YOC Group reports results for first quarter 2012

Financial year 2012

YOC Group reports results for first quarter 2012

Berlin, 14 May 2012 - YOC Group closed the first quarter 2012 with sales amounting to EUR 8.4 million and an operating result of EUR -0.9 million.

In the first quarter 2012, YOC Group continued to sharpen its strategic focus on its core business Mobile Technology (Sevenval) and Media. The Group generated sales totaling EUR 8.4 million (Q1/2011: EUR 8.9 million) and an operating result of EUR -0.9 million (Q1/2011: EUR 1.1 million) in the first quarter 2012.

In the first quarter of 2012, YOC Group devoted its full energy to promote the strategic development of its Mobile Technology operations, driving the sale and implementation of its license-based core product: FIT Technology. The share of license revenues in the sales of this segment rose consistently to 26%. The segment focused more narrowly on the development of more complex customer deployments with the mobile channel driving the growth for customers. YOC attracted new license customers such as RWE, adidas, ESPRIT and IKEA. In the first quarter of 2012, sales in the Mobile Technology segment stood at EUR 3.4 million (Q1/2011: EUR 4.8 million) with an operating result amounting to EUR 0.3 million (Q1/2011: EUR 1.4 million). The discontinuation of non-core activities in this segment was concluded with the sale of Mobile Messaging operations.

The high demand for its core products and services makes the Group confident that the Mobile Technology segment will continue its positive development. Consequently, the Group expects an even higher sales volume and more profitability for the next quarter.

Sales in the Media segment increased by 28% to reach EUR 5.0 million in the first quarter 2012 (Q1/2011: EUR 3.9 million). The rise in sales, however, fell short of expectations. Advertisers and their media agencies have exercised budget restraint in anticipation of major international events such as the European Championship and the Olympic Games in the summer months.

International advertisers on the other hand trust more on YOC's Mobile Advertising products. In the first quarter of the current financial year, it was the first time for customers such as

Burger King, Universal Pictures, BMW and Ben & Jerry's to make use of the YOC Media Network and the YOC Performance Network.

In the first quarter of 2012, YOC made investments in the Media segment in order to develop the structures and technologies necessary for its advertising networks, thus promoting the standardised expansion of its business to continue to efficiently grow in existing and new markets. These investments in structural developments led to an operating result of EUR -0.6 million (Q1/2011: EUR 0.5 million).

'We are not happy with the operating result of the Media segment. Sales development in the first quarter is not yet sufficient to cover the costs associated with the newly created structures,' says Dirk Kraus, CEO of YOC AG. 'We expect sales and earnings in this segment for the second quarter to rise.'

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