolg wird nicht lange auf sich warten lassen
und endlich können wir dann wieder Kurse in zweistelligen Bereichen sehen.

MFG ercan

[ercancan]

Ich hatte noch ein sehr interessantes und langes Telefonat mit Splendid und hab wirklich alles nachgefragt was mir eingefallen ist----

Ich bin jetzt mehr als je zuvor von diesem Unternehmen überzeugt.

Nicht nur was sie alles so in der Pipeline haben sondern auch was sie für eine Unternehmensstrategie haben und wie
erfolgreich die Zukunft für Splenddid aussieht.

Dieser Medientitel wird am ehesten von einer Trendumkehr provitieren und die Empfehlungen werden auch nicht lange auf sich warten lassen!!!!

MFG ercan

[Hopi1]

na ja, so richtige Kaufpanik ist im Augenblick noch nicht festzustellen.

Was nicht ist, kann ja (hoffentlich) noch werden.



Gruß, Hopi